1. Basic Information
- Round
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Deadline
- October 12, 2011 (ED)
- November 9, 2011
- January 4, 2012
- April 2, 2012
- Annual Intake: 255
- Admittance Rate: 19%
- Mean GMAT: 714
- Middle 80% range GMAT scores: 660-760
- Average Age: 28
2. Rankings
- Source
- US News & World Report
- Businessweek
- Financial Times
- Forbes
- The Economist
- Precision Essay
- Ranking
- 7
- 14
- 18
- 6
- 2
- 8
3. Employment Information
- Top Recruiters
- Amazon
- Bain
- BCG
- Citigroup
- ESPN
- Goldman Sachs
- Average Base Salary for Graduates $105,500
- Employed Upon Graduation 93%
4. The Inside Scoop
With one of the most loyal alumni networks around, Tuck believes in full immersion and has an extremely close-knit, social atmosphere. Located in beautiful Hanover, New Hampshire, Tuck even has its own mountain for skiing in the winter! Tuck MBAs love to work hard, play hard.
- Dartmouth Tuck Unique Features
- Small Class Size – With just under 250 students per class, all MBAs get to know each other really, really well and are a very tight knit group.
- Team Projects – All assignments are completed as a study group with a team of five to six students. Given the intimate community and small class size, teamwork is extremely important at Tuck.
- General Management – Tuck’s curriculum focuses on general management and places equal emphasis on strategy, marketing, finance, and operations.
- Rigorous Fall Quarter – The first semester is notoriously difficult, given the intense core curriculum and elongated 32-week school year.
- First-Year Project (FYP) – Students are placed on a team of five students and work directly with a faculty advisor to bring classroom learning into a real business problem. This project happens at the end of the first year, and lets students to consult real-world clients to solve business problems or work on a business plan for entrepreneurial ventures.
- Core Curriculum – The core curriculum includes courses such as Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Decision Science, Leading Organizations, Managerial Economics, and more.
- Health Care Initiative – Students interested in health care studies can take courses such as “Management of Health Care Organizations” and “Business of Health Care.”
- Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship – Energy and sustainability are important at Tuck, and they offer electives in corporate citizenship such as “Ethics in Action” and “Management of Disasters.”
- Precision Essay Tips for Tuck
- Why Tuck? – Show your enthusiasm for Tuck! Be confident about why you think Tuck is the best fit for you. Show how you’ve done your homework (talked to alumni, met with professors, sat in on a class). Since the class size is extremely small they are looking for people who are thrilled about Tuck and believe in teamwork and collaboration.