MBA: How to Apply

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How to Apply
Instructions for Supplemental Materials

Priority Application Deadline: May 10, 2013 Deadline for applicants applying for Milgard School Scholarships
Deadline for Students with International Bachelor’s degree: May 1, 2013

Final Deadline: July 1, 2013 Contact Aubree Robinson Steffens at 253-692-4865 if you have questions related to the application.

Winter 2014 Application deadline-November 15th

How to Apply

Step

Action

Step 1

Create a Profile & Complete Application

Create a "new applicant profile" by providing your contact and other personal information at the University of Washington Graduate School application website.

Next, please select the Graduate application type and then choose one of the UW Tacoma Program:

  • Business, Milgard School of (Tacoma) MBA

Follow directions on the online application to create your applicant profile.

Step 2

Provide Supporting Documentation

Upload your:

  • Resume
  • Unofficial Transcripts from each college/university attended
  • Personal Statements
  • Management & Professional Work Experience summary
  • Designate professional references to receive the online reference form. Note: After you enter and submit the reference’s email address they will receive an email—even if you haven’t paid your application fee yet!
  • Optional: Complete the MBA Applicant Scholarship Application no later than May 1.

Step 3

Submit official GMAT Scores

The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores are required for admission. If you have not taken the GMAT, please schedule an appointment by clicking here.   

Official GMAT scores usually arrive 2-3 weeks after the test date. If you wish to be considered for scholarships, then plan to complete the GMAT by mid-April, so your score will be reported on or around May 1st.

To report your scores, select the options below:

Program Name MBA, Part Time
 GMAT Program Code ZRZ-NM-95
 ETS DI Code 4749

We will accept GRE if completed in the last 5 years as an alternative if you are unable to provide GMAT scores.

Applicants with a terminal degree (J.D., M.D., Ph.D., etc.) may waive the GMAT or GRE requirement.  Contact the program if you have questions.

Step 4

Acknowledgment

Login to the UW Graduate School Application and verify that your application is complete.  Please note that all required materials must be received before your application can be evaluated. You may be contacted by the Milgard MBA Program Office requesting additional material as needed.

Step 5

Decisions

The MBA Admissions Committee will review complete applications within three weeks of the priority application deadline.  Decision letters will be sent in mid-June.  After the priority deadline applications are reviewed on rolling basis.

Step 6
Post Admission Follow Up

If you are admitted to the Milgard School of Business MBA and choose to attend, then log back into your application page and follow the steps online.
 

Instructions for required supplemental application materials

Resume

Your resume, submitted online in plain text, or uploaded in Word or PDF, should include the following:

  • All managerial and professional work experience since graduating from high school
  • Any relevant community and/or extracurricular activities
  • Any awards, honors, or other forms of recognition (academic, community, military, etc.) earned

Unofficial Transcripts

Upload unofficial transcripts from all colleges and universities you have attended. If you aren't able upload the document, then please mail copies of your unofficial transcripts to the Milgard School of Business, ATTN: MBA Program Adviser.

Management and Professional Work Experience Summary

Complete the online Management and Professional Work Experience Summary (PDF) that includes the following categories, with years of work expressed in years and rounded up to the nearest half year.

  • Management: Defined as direct responsibility for the assets of an organization; supervision of two or more people (e.g., manager, executive leader, team leader, group/project coordinator, etc.); special projects; processes; databases; budgets, etc.
  • Professional: Requires professional expertise in business functions such as sales, accounting, human resources, finance, marketing, operations, etc. and/or technical functions such as engineering, research, logistics, computer programming, sciences, etc.

Total Work Experience is sum of years in management and professional positions since high school.

Note: The online Management and Professional Work Experience Summary PDF is in Acrobat 8.0. Applicants may use Acrobat 7.0 or 8.0 to save it into the application materials. Acrobat 7.0 is a free download available through the online application process.

Admission Essays

All applicants must submit the 2 required short essays online in plain text, or upload in Word or PDF in one paginated document using a minimum font size of 11. An opportunity is provided to include an optional essay.

The required essays (750 word per essay maximum) address the following topics:
Essay 1: What are your career goals?
Essay 2: How will the UWT MBA program help you accomplish your career goals, given your current professional and educational background?

Optional Essay

Use this essay to include any other information you believe would be helpful to the Admissions Committee in considering your application (250 words maximum) and uploaded in Word or PDF in one paginated document using a minimum font size of 11.

Applicant Survey

Complete the Applicant Survey as part of the required application to the Milgard School of Business MBA Program.

Apply for the Milgard School of Business MBA Scholarship

Applicants interested in being considered for a scholarship from the Milgard School of Business must complete the online scholarship application no later than May 10, 2013 at 10:00am.

Questions:

For any questions about the application process or help in completing your application, please contact the Milgard School of Business at (253) 692-5630 or e-mail the MBA program.
 

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