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Texas’ Turner Talks MBA Admissions

Matt Turner, Director of Admissions at the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business discusses a wide range of admissions topics.

Editor’s Note: I partly added this because UT Austin is my alma mater (and I loved it there) and partly because some of the issues discussed really apply to any top program and applicants should be aware of them.

Yanking the Welcome Mat for Foreign MBAs

Alberto Fumo is the type of student business schools crave. His high marks and international experience landed the budding financier admission offers at Yale University’s School of Management and Cornell University’s Johnson School. But the Italian native chose London Business School rather than face a new trifecta of trouble with a U.S. MBA: an imminent drop in work visas, a hiring slowdown for MBAs, and … [ Read more ]