You may have seen that Businessweek recently reaffirmed its #2 ranking for Tuck amongst US MBA Programs. While specific rankings are of debatable importance, there\u2019s no doubt that Tuck has amazing attributes to offer \u2013 beautiful surroundings, a personalized experience, and a passionate alumni base are a few that come to mind. If you\u2019re applying to Tuck, here is what you need to know.<\/p>\n
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Essay Prompts<\/p>\n
Tuck devotes an entire page on its website to \u2018admissions criteria\u2019 \u2013 the four characteristics it seeks in successful applicants: smart, accomplished, aware and encouraging. \u2018Smart\u2019 and \u2018accomplished\u2019 are basically givens for any highly regarded MBA program. However, \u2018aware\u2019 and \u2018encouraging\u2019 are a bit more nuanced. After you have solid drafts of your essays, be sure to revisit these criteria and ask yourself (or a trusted friend) whether they come to the forefront. \u00a0While not the topic of this article, make sure your recommendations showcase these characteristics as well.<\/p>\n
Even more than other schools, Tuck really cares that you\u2019ve taken the time to understand what makes its program unique and why its specific resources fit your goals. Pre-COVID, this was one school we highly, highly encouraged our clients to visit for exactly this reason.\u00a0 In today\u2019s world, attend enough events and do enough networking to replicate the knowledge you would have gleaned from the full-scale campus experience (class visit, lunch with students, chat with admissions, etc).<\/p>\n
Also, take the time to thoroughly reflect on why what you\u2019ve learned matters for your specific circumstances \u2013 the way you learn, the skills you are looking to build in school, the connections you need to form. Then, thoughtfully communicate these insights in your essays. Essay one is the obvious place for this, but essay two is another good place to highlight the parts of your personality that will make you a great \u2018Tuckie\u2019.<\/p>\n
While essay three specifically asks you to tell a story, using stories to \u2018show not tell\u2019 who you are in essay two is also an optimal strategy. You can claim all day long that you are curious, team-oriented, adventurous, or whatever the case may be, but it\u2019s hard to make this believable if it\u2019s not backed up with an example that demonstrates it.<\/p>\n
Given the scant word count, selectivity is key. What are the two or three things (personality traits, elements of your background, values, etc) that really define who you are? Filter these through Tuck\u2019s four criteria and select the two (or even one, if robust enough) that you don\u2019t highlight elsewhere in the application and align with your personal brand.<\/p>\n
After using a brief story or two to demonstrate your selected quality(ies), spend a short paragraph extrapolating how these traits will play out at Tuck and why they will allow you to better the experience of your classmates.<\/p>\n
While not a wholesale divergence from last year, Tuck has added the word \u2018encouraging\u2019 to this year\u2019s prompt. The prior prompt asked for a time you helped someone succeed and that\u2019s still a good way to frame up this question in your head as you brainstorm potential stories. Once you have some options, filter them (once again) through Tuck\u2019s criteria and, more specifically, the attributes they\u2019ve listed in the prompt (especially \u2018encouraging\u2019) to settle on the ideal one to use.<\/p>\n
As you write, be sure to spend the bulk of the content describing your actions in detail. Frame up the context as briefly and simply as you can so that you can maximize the space devoted to the nuances of your approach \u2013 beyond the actions you took, drill into your thoughts, words, etc. The word count is limiting, so it will take some trial and error to get this right. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
If you need help with your MBA applications, including Tuck, click here<\/a> to schedule an initial consultation.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Essay Advice \u2013 Dartmouth Tuck<\/a> appeared first on Vantage Point MBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You may have seen that Businessweek recently reaffirmed its #2 ranking for Tuck amongst US MBA Programs. While specific rankings are of debatable importance, there\u2019s no doubt that Tuck has…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1955,775,243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-vantage-point-mba","category-admission-consultants","category-blog","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53174","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\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}