Admissions Update

The Walton Graduate School of Business has implemented a new program for University of Arkansas students - the Integrated Master of Accountancy (IMAcc). Accounting students who want to join the Master of Accountancy (MAcc)can now apply a year early. Criteria are: 90 hours, 3.0 GPA, and specific accounting prerequisites. If these are met and they complete the application process, students can be admitted into the IMAcc prior to their senior year. They will finish their senior year and will go directly into their MAcc. This locks their seat a year early and for those who receive an out-of-stat tuition waiver, they get to keep this award which is a significant savings.

The deadline for this new program was July 1. It looks like we'll have approximately 20 new IMAcc students this first year. I am very pleased with this result. This means we already have 20 students in the MAcc for fall 2012. This leaves 30 seats available. Everyone else will apply for the MAcc for fall 2012 by March 1. This program does usually receive about 100 applications. This number will be down since 20 students have already applied and been accepted. It also means the other 75 or so will be competing for 30 seats. Very exciting.

In other news, we are wrapping up the MMBA program. I sent another round of files to the committee today. I am hoping for results early next week. I anticipate one more round at the end of the month and then I have a few stragglers who will finish the first week of August. Orientation is August 11-14 and is mandatory. We can't accept applications past August 5. My goal is to have 50-55 and I do anticipate meeting this number.

Projected enrollments for fall are as follows:

MAcc - 40
IMAcc - 20
MAEcon - 2
MIS - 12
Professional MIS - 10
Certificate students - 10
MMBA - 55

Two MBA Students Intern in South Africa

Alex Kieslich and Jason Wu are interning this summer in South Africa. Alex is a 2011 graduate of the Walton MBA and Jason will graduate in 2012. To learn more, visit http://newswire.uark.edu/article.aspx?id=16374.

Internship opportunities like this is one way that Walton truly differentiates itself from the competition. MBA students have interned at Walmart, Tyson, Dannon, Hershey, Kellogg, Dial, Dr. Pepper/Snapple, just to name a few. We are very fortunate to have many corporate partners.

The Walton Career Center begins working with our MBA students prior to their arrival, assisting them with their resume so that they are prepared to begin the internship search. These opportunities contribute significantly to the excellent placement of Walton MBA students.

Application deadline for the next class to begin in January is September 15. Visit http://gsb.uark.edu/admissions.asp for a complete list of requirements. Those with a GMAT of 620+, 2 years of work experience, and a GPA of 3.2+ will be most competitive.