Harvard Business School published some tips regarding essays and recommendations on their admissions blog: ESSAYS Let me share some approaches that are NOT particularly helpful to your application: Essays that are basically a paragraph version of your resume: This is surprisingly common: I went to college X then decided to take job Y and that led [...]
MIT Sloan and Berkeley Haas published updated deadlines and essay questions for the MBA programs that start in 2019: Berkeley R1 - September 27, 2018 R2 - January 10, 2019 R3 - April 4, 2019 . Required Essays Essay #1 Tell us a six-word story that reflects a memorable experience in your life-to-date. Elaborate on why it [...]
Columbia and Kellogg published their Deadlines and Essay Topics for the MBA programs that start in 2019: Columbia Entry: August '19 Early: Oct 3, 2018 Merit Fellowship Deadline: Jan 4, 2019 Final: Apr 10, 2019 Entry: January '19 Deadline: Oct 3, 2018 . Applicants must complete one short answer question and three essays. Short [...]
Chicago Booth and Wharton published deadlines and essay topics for their MBA programs that start in 2019: CHICAGO BOOTH Round 1 - Sep 27, 2018 Round 2 - Jan 3, 2019 Round 3 - Apr 4, 2019 . 2018-2019 Chicago Booth Full-Time MBA Application Questions: How will the Booth MBA help you achieve your immediate [...]
HBS & Stanford released their essay topics (which haven't changed) and deadlines for the MBA programs that start in 2019: HBS R1 - September 5, 2018 R2 - January 4, 2019 . Essay question: As we review your application, what more would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the Harvard Business School [...]
Written by: Michelle Miller, CEO ARINGO Americas, [email protected]ARINGO.com The essays are among the most important components of the application packet you will submit to business schools. The essays are the one area of your application where you have the best opportunity to illustrate your knowledge of the program, showcase your talents and accomplishments, and [...]
Tuck and UCLA Anderson published updated essay questions and deadlines for the MBA programs that start in 2018: Tuck Essays: Please respond fully but concisely to the following essay questions. There are no right or wrong answers. We encourage applicants to limit the length of their responses to a word count of 500. Please double-space [...]
Duke and Darden published updated application deadlines and essay questions for the MBA programs that start in 2018: Duke Deadlines: Early Action - September 12, 2017 Round 1 - October 10, 2017 Round 2 - January 3, 2018 Round 3 - March 20, 2018 Essays: Three short answer questions and 2 essays are [...]
Wharton and Kellogg published updated deadlines and essay questions for the MBA programs that start in 2018: Wharton Deadlines: Round 1 - September 19, 2017 Round 2 January 3, 2018 Round 3 March 27, 2018 Essays: First-time applicant and re-applicants (those who applied to begin the program in the fall of 2017 [...]
Chicago Booth and MIT Sloan published updated deadlines and essay topics for the MBA programs that start in 2018: Chicago Booth Deadlines Round 1 - September 21, 2017 Round 2 - January 3, 2018 Round 3 - April 3, 2018 Essay questions View this collection of shared Booth moments. Choose the moment that best resonates [...]
Yale and Ross published updated deadlines and essay questions for their MBA programs that start in 2018: Ross Deadlines: Round 1 - October 2, 2017 Round 2 - January 2, 2018 Round 3 - March 19, 2018 Essays: Part 1: Short Answer Questions Select one prompt from each group. Respond to your selected prompts [...]
Stanford and Columbia published new essay questions and deadlines for the MBA programs that start in 2018: Stanford Essays Essay A: What matters most to you, and why? Suggested Word Count - 750 words For this essay, we would like you to: Do some deep self-examination, so you can genuinely illustrate who you are [...]
Harvard Business School and Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley published new deadlines and essay questions for the MBA programs that start in 2018. Harvard Deadlines: R1 - September 6, 2017 R2 - January 3, 2018 R3 - TBD Essay: As we review your application, what more would you like us to know as we [...]
Harvard published essay questions and registration deadlines for its MBA program beginning in 2017: Essay question: As we review your application, what more would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the Harvard Business School MBA Program? Deadlines: Round 1 – 9/7/2016 Round 2 – 1/4/2017 Round 3 – 4/3/2017 [...]
Stanford and Columbia published deadlines for its MBA programs beginning in 2017: Stanford: Round 1 – 9/21/2016 Round 2 – 1/10/2017 Round 3 – 4/5/2017 Columbia: Deadline for the program beginning January 2017 – 10/5/2016 Deadline for the program beginning August 2017 – Early Decision – 10/5/2016 Final deadline for the program beginning August [...]
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Wharton published updated essay questions and deadlines for the MBA program that starts in 2016: Essays 1. (Required) What do you hope to gain both personally and professionally from the Wharton MBA? (500 words) 2. (Optional) Please use the space below to highlight any additional information that you would like the Admissions Committee to know [...]
A Kaplan survey of the admissions committees at U.S. MBA programs shows that most programs do not plan to reduce their number of application essays as Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, and Yale did recently. Only 13% of the 204 schools that participated in the survey responded that they requested fewer essays this year, and only 3% [...]
This week NYU Stern published new essay questions for 2013 candidates. Below is Aringo's analysis and some tips for answering Stern's questions.First of all, Stern has very specific instructions for their application- it is important that you follow them all.Essay 1. Professional Aspirations(750 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)Think about the decisions you have made in [...]
