 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: $22,344.00
Nonresident Tuition: $54,764.00
Expected monthly rent (based on local
averages): $700.00
Recommended annual budget
(Resident): $26,480.00
Recommended annual budget
(Nonresident): $41,918.00
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: 661
Median GMAT score: 660
Middle 80% range GMAT score
From: 590 to: 720
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: 633
Work experience
Postgraduate work experience (months) of
newest entering class:
Mean months of postgraduate work experience:
44
Median months of postgraduate work experience:
40
Middle 80% range postgraduate work experience
From: 13 to: 72
Percentage of new entrants with one year or
less of postgraduate work experience: 9
Age of new entrants
Mean age (rounded to nearest year): 28
Median age: 28
Middle 80% range age (years)
From 24 to 32
Application fee
Resident: $45.00
Nonresident Tuition: $45.00
Number of applications
Number of applications (admitted and denied)
to the newest class of full-time MBA entrants: 405
Selectivity
Percent of all applicants accepted to the
class of newest full-time entrants: 43
Yield
Percent of the admitted applicants to the
class of newest full-time entrants who enrolled: 70
Re-applicants
Percent of applicants that were re-applicants
from prior years: NA
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: 81
How many of those wait-listed applicants were
ultimately admitted for in the semester to which they applied?
44
Applicant interviews
Interviews are:
Recommended, By invitation only, Not
required
Percentage of all applicants (admitted and
denied) to the class of newest full-time entrants who were
interviewed: NA
Percent of the admitted applicants to the
newest full-time class who were interviewed:
NA
University of Wisconsin-Madison MBA Essays All candidates will be required to write School of Business essay questions
1 and 2. Depending on your intended career specialization, you will write
questions 3 and 4 for your particular program. Essay 5 is optional in which
you may address any topics and/or issues not communicated in your
application materials in which you feel would benefit the admissions
committee to know about you. Total length of your essays should not exceed
6 pages type written, single space is acceptable.
1. Explain why you are
interested in pursuing your MBA and the specific career specialization at
this point in your life. Specifically, how will this degree impact your
future career and describe your professional short term career goals
(immediately following the MBA).
2. Tell us about a time you faced either a challenge or set back
(professional or personal) in your life. Explain the situation, what
happened and what did you learn or gain from the experience.
The following questions are specific to your career specialization. Based
on the career specialization you selected please address questions 3 and 4:
Arts Administration
3. Describe the specific skills and abilities you hope to gain from the
graduate degree program in Arts Administration, and the skills and abilities
you would bring to the program.
4. Identify and describe a key issue facing the marketing, management,
development, creation, or support of arts and culture today. Explain why you
think this is a critical issue to arts administrators, and provide your
recommendations as to how this issue might be addressed. Include specific
examples from your own experience if applicable.
Corporate Finance &
Investment Banking
3. Please describe why you should be admitted to the Corporate Finance &
Investment Banking (CFIB) program, and why you believe CFIB is a good fit
for you.
4. Identify and list three critical financial issues affecting businesses
today. Select one issue to discuss in depth. Discuss why you think this is a
critical issue and provide your recommendations as to how this issue may be
resolved.
Applied Security
Analysis
3. Why specifically do you believe you are a good fit for a career in
money management?
4. Please describe your history of interest or participation in the area
of investments.
Brand and
Product Management
3. What personal qualities and past experiences have most directly
influenced your decision to begin your career in brand management? Following
up on the first question regarding career goals, given your personal
interests, what would be one of your "dream" product management positions
(industry, company, or product, etc.) immediately after your MBA? What do
you see yourself doing in the longer term (ten to fifteen years out of MBA
program)?
4. Give an example of a product that is
marketed particularly well. Why? What is an example of a product that is not
marketed well? What would you do to improve it?
Entrepreneurial
Management
3. Describe an experience you have had with entrepreneurship (either
starting, working in, or providing professional services for an
entrepreneurial venture). How did it affect your career aspirations?
4. Entrepreneurs are often characterized as innovators. Describe
something you have done that you consider to be especially innovative.
Marketing Research
3. Please describe any research you conducted on graduate programs and
career choices. Why did this lead you to choose the A.C. Nielsen Center for
Marketing Research? What specific types of industries and marketing research
responsibilities are you most interested in pursuing after graduation?
4. What do you think it takes to be successful in marketing research?
Why? How does your past experience demonstrate your ability to be successful
as a marketing research professional?
Operations and Technology Management
3. Briefly describe three critical operations or technology
management-related issues facing global businesses today (you may narrow
this down to an industry with which you are familiar). Also describe why you
think they are critical, and what you as a manager could do to address them.
4. Why are you, and what made you, interested in operations and/or
technology management?
Real Estate
3. Why are you interested in Real Estate as your area of concentration?
What specific aspects of real estate most interest you, and why?
4. What specific qualities and skills do you bring to the study and
practice of real estate? Given your short and long run goals (Question #1),
in which qualities and skills do you think you need strengthening? How do
you see your development in the next two years? Please be as specific and
concrete as possible.
Risk Management and Insurance
3. Who are the individuals and/or what are the events in your life that
have led to your specific interest in pursuing a degree in risk management
and insurance? Please explain.
4. In what area of risk management and insurance are you most interested?
Provide a discussion of the current key issues associated with this field
and the skills you bring to efforts in addressing those issues. Be as
specific as possible.
Strategic Human Resources
3. To follow up on the question regarding your career goals, what type of
organization would you like to work for and what would your roles and
responsibilities be there? Now, jumping ahead another 15 to 20 years, please
consider the same questions. What would you like to be doing and in what
kind of organization? Finally, in what way or in what area of SHRM do you
hope to make your biggest mark and why?
4. Thinking of the plans you just described, what are your reasons for
choosing to do an MBA in SHRM at the University of Wisconsin? What is it
about our program that will help you achieve your goals? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of our program relative to other programs for
what you would like to do?
Strategic Management in the Life and Engineering Sciences
3. In what ways have you been significantly influenced by your scientific
and technical background? How have these influences shaped your career and
personal objectives?
4. SMILES graduates will likely work
with, at, and define the forefront of organizations where leading-edge
science and business knowledge intersect. How might such roles have
implications for public policy, environmental sustainability, or other broad
social issues?
Supply
Chain Management
3. List three critical supply chain
management challenges facing business today and select one to discuss in
depth. Explain why the issue is important, including suggestions for how to
address this challenge and examples from your own experience if applicable.
4. Successfully
managing a business’ supply chain requires continuous innovation and
leadership. What personal qualities and experiences will make you an
effective leader in this field? What skills and experiences do you hope to
gain and/or improve from the Grainger Center and MBA program?
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