{"id":40753,"date":"2018-02-17T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=40753"},"modified":"2018-02-14T03:14:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T10:14:53","slug":"3-valuable-lessons-from-sample-mba-essays-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/3-valuable-lessons-from-sample-mba-essays-video\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Valuable Lessons from Sample MBA Essays [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal of your essay should be to provide a clear, engaging snapshot of who you are to the admissions readers. When they\u2019re done reading your essays, you want them to think, \u201cWow \u2013 this is a person I want to get to know better!\u201d How do you achieve this? One way is to look at sample successful essays. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4-5osLdooII?rel=0\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/where-you-should-apply\">applying to top MBA programs<\/a>, worried about the competition, and nervous that your MBA application essays won\u2019t be good enough to secure you an interview invitation?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep watching for 3 valuable lessons you can glean from sample MBA essays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re worried about the competition at top MBA programs, you have good reason to be concerned. At many top programs, rejection rates soar to over 80%. The essays provide you with the opportunity and the challenge to differentiate yourself from the many applicants superficially like you. And you certainly don\u2019t want a short essay or two to stop you from getting into your dream school. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of all, those essays may be short, but most are not at all easy. They are completely different from a memo or report or research paper. Really a genre you may not have encountered since you applied to college way back in high school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the founder and president of Accepted, I\u2019ve been guiding MBA applicants in writing MBA application essays for 20+ years, and our clients have been accepted to Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, Chicago Booth, Haas, Kellogg, MIT, INSEAD, Yale, and all the other top programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Accepted, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services\/essay-editing?utm_campaign=Blog&amp;utm_medium=valuable_lessons_sample_mba_essays_video&amp;utm_source=blog\">we understand how hard it is to write these essays<\/a> with their tight word limits and enigmatic questions, not to mention your own busy life and lack of time. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of you will turn to sample essays to stimulate your own writing juices. I\u2019d like to encourage you to review our sample essays at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/sampleessays\">accepted.com\/mba\/sampleessays<\/a> and in the meantime, I\u2019m going to share my 3 takeaways from our collection of sample MBA essays:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>1. Individuality comes through.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You feel like you're meeting or glimpsing different people in these essays. They are revealing because the author is not someone trying to be somebody else or hide themselves behind complex sentences and flowery verbiage or unintelligible jargon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>2. They're engaging.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They balance anecdote and analysis to hold your attention. You want the admissions committees to read out of interest, not just obligation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>3. Clarity.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They may not be Shakespeare, but they are well-written. Not gimmicky, but cogent and compelling. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what are the secrets of these authors? How did they create these powerful essays? More importantly, how do <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> create an equally potent essay that reveals you at your best? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/from-example-to-exemplary-guide\">accepted.com\/exemplary<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Download the free guide <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/from-example-to-exemplary-guide\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Example to Exemplary: How to Use Sample Essays to Make Your Essay Outstanding<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Learn how to write engaging, revealing, persuasive essays that will introduce you to the admissions readers as a compelling candidate. A candidate they will want to interview and ultimately admit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow these 3 steps to avoid the rejection-causing essay quagmire. Take away these lessons from this video and then implement them in your essays by following the advice in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Example to Exemplary<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go from confusion and anxiety to clarity and confidence. Not to mention acceptance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get the individualized assistance you need to bring your essay from good to great to out-of-this-world fantastic when you work with an Accepted consultant. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services\/essay-editing?utm_campaign=Blog&amp;utm_medium=valuable_lessons_sample_mba_essays_video&amp;utm_source=blog\">Check out our MBA Essay Services<\/a> for more information.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/from-example-to-exemplary-guide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40026\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Example-to-exemplary.jpg\" alt=\"Example to Exemplary\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Example-to-exemplary.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Example-to-exemplary-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40068 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Accepted-blue-rectangle.png\" alt=\"Get accepted!\" width=\"669\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Accepted-blue-rectangle.png 669w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Accepted-blue-rectangle-300x92.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/where-you-should-apply\">Best MBA Programs, A Guide to Selecting the Right One\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/three-mba-application-poisons-and-their-antidotes-video\/\">Three MBA Application Poisons and Their Antidotes<\/a>, a short video<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/10-tips-better-writing\/\">10 Tips for Better Essay Writing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/3-valuable-lessons-from-sample-mba-essays-video\/\">This article<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/\">blog.accepted.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Contact us, and get matched up with the consultant who will <a href=\"https:\/\/hubs.ly\/H01gxJF0\">help you get accepted<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal of your essay should be to provide a clear, engaging snapshot of who you are to the admissions readers. 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