Final App Deadline for Haas PT MBA March 18
The final application deadline for the Evening and Weekend MBA program at the Haas School of Business is March 18. Prospective students who complete their application by this time will receive an admissions decision by May 29. The application form can be found and completed online. Other supporting documents required for a completed application include GMAT or GRE exam scores and two letters of recommendation. TOEFL or IELTS exam scores are also required for international applicants.
The online application must be submitted by 11:59pm on March 18. The other supporting documents may arrive after the deadline, although the admissions office will not be able to begin evaluating your application until it is complete and all materials have been received. More information on the application process can be found online.
Merage Hosts MBA Information Session
The Paul Merage School of Business will be hosting an information session for its full-time MBA program. The event will be held on the UC Irvine campus from 9 to 11 a.m. During the information session, prospective students will have the opportunity to learn more about the Full-Time MBA program and meet Admissions Directors, current students and alumni.
The Full-Time MBA Program at Merage is a two-year program that follows the quarter system. The academic year typically runs from late-September to mid-June. 92 units are required to complete the program. During the second semester of the program, students have the opportunity to customize their MBA curriculum through electives. The areas of focus include, accounting, finance, global, healthcare, information systems, marketing, operation and decision technologies, organization and management, real estate, strategy and wealth management.
Davis Hosts Info Session and Application Workshop
UC Davis Graduate School of Management will be hosting a combined information session and application workshop. The event will be held March 25 at The Workshop Café. This session is designed to help prospective students to learn about our distinctive curriculum, student life as well as obtain inside information the admission process including application and interview tips from current students and admissions staff.
In order to complete a successful application for the MBA program at Davis, prospective students must complete an application online, provide a copy of their professional résumé, two professional recommendations, answer one essay and provide a personal introduction, a copy of transcripts from all undergraduate and other graduate work, GMAT or GRE test scores, and pay the $125 application fee.
Anderson Team Wins Energy Case Competition
The Energy Management Group at the UCLA Anderson School of Management hosted the 4th annual Challenges in Energy Case Competition. The competition was held Jan. 30 2015. The event stands among the top energy case competitions among B-schools in the country. This year, eight teams participated from six different schools. The competition focused on charging solutions for electric vehicles.
For the competition, students were assigned to create a business model for electric vehicle charging at commercial locations that would provide positive value proposition for the commercial customer, the vehicle driver and the local electric utility. The competition allowed students from the competing schools to network with each other as well as the judges who represented the industry’s top companies including SoCal Edison, SolarCity and NRG eVgo.
Haas Welcomes Andreessen Horowitz Managing Partner, Scott Kupor
The Haas School of Business has welcomed Scott Kupor, managing partner and chief operating officer at Andreessen Horowitz, as an executive-in-residence. Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm that has invested in social media successes such as Twitter and Facebook. In his position as an executive-in-residence, Kupor teaches the spring Entrepreneurship class with Lecturer Carl Nichols.
Kupor joined Andreessen Horowitz at its founding in 2009 after serving two years as a vice president and general manager in HP’s software division. In his position at the firm, he manages investing activities, operations and post-investment services.
Booth MBAs Take Home First Place Prize at the 2015 Kellogg Biotech & Healthcare Case Competition
A team of Chicago Booth MBA students came took home a $5,000 first-place prize at the 2015 Kellogg Biotech & Healthcare Case Competition at Northwestern University. In additon to the money prize, Team Evidence– made up of Dr. Jonas de Souza, Lindsay Davis, Jason Lipes, and Barry Sandall, all of whom are Booth – also came home with a launch plan that included pricing and forecasting for Amgen’s medication Evolocumab, a newer cholesterol drug under FDA consideration. Continue reading…
