Darden School of Business

• Asset Management/Sales & Trading
• Corporate Finance/Investment Banking
• Entrepreneurship
• Marketing
• Strategy Consulting
• Supply Chain Management

Darden identifies academic and professional distinction through scholarship prizes. Competitive scholarships are meant to reward proved exemplary ability and are one tool they use to help interest top-students. Through these awards, the Darden School seeks to acknowledge a recipient’s experience while funding in their future.

Most of Darden’s merit-based scholarships do not need an additional application. If admitted, students will be assessed for convenient scholarships, which are competitively granted based on a mixture of metrics and considerations.

Scholarships such as the Batten Scholars and Jefferson Fellowships programs require a supplemental application.

Darden students make connections with hundreds of companies, recruiters, and Darden alumni and friends every year. Darden’s ‘The Career Center’ strives to recognize, nurture, and encourage engagement with top companies from around the world. By a variety of on-Grounds events, global career conventions and job treks, and a dedicated network of alumni positioned in a variety of industries and locations, Darden students enter profoundly sought-after internships and full-time roles.

One letter of recommendation is required, but you may submit up to two for review by the committee. You should seek recommendations from people capable of commenting on your professional, leadership, and intellectual capabilities.
When completing your online application, you will be prompted to provide contact information for at least one reference. He or she will be contacted via email and invited to complete the letter of recommendation online. The Common Letter of Recommendation is designed to save you and your referee’s time, as the questions and written prompts will remain constant for all participating schools.

Tips for recommendation letters:

• Who can give a recommendation: You will have to provide details of one recommender who can be your reporting manager / previous manager/ senior colleague / current client/ previous client/business partner/ supplier/ auditor etc.
• It should not be a bunch of adjectives. The recommender should add specific instances/examples of your professional work together.
• Academic recommendations ( from professors/teachers etc) are not valid
  The recommender should send the recommendation from the official email id only. If the recommender does not have an official id – then proof that you reported / or was supervised by this person should be attached.
• Go by the quality of the evaluation rather than the seniority of the designation.