When I agreed to respond to ten common questions that MBA applicants had, I promised that I wouldn’t say “it depends” to every question… even though there isn’t just one…
Posts tagged as “essay writing”
Striking a Balance Between Authenticity and Cynicism In my eighteen years of helping people earn admission into their dream schools, two kinds of applicants are quite common. The first…
The personal statement is a terrific opportunity to share an intriguing and unique aspect of your life with the admissions committees. How much should you tell? At what point are you…
How many times have you wandered through a bookstore or library, opening up a book to read the first few lines only to quickly close it again? How often have…
You’ve got your first draft ready – this is a great milestone! Now it’s time to revise and edit. Outstanding essays are not sprung into the world on the first…
You now have a clear sense of what makes an essay effective. You have reflected on the questions that helped you identify and develop your theme. Now it’s time to…
As you gear up to write your application essays, you may have looked at sample “winning” essays published in books or on websites, only to ask yourself afterward, “Sure, these…
Why do obstacles matter to the adcoms? Applicants love to write about their accomplishments, whether in personal statements for graduate school or in b-school essays that ask for greatest achievements, challenges,…
Get Personal MBA Coach's advice on how to tackle the 2021-2022 Wharton application essays.
Get Personal MBA Coach's analysis of the 2020-2021 Dartmouth Tuck essay questions.