Manhattan Review Blog » University of Texas http://www.manhattanreview.com/blog News about GMAT Prep and MBA Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:45:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Interesting Facts on McCombs at the University of Texas http://www.manhattanreview.com/blog/interesting-facts-on-mccombs-at-the-university-of-texas/ http://www.manhattanreview.com/blog/interesting-facts-on-mccombs-at-the-university-of-texas/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:46:21 +0000 Manhattan Review http://www.manhattanreview.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/03/interesting-facts-on-mccombs-at-the-university-of-texas/ Read more »]]> McCombs at the University of Texas in Austin, the American headquarters for Dell as well as the live music capital of the world, is a business school that is adapting to a global business environment and seeking to be even more competitive in b-school rankings.

Some interesting facts on McCombs:

· Though things are big in Texas, McCombs tries to maintain a feeling of intimacy. Despite the fact that the University of Texas at Austin has well over 50,000 students, the McCombs MBA Program maintains a class size of just 260.

· McCombs is making more of an effort to increase its rank through the recruitment of international students, especially Latin Americans and Europeans.

· The University is also home to a great law school and an excellent public policy school (The LBJ School), and MBA Students can attend classes at these schools while enrolled.

· McCombs has become increasingly a school for those interested working in consulting, marketing and finance sectors.

· McCombs does not insist on work experience. But most accepted students, all but 2%, have at least some experience.

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