Darden School of Business Admissions Blog

From Grammy Awards to Decision Making Analysis: Q-A With Executive MBA Stephen Beaudoin (Class of 2022)

Today on the blog we’re excited to feature a Q&A with Stephen Beaudoin, an EMBA format student in the Executive MBA Class of 2022. Keep an eye on the blog for additional student profiles in the coming weeks, but if you’re interested in even more student…

By Brett Twitty- January 21, 2021

Admissions, Executive Student Profile, Student Profile or Feature

Wednesday Webinar: Balancing Work, Life and School

Tomorrow evening, Darden Admissions and the Network of Executive Women (NEW) student organization will host the next installment in our ongoing series about balancing work, life and school as an Executive MBA student.We have an exciting panel of recent alumnae lined up for this virtual session, and this event…

By Brett Twitty- January 19, 2021

Alumni Profile, Charlottesville, Darden Community

Entrepreneurial Alums Embrace UVA Founding Spirit

Entrepreneurs Brad Uhl (EMBA ’15), Dan FitzHenry (EMBA ’18) and Brandon Wooten (UVA ’04) have capitalized on their love of UVA to create some pretty incredible Charlottesville community staples. The trio’s recent portfolio includes six Grit coffee locations and The Wool Factory, a new brewery-bakery-event venue-hospitality…

By Maggie Dodson- January 14, 2021

Academics, Darden Community, Executive MBA, Faculty Profile, Full-Time MBA

Princeton Review Awards Darden Top Honors in Annual Ranking

To say it’s been a season of uncertainty might be the most accurate (and most cliché) statement of the decade. In fact, that unpredictability is why most top MBA programs declined to participate in the usual rankings frenzy that prospective students use as one of many factors when deciding…

By Maggie Dodson- January 13, 2021

Application Tips, Future Year Scholars

Future Year Scholars Program: Let’s Talk About Standardized Tests

Today’s Future Year Scholars Program post is authored by Senior Associate Director of Admissions Katherine Alford.One key area the Admissions Committee evaluates in every Future Year Scholars application is academics. We want to make sure we are putting a candidate in a position to be successful at Darden…

By Maggie Dodson- January 8, 2021

Academics, Admissions, Full-Time MBA, Student Profile or Feature

Q and A with MBA/MPP Dual Degree Student Henry Frost

Darden offers several dual-degree programs in connection with other schools at the University of Virginia. These dual-degree programs are designed to enhance the educational experience beyond what could be achieved if the two degrees were pursued independently (not to mention, in many cases, reduce the time it would…

By Maggie Dodson- December 30, 2020

Academics, Darden Community, Executive MBA, Full-Time MBA, Podcast

An ‘Unprecedented’ Fall Semester? Unexpected Opportunities and Guiding Principles

Curious about how COVID-19 impacted the full-time MBA and Executive MBA programs at Darden this fall? Hear firsthand as Senior Associate Deans Tom Steenburgh and Yael Grushka-Cockayne share their reflections on a fall semester unlike any other. During this episode, Steenburgh and Grushka-Cockayne discuss teaching in…

By Brett Twitty- December 22, 2020

Academics, Admissions, Full-Time MBA, Student Profile or Feature

Q and A with Dual Degree MBA/MSDS Students: Part 1

By Maggie Dodson- December 21, 2020

MBA Application Tips

Exec MBA Application Tips