Get started with your Career Track MBA application today! Applicants are encouraged to apply early early to be assured a spot in the program. Here’s an overview of what you’ll need:
Graduate College online application (see more below)
Official transcripts
Resume
Two admissions essays
Two letters of recommendation
*No GMAT or GRE required!
Well qualified applicants will be invited for an on-site or Zoom interview as part of the application process. See more information on admission and deadlines here.
Apply to the “full-time” (aka the Career Track MBA) in the application system. In this application, you will provide basic information and upload required documents directly into the online portal.
To apply, there is a non-refundable application fee: $65 for domestic students and $95 for international students. Fee application waivers are not availabe for domestic or international students.
Official Transcripts
Students must have earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university before starting the program
Transcripts from every college or university you have attended must be submitted. Students from a US institution may upload their unoffical transcripts to be considered for admission.
Students from an international institution must submit official transcripts.
Transcripts can be sent in a variety of ways and formats – they all must be sent to the Boise State Graduate College:
By Mail
Boise State University
Graduate College
Riverfront Hall, Room 307
1910 University Dr.
Boise, IDÂ 83725-1110
Electronic
Your school may send directly to gradcoll@boisestate.edu.
Questions about the status of your transcript(s)? Please contact the Boise State Graduate College at gradcoll@boisestate.edu or (208) 426-4723.
Resume
A current detailed resume highlighting your professional work and/or volunteer experience. Do not be concerned with brevity. Please include start and end dates (month and year) for each position held, and indicate full or part-time.
Essays
Please answer the following questions. Essays should be double spaced.
Required
1) Tell us about a time when you tried to reach a goal or a task that was challenging, difficult, or frustrating. What did you learn from the experience? (maximum 500 words)
2) Each of our applicants is unique. Describe how your background, values, academics, and/or leadership skills influenced your career goals. How do you expect a Boise State MBA to help you achieve these goals? (maximum 750 words)
Optional Essay
Is there anything you would like to share with the MBA Admissions Committee in considering your application? (maximum 500 words)
Required for re-applicants only
Since your previous application, what are the steps you’ve taken to strengthen your candidacy?
Recommendations
Please submit two recommendations. Recommendations are to be completed by a person who has been your direct supervisor in a professional setting or your professor in an academic setting.
The online application system will ask for the name and email of the two people who will be recommending you. They will then be sent instructions on how to complete the recommendation forms and/or letter.
Interview
Interviews are required as part of the application process. Well qualified candidates are contacted by email to schedule an interview after application materials are completed and processed.
Interviews take place on campus or via a Zoom meeting.
