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Early Office Closure and Commencement

The MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Office will close today at 2:00 PM due to campus commencement activities. We expect a large crowd of well-wishers coming to campus to celebrate this happy occasion along with 360 exhausted, but ecstatic, brand new MBA’s. Our sincere congratulations go the Class of 2009 and their friends and family on this important milestone.  Normal campus operations will resume on Monday, June 15th at 8 AM.

The MBA Admissions & Financial Aid Team

MBA Student Fernando Montero Describes His Internships on Business Week

Current UCLA Anderson MBA student, Fernando Montero, discusses his recent academic internship at Fox  (NWS) in the international distribution group within sales and strategic planning division, as well as finding his subsequent "dream internship" at Disney on Busness Week's MBA Journal. Read more about his journey from New York to LA and the balanced mix of peer competition and collaboration among exists at UCLA Anderson MBA students. 

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Learn more about UCLA Anderson events and Dean Olian's thoughts on business and business-related topics.

Round 3 Decisions Released

The UCLA Anderson MBA Admissions Committee has released its Round 3 admissions decisions. Each new admit will be personally welcomed by a phone call and/or email from a member of the Admissions Committee.

All waitlist candidates will be re-evaluated on an ongoing basis over the summer months. Individuals will not be kept on the waitlist any longer than necessary.

Round 3 applicants may view their decision by logging on to their online application account.

Thank you for your interest in UCLA Anderson.

The MBA Admissions & Financial Aid Team

The UCLA Anderson MBA Admissions Committee has released its Round 3 admissions decisions. Each new admit will be personally welcomed by a phone call and/or email from a member of the Admissions Committee.

All waitlist candidates will be re-evaluated on an ongoing basis over the summer months. Individuals will not be kept on the waitlist any longer than necessary.

Round 3 applicants may view their decision by logging on to their online application account.

Thank you for your interest in UCLA Anderson.

The MBA Admissions & Financial Aid Team

Round 3 MBA Admissions Decisions to be Released Thursday, 4 June 09

To all MBA applicants and waitlisted candidates:

Decisions for Round 3 applications and those currently on the waitlist will be released this Thursday, 4 June 09. Applicants may view their decision online using their Apply Yourself logon and password. Members of the Admissions Committee will telephone and/or email applicants of their decision.

2009 Knapp Venture Competition Winners Announced

The Knapp Venture Competion has been funding Innovation snce 1982.  Now in its 28th year, the student-run competition, hosted at UCLA Anderson School of Management by the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Entrepreneur Association, provides UCLA Anderson students with an intensive learning experience in the venture initiation process. The competition is named for Cleon T. (Bud) and Betsy Wood Knapp, who generously gave an endowment in 1997, which supports this annual event along with other entrepreneurial initiatives.

The winners of the 2009 competition were announced this past week and include:

1st place, $15,000 – Perseus Medical - a self-contained video endoscope

2nd Place, $7,500 – Beacon Metrology - technology allowing silicon wafers to be monitored in real time

3rd Place, $5000 – Lottay – online gift card service

4th Place, $2,500 – Eryma – products supporting the chemotherapy treatment of cancer patients

5th Place, $1000 – Cardinal Fresh – track and traceability of agricultural-based perishable goods

 

$500 Applied Materials People’s Choice Award – Beacon Metrology
$4000 EO Accelerator Scholarship - Lottay