About Darden - Events Calendar

Join Darden Admissions for an application hotline webinar! During this session, Admissions Committee members will share key insights and advice for applicants targeting our 25 June deadline.Did you know? Attending this webinar satisfies 50% of our Executive MBA application fee waiver offer (a $250 value). Unable to attend the live session? Register anyway. A link to a recording of the webinar will be emailed to all registrants. 

Join Professor Raj Venkatesan for a virtual mock class! 
Our Part-Time MBA and Executive MBA formats are hybrid in nature, consisting of in-person and virtual elements. This session will simulate an abridged class, followed by a short Q&A with Michael. We hope you will be able to join us and experience the power of the case method firsthand! Did you know? Attending this online event satisfies 50% of our Executive MBA and Part-Time MBA application fee waiver offers (a $250 value).

During this session, Managing Director of Admissions Brett Twitty will share tips to help you get organized for UVA Darden's Part-Time MBA and Executive MBA application processes. Topics to be covered during the session include:

How does the Admissions Committee evaluate applications? 

How long should a resume be? 

What makes a compelling short answer response? 

Should I submit a standardized test score or test waiver request with my application? 

Who makes a good recommender?

What is a Darden interview like? 

and more! 
Application workshops are virtual events hosted by a member of the Admissions Committee. Connect with fellow prospective students through these interactive sessions, and gain insights into specific components of the application in these themed workshops. Please plan to enable video and audio capabilities for the duration of the workshop. Registration is limited to ensure meaningful participation from attendees. 

Interested in learning more about the MBA degree and the deferred enrollment pathway? Join Katherine Alford and Merav Frazier from Darden Admissions to learn more about this opportunity.

Chats are small group events for prospective students who are interested in learning more about Darden. Join an Admissions representative or another member of the Darden community to learn more about the application process, the case method style of learning, and how to determine if Darden is your best fit.

Join Darden Admissions and Professor Michael Ho for a faculty thought leadership webinar series for prospective students. 

Michael J. Ho is entering his 24th year teaching in the Finance area at Darden. His research interests have included mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, equity research analysts behavior, investment bank reputations and underwriter choice in initial public offerings. 

With over 35 years of transaction experience in mergers and acquisitions, Ho is a managing director and the co-head of Buyside M&A Advisory at Fifth Third Securities, the investment banking division of Fifth Third Bank. Prior to joining Fifth Third, he was co-founder and managing director of Praxis Partners LLC, a financial advisory firm focused on providing mergers and acquisitions advisory services to middle-market companies and custom executive education programs for financial institutions. Before co-founding Praxis Partners and its predecessor company, he was a principal in Mergers and Acquisitions and director of Asia-Pacific Investment Banking at Robertson Stephens & Company, a leading financial adviser to emerging growth companies in the high-technology, health care and consumer products and specialty retailing industries, and an associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions department at the First Boston Corporation, under the direction of Bruce Wasserstein and Joe Perella.

Join Darden Admissions and fellow prospective students for a small group tour of Sands Family Grounds, UVA Darden's DC area grounds and the base location for our working professional programs – Executive MBA, Part-Time MBA and MSBA. We look forward to seeing you! Health and Safety Requirements: All Sands Family Grounds visitors must comply with UVA’s current health and safety guidelines, including staying home if feeling unwell.

During a class visit, you will have the opportunity to join a live class and have lunch with current students. Join us and experience the case method and Darden community firsthand.

Darden Admissions Participates in a number of prospective student events with other top business schools as well as partner organizations including Forté, the Consortium, MLT, Poets & Quants and more.

Darden Admissions Participates in a number of prospective student events with other top business schools as well as partner organizations including Forté, the Consortium, MLT, Poets & Quants and more.