The dedication and intensity required from Acton affects not only you, but your family and significant others too. So we hold some sessions throughout the year in which students and their significant others get together with a teacher to discuss the contributions and sacrifices each has to make throughout the program.

Acton accepts no more than five students a year who apply directly after college. For these select students, there is an even greater emphasis on GPA and GMAT scores, history of leadership positions, community involvement, internships, after-school jobs, etc., to make up for the lack of work experience.

While Acton students have to create their own schedules to best fit their individual needs (when they sleep, spend time with significant others, etc.), the following is a general idea of students’ daily schedules: 6:00am – 8:00am Study Groups, 8:00am – 11:00am Attend classes, 11:00am – 12:00pm Lunch, 12:00pm – until 12:00am Study

The Acton program begins with Pre-Matriculation in late August, which prepares you to step into the classroom with some basic knowledge. Classroom work begins in January and runs through May. When it comes to entrepreneur MBA programs, nothing compares to Acton’s unique immersive curriculum.

No, Acton students are responsible for finding and providing their own housing.

You will be doing work in Cash & Valuation, Life of Meaning, Operations and Customers.  Pre-Mat is delivered to you interactively, so you can work on it from wherever you have an internet connection.

In-person classes are held from January to May at the Acton School of Business campus located just south of downtown Austin, TX on Riverside Drive.

No. As a groundbreaking leader in top one-year MBA programs, Acton utilizes a case-method approach that requires students to lead the discussion in every class on a daily basis. The case method does not work well with distance learning. One of Acton’s strengths is delivering a cohesive program in a short amount time. In order to receive an MBA, our students must wisely use every minute of their 80 to 100 hours a week.

The classroom will accommodate 30-40 students.

There is no time for students to work while attending Acton. Students work 80 to 100 hours or more a week attending class, meeting in peer groups, and preparing cases. You may, however, work and do Pre-Mat at the same time.

Acton is a program of Hardin-Simmons University. Hardin-Simmons is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).