 Program length
How many months does the full-time MBA program
last? 21
Program costs
Please estimate the total direct costs
(tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program.
Resident Tuition: $81,805.00
Nonresident Tuition: $81,805.00
Expected monthly rent (based on local
averages): $1,155.00
Recommended annual budget
(Resident): $65,600.00
Recommended annual budget
(Nonresident): $65,600.00
GMATAre applicants required to take the GMAT as
part of applying to your program? Yes
If not, how are applicants' quantitative
abilities checked before enrollment?
NA
GMAT score of newest entering class:
Mean GMAT score: 710
Median GMAT score: 710
Middle 80% range GMAT score
From: 660 to: 760
TOEFL
Are applicants whose native language is not
English required to take the TOEFL as part of applying to your
program? Yes
Minimum TOEFL score required for MBAs:
NA
Mean TOEFL score of new entrants: 642
Work experience
Postgraduate work experience (months) of
newest entering class:
Mean months of postgraduate work experience:
68
Median months of postgraduate work experience:
64
Middle 80% range postgraduate work experience
From: 36 to: 101
Percentage of new entrants with one year or
less of postgraduate work experience: 0
Age of new entrants
Mean age (rounded to nearest year): 28
Median age: 28
Middle 80% range age (years)
From 25 to 32
Application fee
Resident: $220.00
Nonresident Tuition: $220.00
Number of applications
Number of applications (admitted and denied)
to the newest class of full-time MBA entrants: 2276
Selectivity
Percent of all applicants accepted to the
class of newest full-time entrants: 20
Yield
Percent of the admitted applicants to the
class of newest full-time entrants who enrolled: 54
Re-applicants
Percent of applicants that were re-applicants
from prior years: 7
What percentage of this year's re-applicants
were accepted? NA
Wait-listed applicants
Number of applicants placed on the B-school's
wait list during the last admissions cycle:
NA
How many of those wait-listed applicants were
ultimately admitted for in the semester to which they applied?
NA
Applicant interviews
Interviews are:
Recommended
Percentage of all applicants (admitted and
denied) to the class of newest full-time entrants who were
interviewed: 71
Percent of the admitted applicants to the
newest full-time class who were interviewed: 100
MBA Essays
Please respond fully but concisely to the following essay questions. Compose
each of your answers offline in separate document files and upload them
individually in the appropriate spaces below. Although there is no
restriction on the length of your response, most applicants use, on average,
500 words for each essay. There are no right or wrong answers.Please
double-space your responses.
1. Why is an MBA a critical next step toward your short- and long-term
career goals? Why is Tuck the best MBA program for you? (If you are applying
for a joint or dual degree, please explain how the additional degree will
contribute to those goals.)
2. Tuck defines leadership as “inspiring others to strive and enabling
them to accomplish great things.” We believe great things and great
leadership can be accomplished in pursuit of business and societal goals.
Describe a time when you exercised such leadership. Discuss the challenges
you faced and the results you achieved. What characteristics helped you to
be effective, and what areas do you feel you need to develop in order to be
a better leader?
3. Discuss the most difficult constructive criticism or feedback you have
received. How did you address it? What have you learned from it?
4. Tuck seeks candidates of various backgrounds who can bring new
perspectives to our community. How will your unique personal history,
values, and/or life experiences contribute to the culture at Tuck?
5. (Optional) Please provide any additional insight or information that
you have not addressed elsewhere that may be helpful in reviewing your
application (e.g., unusual choice of evaluators, weaknesses in academic
performance, unexplained job gaps or changes, etc.). Complete this question
only if you feel your candidacy is not fully represented by this
application.
6. (To be completed by all reapplicants) How have you strengthened your
candidacy since you last applied? Please reflect on how you have grown
personally and professionally. |
