{"id":34513,"date":"2016-09-13T16:24:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T23:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=34513"},"modified":"2016-09-13T16:24:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T23:24:07","slug":"why-write-a-series-about-mba-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/why-write-a-series-about-mba-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Write a Series About MBA Goals?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few years ago, in the good old days when Wharton<\/a>\u00a0still offered feedback to rejected applicants, I talked with a potential client who happened to be reapplying to Wharton. I asked him whether he\u2019d obtained feedback on his application, and he said yes. Well? \u201cActually they said they really liked my application. They said I was well qualified, and I would be a good fit for the school.\u201d Pause. \u201cThe problem was my goals. Venture capital. They said it wasn\u2019t a feasible goal for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like many people, this person dreamed of going into VC \u2013 he surely could do it, given the chance, and it would be wonderful for him \u2013 just that his chances of getting a VC job post-MBA were about zero. The adcom knew that, and he should have known it too.<\/p>\n

Inappropriate goals, ineffectively presented goals, and impractical goals can get otherwise well qualified applicants dinged from top MBA programs<\/a>. This story is not an isolated case. I have heard similar ones every year for thirteen-plus years.<\/p>\n

How do you avoid this scenario? Effort. Thought. Research. Many people start their MBA application\u00a0process with their goals sort of sketched out in their head. But sketched out won\u2019t cut it, and if you focus only on what you\u2019d like personally without figuring out how you\u2019re going to make it happen, you might not realize that there are a few obstacles, as the person in the above story belatedly discovered. It\u2019s not that you should never present complex or difficult goals in an MBA essay<\/a>, but rather that if you do you should acknowledge that fact and have some concrete sense of how to achieve them. If the above applicant had said in his original essay that he knew how hard it would be for him to land a VC job and here\u2019s how he was planning to go about it, and if it still didn\u2019t work out, here\u2019s what he\u2019d do instead that would also take him to his long-term goals, he might have been admitted, considering how positively the adcom viewed the rest of his application.<\/p>\n

So what exactly are well-articulated, credible, engaging \u2013 and ideally exciting<\/em> \u2013 goals, and how do you craft them in the goals essay? The next four posts in this blog series will walk you through that process step by step.<\/p>\n

\"Why Write A Blog Post Series on Goals?\u201d is excerpted from the Accepted\u00a0guide,\u00a0Why MBA?<\/a>\u00a0To download the\u00a0complete guide,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"How<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Cindy<\/a> By Cindy Tokumitsu<\/a>,\u00a0author and co-author of numerous ebooks, articles, and special reports, including\u00a0<\/em><\/em>Why MBA<\/a> and\u00a0<\/em><\/em>Best MBA Programs: A Guide to Selecting the Right One<\/a>. Cindy has advised hundreds of successful applicants in her fifteen years with Accepted and she would love to help you too. Click here to get in touch!<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

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Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Focus on Fit<\/a>, a podcast episode
\n\u2022\u00a0Do You Know the 4 Factors for Assessing Your MBA Profile?<\/a>
\n\u2022\u00a0Business School Selectivity Index<\/a>,\u00a0a tool to help you discover the\u00a0schools where you are competitive<\/p>\n

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This article<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>originally appeared on\u00a0<\/span><\/i>blog.accepted.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Applying to a top b-school? The talented folks at Accepted have helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to their dream programs. Whether you are figuring out where to apply, writing your application essays, or prepping for your interviews, we are just a call (or click) away.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact us, and get matched up with the consultant who will help\u00a0you\u00a0<\/i><\/span>get accepted<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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