University of California--Irvine (Merage)
SB 350
Irvine, CA 92697-3125
Work(949) 824-4622
Admissions E-mail : mba@merage.uci.edu
Web site : http://www.merage.uci.edu


The Paul Merage School of Business MBA admissions profiles, including tuition, scholarship, mean scores, months of working experience, waitlisted, and reapplication statistics.

Business School MBA Programs

GMAT Prep Courses

 

UC Irvine (Merage) MBA Program

The Paul Merage School of BusinessProgram 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: $50,351.00

Nonresident Tuition: $72,901.00

Expected monthly rent (based on local averages): $1,602.00

Recommended annual budget (Resident): $49,093.00

Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $60,368.00

GMAT

Are 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: 670

Median GMAT score: 660

Middle 80% range GMAT score

From: 600 to: 730

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: 600

Mean TOEFL score of new entrants: 630

Work experience

Postgraduate work experience (months) of newest entering class:

Mean months of postgraduate work experience: 57

Median months of postgraduate work experience: 54

Middle 80% range postgraduate work experience

From: 22 to: 95

Percentage of new entrants with one year or less of postgraduate work experience: 7

Age of new entrants

Mean age (rounded to nearest year): 29

Median age: 28

Middle 80% range age (years)

From 25 to 33

Application fee

Resident: $150.00

Nonresident Tuition: $150.00

Number of applications

Number of applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class of full-time MBA entrants: 565

Selectivity

Percent of all applicants accepted to the class of newest full-time entrants: 44

Yield

Percent of the admitted applicants to the class of newest full-time entrants who enrolled: 42

Re-applicants

Percent of applicants that were re-applicants from prior years: 1

What percentage of this year's re-applicants were accepted? 17

Wait-listed applicants

Number of applicants placed on the B-school's wait list during the last admissions cycle: 41

How many of those wait-listed applicants were ultimately admitted for in the semester to which they applied? 2

Applicant interviews

Interviews are:

Required, By invitation only

Percentage of all applicants (admitted and denied) to the class of newest full-time entrants who were interviewed: 63

Percent of the admitted applicants to the newest full-time class who were interviewed: 100

Merage MBA Essays

ESSAY 1 (maximum 750 words)
Please describe your short-term and long-term career goals and how your current professional experiences relate to these goals. Explain why you are pursuing an MBA degree at this point in your career. Specifically, how will the Merage MBA help you accomplish these goals?

ESSAY 2: Short answer (maximum 250 words each).
Please answer both questions.

  1. Describe a recent professional experience where you have taken an active leadership role and the impact it has had on your organization.
  2. Each of our students is unique. Describe how your background, skills, and values would contribute to the Merage community and enhance the experience of your prospective classmates.

ESSAY 3 Optional (maximum 500 words):

Please provide any additional information about yourself that you have not addressed elsewhere which you believe would be helpful to the Admissions Committee.

 


Home | Contact Us | About Us | Link to Us

Copyright 2000 - 2009 GMAT CAT Prep Courses All Right Reserved.