NYU is certainly demonstrating its innovative and creative streak with this year's application. Lots of changes! In a nutshell: • Its "Pick Six" question is replacing the creative question it…
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What is an admissions committee’s message or intent behind limiting an “essay” answer to 100, 200, or 300 characters? Just the facts, please. In fact, just the key facts. No…
My comments are in blue throughout. The black font represents quotes from Haas, which provides excellent resources and advice on its web site. In a nutshell, Haas kept the basic…
Taken together, these essay questions cover a lot of ground: your professional path and plans, your alignment with the program’s core values, and your unique individuality. Moreover, this vast ground…
Ross is shaking things up this year. It has different essay questions (requiring very short answers) and a more traditional goals question, but all is different from previous years. Why?…
The essay advice that UCLA Anderson provides is excellent, not just for Anderson’s essays, but for most MBA essays. We've provided it here. Read it carefully. • Your essays are…
As you did for the last two years applying to Yale SOM, you need to make the most of its single required essay, but you also need to take the…
HBS must have liked the responses to last year's excellent essay question. This year's question is the same. Indeed there is very little change in the broad strokes of HBS'…
Columbia slightly changed its first short answer question and materially changed all its essay questions. CBS also re-instituted word limits as opposed to the somewhat flexible ranges it gave last…
Writing the first draft of your personal statement is probably the hardest part of the whole application process. And it makes sense – it’s not easy to capture so much…