Calling all UVA Darden MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake [Class of 2022] : Darden

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• Application tips video series by Sarah Neher - https://www.darden.virginia.edu/mba/adm ... ps-videos/
• Explore Darden grounds (Virtual tour) - https://www.darden.virginia.edu/about/u ... ille/tour/
• Keep yourself updated (Darden Blogs) - https://blogs.darden.virginia.edu/admissions/
• Housing and Residence Life - https://housing.virginia.edu/graduate-students
• Explore Charlottesville - https://charlottesville.guide

UVA Darden MBA Deadlines

Darden Essay Questions and Analysis

• Essay 1: Darden strives to identify and cultivate responsible leaders who follow their purpose. Please provide an example of a situation in which you have made a meaningful impact. (200 words)
• Essay 2: Diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission, and they work best when they are an integral and celebrated part of our community. Read University of Virginia’s Diversity & Inclusion Vision Statement. Share a time in which you engaged with a perspective, identity, community or experience that was different from your own and how it impacted your worldview. (200 words)
• Essay 3: The Batten Foundation Worldwide Scholarship provides all Darden students in our full-time MBA program with an opportunity to participate in a Darden Worldwide Course. If you could choose any location in the world, where would you want to travel, and why? (50 words)
• Essay 4: Tell us what you would want your learning team to know about you – personally, professionally, or both? (100 words)
• Essay 5: What is your short-term, post-MBA goal and why? (150 words)

• Application tips video series by Sarah Neher - https://www.darden.virginia.edu/mba/adm ... ps-videos/
• Explore Darden grounds (Virtual tour) - https://www.darden.virginia.edu/about/u ... ille/tour/
• Keep yourself updated (Darden Blogs) - https://blogs.darden.virginia.edu/admissions/
• Housing and Residence Life - https://housing.virginia.edu/graduate-students
• Explore Charlottesville - https://charlottesville.guide

kiryuken wrote:Thanks Narenn for bringing this up.
It would be great to be able to interact with AdCom and current students.
There is also a mock class conducted by Darden in Mumbai.
I would be attending the session.
Is there anyone else planning to attend??

rohan2345 wrote:

kiryuken wrote:Thanks Narenn for bringing this up.
It would be great to be able to interact with AdCom and current students.
There is also a mock class conducted by Darden in Mumbai.
I would be attending the session.
Is there anyone else planning to attend??

Hi kiryuken,

Yes it's on 20th July. I will attend it. Looking forward to meeting you there.

rohan2345 wrote:

kiryuken wrote:Thanks Narenn for bringing this up.
It would be great to be able to interact with AdCom and current students.
There is also a mock class conducted by Darden in Mumbai.
I would be attending the session.
Is there anyone else planning to attend??

Hi kiryuken,

Yes it's on 20th July. I will attend it. Looking forward to meeting you there.

Narenn wrote:I am excited to announce that kiryuken will be the Darden moderator and leading the discussion.

He is applying to Darden and few other schools this year. Darden is ofcourse his top choice and due to his affection towards this great program, he readily agreed to conduct an interview of Darden adcom on bahalf of GMAT Club. We look forward to see new initiatives being taken by him for the prospective Darden applicants.

Anyway, please join me in welcoming the new Darden Class of 2022 moderator!

• Classroom experience: Darden focuses heavily on classroom participation of students. The case methodology entirely depends on how students engage into lively discussions on the cases. Faculty members play a vital role of enablers. Enthusiasm and high energy are vital for the entire learning experience.
• MBA MSDS Dual Degree: Darden is also offering dual degree program, MBA+MSDS. The application process and deadlines are different that MBA program. Prospective dual degree students will first apply to the Darden School of Business. Once that Darden School of Business application has been submitted, prospective dual degrees will need to complete a separate application to the DSI. For deadlines and further details, please check out the MBA MSDS and MBA/MSDS Degree sites.
• Outdoor activities in Charlottesville: Charlottesville provides abundance of outdoor activities and sports like trekking across Blue Ridge Mountains, River rafting, cycling and so on.
• Darden Partners Association: The Darden Partners Association (DPA) is an inclusive community for spouses, families and significant others of Darden Students. The DPA connects Partners to each other, Darden and the Charlottesville community. Partners have access to Darden resources such as Library, gym and so on. In fact, in some of the cases, partners are allowed to attend the class as well to add their perspective to the classroom.

thinkTheta wrote:Hi Darden,

I plan on applying to Darden in the early action round. As part of the application, we are required to submit GMAT scores. I have two questions pertaining to this section of the application:
1. The application asks for the number of GMAT attempts. Should I include only the tests for which I accepted the scores, or should I include all attempts, including the ones for which I cancelled the score?

thinkTheta wrote:2. I had better Quantitative score in a previous attempt but will be applying with an overall score with a lower Quantitative score. How does this bear significance on the overall application, and could you please shed some light on how all reported test scores are evaluated in the purview of the overall application?

thinkTheta wrote:3. How do I send the score to Darden? In the application, where we enter test scores, I could not find any link to submit test score or pay for the score to be sent to Darden. Or is it the case that only admitted students have to send the official scores to Darden at a later point in time?

Thanks!
tt

Self-reported scores are fine for the purposes of our application process, but you should also arrange for GMAC, ETS or Pearson Vue to send your official score report to the Darden Admissions office.