{"id":1355,"date":"2009-11-17T10:08:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T18:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2009-11-17T10:08:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T18:08:10","slug":"columbia-emba-2010-essay-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/columbia-emba-2010-essay-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia EMBA 2010 Essay Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www4.gsb.columbia.edu\/emba\/learnmore\/admissions\/requirements\" href=\"https:\/\/www4.gsb.columbia.edu\/emba\/learnmore\/admissions\/requirements\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue\">Columbia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: blue\"><a title=\"https:\/\/www4.gsb.columbia.edu\/emba\/learnmore\/admissions\/requirements\" href=\"https:\/\/www4.gsb.columbia.edu\/emba\/learnmore\/admissions\/requirements\" target=\"_blank\">\u2019s EMBA essay questions<\/a> indicate that the adcom values concision, the ability to synthesize seemingly disparate elements, and skillful decision-making.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t a school that wants to learn about your multifaceted nature or experience or perspective for its own sake (at least at this point), but rather to learn about those aspects that are relevant to your goals and your MBA plans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Discuss your professional and personal accomplishments. Why do they make you an ideal candidate for the Columbia Executive MBA Program at this point in your career? Explain how the Program will help you contribute to your sponsoring organization and\/or your career goals. (1000 words maximum)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue\">This is truly one of the most difficult EMBA or MBA questions around.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to give yourself time to think about and put all the parts together.\u00a0 Let\u2019s walk through it:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: blue\"><span style=\"color: blue\">Your personal and professional accomplishment: Ideally you\u2019ll discuss one personal and one to two professional accomplishments.\u00a0 For the personal one, select something that reveals qualities or learning\/growth that you can apply professionally.\u00a0 For the professional one(s), select experiences that are impressive, that show you making an impact, and that have some relevance (direct or indirect) to your goals.\u00a0 If you follow this approach, you will have a natural answer for that tricky part of the question, how these accomplishments \u201cmake you an ideal candidate\u201d for the program. <\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: blue\"><span style=\"color: blue\">The second part is a more conventional goals question \u2013 what are your goals (including how you\u2019ll contribute to your organization) and how the program will help you do so.<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: blue\"><span style=\"color: blue\">A relatively natural and manageable way to structure this essay is to start with a short introductory paragraph, then discuss the accomplishments in chronological order, from there segue into your goals, and finish by discussing how the program will help you accomplish those goals.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2.\u00a0 (Optional) Is there any further information that you wish to provide to the Admissions Committee? Please use this space to provide an explanation of any areas of concern in your academic record or your personal history.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue\">By saying \u201can explanation of any areas of concern\u201d the adcom is indicating the optional essay is not an open invitation to enhance your application with any new information.\u00a0 It is seeking explanations for factors that need explaining, such as a low GMAT score, a gap in employment, etc.\u00a0 Be straightforward in your tone and succinct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue\"><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/aboutus\/editors.aspx?editorid=3\">Cindy Tokumitsu<\/a>, co-author of T<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/Ecommerce\/mba\/EMBAEssay.aspx\"><em>he EMBA Edge<\/em><\/a><em>,\u00a0and author of the free, email mini-course,<\/em><a title=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/embaadmissionscourse.aspx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/embaadmissionscourse.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><em> \"Ace the EMBA.\"<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia\u2019s EMBA essay questions indicate that the adcom values concision, the ability to synthesize seemingly disparate elements, and skillful decision-making.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t a school that wants to learn about your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-b-school-life","category-current-events","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1357,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions\/1357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}