1. Basic Information
- Round
- 1
- 2
- 3 (Int’l)
- 3 (Domestic)
- Deadline
- October 24, 2011 (ED)
- December 5, 2011
- January 23, 2012
- March 26, 2012
- Annual Intake: 500
- Admittance Rate: 23%
- Mean GMAT: 681
- Middle 80% range GMAT scores: 650-710
- Average Age: 28
2. Rankings
- Source
- US News & World Report
- Businessweek
- Financial Times
- Forbes
- The Economist
- Precision Essay
- Ranking
- 17
- 21
- 49
- 17
- 43
- 18
3. Employment Information
- Top Recruiters
- 3M
- Accenture
- BCG
- Citigroup
- Chevron
- Average Base Salary for Graduates $95,000
- Employed Upon Graduation 90%
4. The Inside Scoop
With its burgeoning arts and music scene, Austin is known as the City of Ideas and the Live Music Capital of the World. Austin is a highly educated city in the US and is consistently ranked as one of the best cities to live in America. Located in Texas, McCombs has access to some of the most established energy and oil companies in the world.
- McCombs Unique Features
- Texas MBA+ Leadership Program – Hands-on program to do consulting for real world companies including 3M, American Airlines, BCG, FedEx, Four Seasons, Texas Instruments, Starbucks, and more.
- McCombs Global Connections Study Tours – A Spring semester course that ends with an 8-10 day study tour in international locations such as China, Turkey, UAE, India, South Africa, and Brazil.
- McCombs Adventure Program (MAP) – This pre-orientation program happens before the MBA program officially begins and includes 7-day international trips or 1-day Austin day trips.
- Specialization in Energy Finance – McCombs is one of the few schools that offers a concentration in Energy Finance, with unparalleled access to major energy companies including ExxonMobil, Shell, and TXU.
- 20 Area of Concentration – McCombs lets its MBAs choose from many different concentrations including accounting, finance, information management, management, marketing, and policy.
- Precision Essay Tips for McCombs
- Real World Leadership – Show that you are eager to gain hands-on leadership experience, since McCombs prides itself on its real world learning experiences.
- Be Specific – Since McCombs offers 20 different concentrations, you gotta talk in depth about what potential concentration you’d like to pursue and why you want to pursue it there. So do your research on McCombs…and show the adcoms that you know what you’re talking about.