{"id":46260,"date":"2019-06-28T09:11:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/stanford-gsb-essay-analysis-2019-2020\/"},"modified":"2019-06-28T09:11:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:11:16","slug":"stanford-gsb-essay-analysis-2019-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/stanford-gsb-essay-analysis-2019-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford (GSB) Essay Analysis 2019-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Stanford (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsb.stanford.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stanford<\/a> has had the same two questions&#8211;&#8220;What matters most to you, and why?&#8221; and &#8220;Why Stanford?&#8221;&#8211;for years, and they remain two of the most challenging questions in the MBA application world. <\/p>\n<p>This year they&#8217;ve improved the clarifying instructions below each prompt, in ways that frankly overlap with our guidance from prior years. 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