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2021-2022 Full-time MBA Application Essay Questions of Business schools

Harvard

HBS essay question: “As we review your application, what more would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the Harvard Business School MBA Program?”

Harvard Essay Question Analysis, deadlines and Interview questions
https://gmatclub.com/forum/harvard-mba- ... l#p2832352

Stanford

Stanford Essay A: What matters most to you, and why?
For this essay, we would like you to reflect deeply and write from the heart. Once you’ve identified what matters most to you, help us understand why. You might consider, for example, what makes this so important to you? What people, insights, or experiences have shaped your perspectives?

Stanford Essay B: Why Stanford?
Describe your aspirations and how your Stanford GSB experience will help you realize them. If you are applying to both the MBA and MSx programs, use Essay B to address your interest in both programs.

Stanford Essay Question Analysis
https://gmatclub.com/forum/stanford-gsb ... l#p2545606

Wharton

Wharton Essay 1: How do you plan to use the Wharton MBA program to help you achieve your future professional goals? You might consider your past experience, short and long-term goals, and resources available at Wharton. (500 words)

Wharton Essay 2: Taking into consideration your background – personal, professional, and/or academic – how do you plan to make specific, meaningful contributions to the Wharton community? (400 words)

Wharton Required Essay for all Reapplicants: Please use this space to share with the Admissions Committee how you have reflected and grown since your previous application and discuss any relevant updates to your candidacy (e.g., changes in your professional life, additional coursework, and extracurricular/volunteer engagements). (250 words)

Wharton optional essay: Please use this space to share any additional information about yourself that cannot be found elsewhere in your application and that you would like to share with the Admissions Committee. This space can also be used to address any extenuating circumstances (e.g., unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance, areas of weakness, etc.) that you would like the Admissions Committee to consider.

Wharton Essay Question Analysis
https://gmatclub.com/forum/wharton-mba- ... 57820.html

Chicago Booth

Booth Essay 1: How will the Booth MBA help you achieve your immediate and long-term post-MBA career goals? (250-word minimum)

Booth Essay 2: Essay #2: An MBA is as much about personal growth as it is about professional development. In addition to sharing your experience and goals in terms of career, we’d like to learn more about you outside of the office. Use this opportunity to tell us something about who you are… (Minimum 250 words, no maximum.)

Booth Required Essay for all Reapplicants: Upon reflection, how has your perspective regarding your future, Chicago Booth, and/ or getting an MBA changed since the time of your last application? (300 words maximum)

Booth optional essay: Is there any unclear information in your application that needs further explanation? (300 words maximum)

Booth Essay Question Analysis
https://gmatclub.com/forum/chicago-boot ... 63893.html

MIT Sloan

MIT Sloan Cover Letter:: MIT Sloan seeks students whose personal characteristics demonstrate that they will make the most of the incredible opportunities at MIT, both academic and non-academic. We are on a quest to find those whose presence will enhance the experience of other students. We seek thoughtful leaders with exceptional intellectual abilities and the drive and determination to put their stamp on the world. We welcome people who are independent, authentic, and fearlessly creative — true doers. We want people who can redefine solutions to conventional problems, and strive to preempt unconventional dilemmas with cutting-edge ideas. We demand integrity and respect passion.

Taking the above into consideration, please submit a cover letter seeking a place in the MIT Sloan MBA program. Your letter should conform to a standard business correspondence, include one or more professional examples that illustrate why you meet the desired criteria above, and be addressed to the Admissions Committee (300 words or fewer, excluding address and salutation).

Sloan video statement:
Introduce yourself to your future classmates. Here’s your chance to put a face with a name, let your personality shine through, be conversational, be yourself. We can’t wait to meet you! Videos should adhere to the following guidelines:

No more than 1 minute (60 seconds) in length
Single take (no editing)
Speaking directly to the camera
Do not include background music or subtitles

Sloan Organizational Chart: To help us better understand your current role and the impact that you have on your team and department, please submit an organizational chart. We should be able to clearly understand the internal structure of your organization, where you sit in your organization and your line of reporting.

