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Friday Factoid: Manage $5 Million at Darden

Many think that because UVA’s Darden School of Business casts itself as a general management program, the school has no specialties. General management, however, is a philosophy that suggests that no business problem can viewed in isolation—for example, a finance problem relates to marketing, a marketing problem relates to operations and so on. In the … Read More  

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Friday Factoid: Knowing It Cold at Darden

MBA students at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business are known to work quite hard amid the rigors of the case method. Each day, they are expected to read and complete their own analysis of a case (a narrative detailing of a business problem) and then compare and reason through their analysis with … Read More  

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University of Virginia (Darden) Essay Analysis, 2010–2011

1. The Darden MBA program expects students to actively participate in learning teams, the classroom, and the broader community. Please share one or two examples from your past experience that best illustrate(s) how you will contribute to this highly engaging and hands-on learning environment. (500 words) This question presupposes some knowledge of how Darden works. … Read More  

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mbaMission Releases Fuqua, Haas and Darden Insider’s Guides – 14 Guide Series!

We are pleased to release our new mbaMission Insider’s Guides to Duke-Fuqua, Berkeley-Haas, and UVA-Darden. Through our guides to these three MBA programs (and our eleven others!) you will gain a powerful understanding of each school’s unique attributes: Defining characteristics of the school’s location, class size, curriculum, teaching methods, facilities, alumni base/involvement and rankings Courses, experiential opportunities, faculty and … Read More  

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MBA News: NYT Declares MBA Job Market “Stabilized”

This morning, the New York Times wrote a piece that is bound to encourage aspiring and graduated MBAs alike, declaring that the MBA job market has stabilized. The Times profiled students at the University of Virginia (Darden), Duke and UNC, describing their struggles in finding jobs and some of the harassment they have experienced working … Read More  

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