{"id":21436,"date":"2013-11-04T14:32:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T21:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=21436"},"modified":"2013-11-06T15:27:44","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T22:27:44","slug":"4-dos-and-donts-for-presenting-yourself-in-your-mba-essays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/4-dos-and-donts-for-presenting-yourself-in-your-mba-essays\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts for Presenting Yourself in Your MBA Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.accepted.com\/MBA\/Five-Fatal-Flaws\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-21437\" alt=\"Learn the 5 fatal flaws to avoid in your application essays! \" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Stop-Sign-300x204.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a>Here are some helpful <strong>DO\u2019s<\/strong> and<strong> DON\u2019Ts<\/strong> that will help you create a distinctive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/applicationessays.aspx\">MBA application essay<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>DON\u2019T<\/strong> write an essay that simply discusses what you think the adcom wants to hear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INSTEAD\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DO<\/strong> write about a topic that truly interests you, something that you\u2019d genuinely like to share.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>DON\u2019T<\/strong> pressure yourself to write something extraordinary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INSTEAD\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DO<\/strong> focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2013\/03\/25\/important-admissions-tip-be-yourself\/\">writing something real<\/a>. The genuine ordinary presented well is usually more impressive and credible than the phony extraordinary.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>DON\u2019T<\/strong> use a voice that is not your own. Don\u2019t try and be funny if you\u2019re not a particularly witty person. Don\u2019t use big words if they\u2019re not words you\u2019d use in a day-to-day conversation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INSTEAD\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DO<\/strong> write like you speak (though please make sure that it\u2019s polite and polished).<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>DON\u2019T<\/strong> write about OTHER people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INSTEAD\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DO<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2013\/10\/09\/4-application-strategy-tips-stand-out-and-fit-in-2\/\">write about yourself<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>The adcom wants to learn about YOU. 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Accepted.com has guided thousands of applicants to acceptances at top MBA programs since 1994 \u2013 we know what works and what doesn't, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/contactus.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">contact us<\/a> to get started now!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;\"><em>This article originally appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2013\/11\/04\/4-dos-and-donts-for-presenting-yourself-in-your-mba-essays\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog<\/a>, the official blog of Accepted.com.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some helpful DO\u2019s and DON\u2019Ts that will help you create a distinctive MBA application essay: DON\u2019T write an essay that simply discusses what you think the adcom wants&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6,1,939,775,113],"tags":[90,811,24,784,282,883],"class_list":["post-21436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-current-events","category-uncategorized","category-accepted","category-admission-consultants","category-applications","tag-application-essay","tag-essay-tips","tag-essays","tag-mba-admissions-essay","tag-mba-application-essays","tag-mba-essay-tips","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21436","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=21436"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21499,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21436\/revisions\/21499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}