MBA Insider's Blog

UCLA Anderson Releases Early Partial Admission Decisions for Round Two

This morning we released a partial batch of admission decisions to a subset of our applicants. If you have not received a call from us today, do not despair. Inclusion in this early decision releases is not determined by application timing or by ranking and is impacted by the multiple reads applications receive and by the interview schedule. 

We will release the remainder of the round two decisions on our official release date of March 31. Also, if you have applied in round three and are wondering when interview invitations will begin, we expect to start extending invitations in early April.

Adrian Aguirre
Associate Director of MBA Admissions
UCLA Anderson School of Management

UCLA Anderson will be closed this Friday, March 27th in observance of the Cesar Chavez Holiday

UCLA Anderson along with the rest of the UCLA campus will be closed this Friday, March 27th for the Cesar Chavez holiday. We will reopen on Monday the 29th at 8 AM.

MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Office
UCLA Anderson School of Management

First Year UCLA Anderson MBA Student selected to receive John Wooden Leadership Fellowship

Joanna Schochet, first year UCLA Anderson student, MBA Class of 2011, is one of this year’s two recipients of the John Wooden Leadership Fellowship award along with Archana Rajan, EMBA Class of 2011. The $25,000 prize is offered in recognition of student academic merit and special leadership contributions.

Joanna’s most recent position was with Chrysalis, a non-profit social services agency assisting homeless and low-income individuals.  In her role as Executive, Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator, she grew volunteerism by 50% in six months and improved development strategies, resulting in an increase of $50,000 raised for the organization.  She has assumed several leadership roles within the Anderson Student Association (ASA), including her newly elected position as ASA Vice President, External Affairs.

You can learn more about Joanna by viewing her MBA admission audio essay which we animated on our homepage (look for “The Comedian” under audio Animations).

Archana, a Senior Manager at Symantec Corporation, founded the Southern California chapter of Child Rights and You (CRY) in 2004 and currently serves as chapter leader.  She has raised over $50,000 in the past five years in support of basic rights for underprivileged children, and has played an active role in the organization since founding of the chapter.

Congratulations Joanna and Archana for this very special honor. 

Adrian Aguirre
Associate Director of Admissions
UCLA Anderson School of Management

UCLA Anderson Student Group Wins This Year’s Net Impact Consulting Challenge

UCLA Anderson hosted the 5th annual Net Impact Consulting Challenge (NICC) on campus this past February 27th. The student competition provided opportunities for 68 graduate students from various programs across campus, including our own UCLA Anderson students, with the opportunity to compete as consultants assisting Los Angeles based nonprofit organizations.

After working with their clients for 17 days, the twelve student teams presented their recommendations to a panel of distinguished judges.  The winners of this year’s NICC are a UCLA Anderson team working with Project Grad LA. Project Grad LA is an organization which seeks to assist underprivileged Los Angeles communities with early college outreach.

This event is one of many opportunities UCLA Anderson students have to gain hands-on experience in a variety of industries and learn more about the business challenges faced by people in the nonprofit and social entrepreneurship arena.

The MBA Admissions & Financial Aid Team