Darden School of Business Admissions Blog

Future Year Friday: Morgan Klausner Shares Deferred Enrollment Journey — From CSR to MBA

Darden’s Future Year Scholars Program invites outstanding college students to join the ranks of a Top 5 business school, before ever gaining work experience. Admitted scholars may choose to begin their MBA after gaining two, three or four years of work experience.Today’s post featuring Future Year Scholar…

By Maggie Dodson- April 9, 2021

Executive MBA, Executive Student Profile, Student Profile or Feature

‘If You Work in My Office, You Know I Attend Darden’: Kris Green’s Enthusiasm for the ExecMBA Experience

Our Executive MBA profile series continues with a Q&A with First Year Executive MBA student Kris Green (Class of 2022). Green works in real estate in the Washington, D.C. area, and he was drawn to Darden for its case method learning approach, the supportive community and the…

By Brett Twitty- April 8, 2021

Darden Community, Full-Time MBA

Female Founders’ ‘KPI Club’ Builds Collective Venture Support

Darden’s entrepreneurial ecosystem seems to be really hitting its stride. Among the numerous formal resources available to both full-time and Executive MBA students, there are also a number of student-led groups that lend peer support and function as a type of guild to help advance each other…

By Maggie Dodson- April 7, 2021

Darden News, Executive MBA, Full-Time MBA, UVA News

UVA Shares Hopeful Plans for ‘Much More Normal’ Fall 2021, Updates on In-Person Graduation

In an exciting update yesterday, the University of Virginia shared news that UVA is planning to return to in-person instruction and “much more normal operations” in fall 2021. View the full update on UVA Today.University leaders said plans being developed for the fall include a return to in…

By Maggie Dodson- April 2, 2021

Executive MBA, Executive Student Profile

‘An Unreal Network of Growth-Oriented People’: Collins Marshall On His ExecMBA Experience

Our Executive MBA profile series continues with a Q&A with First Year Executive MBA student Collins Marshall (Class of 2022). Collins is currently the Director of Partnership Development at EAB in the Washington, D.C. area, and he decided to pursue an MBA thanks to a nudge from…

By Brett Twitty- April 1, 2021

Academics, Alumni Profile, Darden Community

Darden Alumnae Leaders on Leading During Uncertainty

Uncertainty. We have never heard the term more often or been more familiar with the implications of the unknown. Over the last year, leaders across the globe have grappled with making critical decisions — often with only having a fraction of the information. Darden students and alumni know that feeling well…

By Maggie Dodson- March 31, 2021

Academics, Darden Community, Executive MBA, Full-Time MBA, Student Profile or Feature

Alumna Highlights Two Tips on Managing Imposter Syndrome

Today’s post featuring guest contributor and recent Darden alumna Tess Engebretson concludes the limited series highlighting imposter syndrome. It has been an honor to share the perspectives of Maeve McGilloway (MBA ’17) and Jaila Ingram-Johnson (EMBA ’20). Each describes how imposter syndrome and feelings of doubt or inadequacy…

By Maggie Dodson- March 26, 2021

Executive MBA, Executive Student Profile, Student Profile or Feature

Helen Yao on ‘Learning to be Comfortable With Ambiguity’ in Darden’s Executive MBA Program

Our Executive MBA profile series continues with a Q&A with First Year Executive MBA student Helen Yao (Class of 2022). Helen is a Program Manager for a financial services firm, and she came to Darden in pursuit of a long-term goal as well as an opportunity to…

By Brett Twitty- March 24, 2021

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