{"id":24266,"date":"2014-06-10T03:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/mba-essay-writing-guide-expert-advice-from-rough-to-final\/"},"modified":"2014-06-10T03:00:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T10:00:20","slug":"mba-essay-writing-guide-expert-advice-from-rough-to-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/mba-essay-writing-guide-expert-advice-from-rough-to-final\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA Essay Writing Guide, Expert Advice from Rough to Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Things that are easier than writing an MBA essay:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Getting a cavity filled<\/li>\n
  2. Parallel parking in Times Square<\/li>\n
  3. Solving this<\/a> Rubik’s cube<\/li>\n
  4. Getting into SpaceCamp for grownups<\/li>\n
  5. Pretty much everything else<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Writing MBA essays is NOT easy. Trying to lay out your entire career plan in 100 words or less? Might as well try to find an affordable cable provider… amirite?? <\/p>\n

    Don’t worry, we’re here to help.\u00a0<\/span>Check out our MBA Essay Writing Guide<\/a> for all new tips and strategies to help you rock out a technically perfect, emotionally charged, inspirational MBA essay and get you into HBS<\/a>, Stanford<\/a>, Columbia<\/a>, or whatever your dream B-school may be.<\/p>\n

    Here’s a sneak peek at the gems of wisdom you’ll find in our MBA Essay Writing Guide<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    On conquering\u00a0writer’s block<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n

    Write out your stories in a bulleted list of all your greatest achievements and most fun, wild stories in everything you have done, from work to academics, to community service. Two or three sentences per story; just the essence. If you get stuck, chat it over with people \u2013 a boyfriend, girlfriend, a mom, a colleague or boss, over a beer or coffee. They might remember things you have forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    On the biggest essay writing mistakes to avoid<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n

    Not having a destination for where you want the Admissions Committee reader to arrive is a recipe for mediocrity. This means you should have a conscious agenda for what you want the reader to come away with, like: \u201cThis woman can make lemon-aid out of lemons, leap tall buildings in a single bound, and she is going to make herself rich while ridding the world of disease \u2013 wow, she could make our school famous!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    On what you MUST do when writing your MBA essay<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n

    Don\u2019t be afraid to employ a little creativity. Too often, people respond like it\u2019s a Q&A Interview, repeating the prompt verbatim in their answer. What better way to SHOW that you can indeed \u201cthink outside the box\u201d than by\u00a0playing around with your essay structure<\/a>, employing imagery, anecdotes, and even a dash of humor. But perhaps the true lesson is: START EARLY. Hard to be creative and experiment with essay ideas when you\u2019re under the gun.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    So what are you waiting for? It’s time to get behind the wheel and get yourself to an MBA. You drive, we’ll guide.<\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n
    MBA ESSAY WRITING GUIDE \u279d <\/div>\n

    <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Things that are easier than writing an MBA essay: Getting a cavity filled Parallel parking in Times Square Solving this Rubik’s cube Getting into SpaceCamp for grownups Pretty much everything…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[817],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissionado","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24266","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\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}