Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame 
Despite
the exotic name, which is reminiscent of Spain or France, the
Mendoza College of Business is a top notch Business School. The
average GMAT is 673 and the average work experience is 52 months.
International students are about 22% while women candidates are
almost 26%. The number of countries that are represented at the
Mendoza College of Business is 14.Deadlines
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Early Deadline
Completed application received by November 16, 2009Decision sent by December 18, 2009
Preferred Deadline
Completed application received by January 18, 2010Decision sent by February 18, 2010
Third Deadline*
Completed application received by March 15, 2010Decision sent by April 16, 2010
Final 1 Year Deadline**
Completed application received by April 5, 2010Decision sent by April 26, 2010
Final 2 Year Deadline***
Completed application received by May 17, 2010Decision sent by June 7, 2010
*Applications completed or received after these dates will be considered on a space available basis.
Essay Topics
Essays
Your responses to the essay questions are extremely important in the selection process. Please use separate sheets of paper for each essay question and include your name on each sheet. Your essays should be typed and double-spaced.
Each essay should be no longer than 2 pages each.
Please complete the following essay.
- What are your career plans immediately after graduation? Explain how your past experiences prepare you for your desired position. What are your long-term career aspirations?
- Additionally, please complete any one of the following six
essay questions.
- The MBA Values Statement is an important guide for our students and the bedrock of our shared community values. Please review the MBA Values Statement and then choose the one value you believe has had the most impact on your professional career to date. Be sure to give a specific example of how you have lived out that value in your professional experience.
- What do you view as your greatest professional failure to this point? How do you feel that a Notre Dame MBA would change the outcome of a similar situation in the future?
- How has trust played a role in your professional experience? Give a specific example of how trust, or a lack of trust, has impacted your professional experience.
- Describe a time when you were given a project or assignment in an area that was not well defined or where you had little expertise. Please explain exactly what you did and what the result or outcome was.
- What brand would you most like to manage? Why? How would you improve it?
- Walter B. Wriston, the storied late CEO of Citibank, wrote a book titled “Risk and Other Four Letter Words” in which he postulated that society's greatness is commensurate with its ability to take risk and, thus, to reward risk takers. Given the financial crisis of 2008-2009, do you feel that banks took on an acceptable or unacceptable level of risk? Why or why not? In either case, has the financial crisis changed your view of careers in finance? If so, how?
