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Darden School of Business – University of Virginia

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The Darden School of Business is based in Charlottesville, Virginia at the University of Virginia. Darden provides its students with three paths towards earning an MBA—the full-time MBA as well as two executive MBA options—among its other academic offerings. A hallmark of the Darden MBA experience is the instructors’ use of the case method in the classroom, a technique that fosters discussion among students about real-world business problems. The school estimates that each student will examine more than 500 business cases over the course of the two-year MBA program.

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Current State

05/15/2013

Round 3 applicants received final admissions offers on May 8th, 2013.

Basic Stats

MEAN GMAT701
MEAN GPA3.4
CLASS SIZE319
% FEMALE29%

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