Sloan Essay Question Analysis
https://gmatclub.com/forum/mit-mba-appl ... 64481.html

ISB

ISB Essay #1:: Describe with examples the most important personal quality that you possess, which significantly enhances your prospects of being successful as a leader? (400 words max)

ISB Essay 2: What are your short term and long term career goals? How will Post Graduate Program at ISB assist you in achieving your goals? (400 words max)

ISB Essay Question Analysis
https://gmatclub.com/forum/isb-2022-co- ... 61477.html

Columbia CBS

Columbia Essay 1 Through your resume and recommendations, we have a clear sense of your professional path to date. What are your career goals over the next three to five years and what, in your imagination, would be your long-term dream job? (500 words)

Columbia Essay 2 and 3: Please respond to two (2) of the three (3) essay questions listed below:

Q1. *New Question Alert* The Phillips Pathway for Inclusive Leadership (PPIL) is a new co-curricular program designed to ensure that every CBS student develops the skills to become an ethical and inclusive leader. Through PPIL, students attend programming focused on give essential diversity, equity, and inclusion skills: Creating an Inclusive Environment, Mitigating Bias, Communicating Across Identities, Addressing Systemic Inequality, and Managing Difficult Conversations. Tell us about a time you were challenged around one of these five skills. Describe the situation, the actions you took, and the outcome. (250 words)

Q2. Why do you feel Columbia Business School is a good fit for you? (250 words)

Q3. Tell us about your favourite book, movie, or song and why it resonates with you? (250 words)

Columbia Optional Question: Is there any further information that you wish to provide the Admissions Committee? If so, use this space to provide an explanation of any areas of concern in your academic record or your personal history. This does not need to be a formal essay. You may submit bullet points. (Maximum 500 Words)

Columbia Reapplication Question: How have you enhanced your candidacy since your previous application? Please detail your progress since you last applied and reiterate how you plan to achieve your immediate and long term post-MBA professional goals. (Maximum 500 words).

Columbia Essay Question Analysis
https://gmatclub.com/forum/columbia-cbs ... 56710.html

Berkeley Haas

Haas Essay 1 Essay 1: What makes you feel alive when you are doing it, and why? (300 words maximum)

Haas Essay 2: Essay 2: The definition of successful leadership has evolved over the last decade and will continue to change. What do you need to develop to become a successful leader? (300 words max)

Haas Essay Question Analysis
https://gmatclub.com/forum/berkeley-haa ... 61332.html

Duke Fuqua

Fuqua Essay 1 25 Random Things About Yourself

The ‘Team Fuqua’ spirit and community is one of the things that sets the MBA experience apart, and it is a concept that extends beyond the student body to include faculty, staff, and administration. Please share with us “25 Random Things” about you. The Admissions Committee wants to get to know YOU – beyond the professional and academic achievements listed in your resume and transcript. Share with us important life experiences, your hobbies, achievements, fun facts, or anything that helps us understand what makes you who you are.

Your list will be limited to 2 pages (750 words maximum). Please present your response in list form, numbered 1 to 25. Some points may be brief, while others may be longer.

Fuqua Essay 2: The Fuqua Community and You

Fuqua prides itself on cultivating a culture of engagement. Our students enjoy a wide range of student-led organizations that provide opportunities for leadership development and personal fulfillment, as well as an outlet for contributing to society. Our student-led government, clubs, centers, and events are an integral part of the student culture and to the development of leaders. Based on your understanding of the Fuqua culture, what are 3 ways you expect to contribute at Fuqua?

Fuqua Optional Essay Tell us more

If you feel there are circumstances of which the admissions committee should be aware, please explain them here (e.g. unexplained gaps in work, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance). Note that you should NOT upload additional essays nor additional recommendations in this area. The Optional Information section is intended to provide the admissions committee with insight into your circumstances only.

Fuqua Essay Question Analysis
https://gmatclub.com/forum/duke-mba-ess ... 64484.html

Michigan Ross

Ross Essay Part 1 Short-answer questions: Select one prompt from each group of the two groups below. Respond to each selected prompt in 100 words or less.

Group 1

I want people to know that I:
I made a difference when I:
I was aware that I was different when:

Group 2

I am out of my comfort zone when:
I was humbled when:
I was challenged when:

Ross Essay Part 2:Career Goals Essay: What is your short-term career goal, and why? (200 words)

Ross Optional Essay Is there something in your resume or application that could use some explanation? You might want to discuss the completion of supplemental coursework, employment gaps, academic issues, etc. Feel free to use bullet points where appropriate.

Ross Essay Question Analysis
https://gmatclub.com/forum/michigan-ros ... 59955.html

Darden

Darden Essay 1 Learning Teams are an invaluable peer resource for Darden students as they navigate the core curriculum. Every student is assigned to a Learning Team consisting of 5-6 students from an array of backgrounds and perspectives, and this built-in support system serves as an important connection to the broader Darden community.

Tell us what you would want your Learning Team to know about you that is not on your resume. (150 words maximum)

Darden Essay 2 Darden strives to identify and cultivate responsible leaders who follow their purpose. Please respond to one of the following prompts (200 words maximum)

Select the prompt to which you will respond.

Q1: Tell us about a time when you worked with a team to solve a problem or seize an opportunity. What role did you play? What did you learn from this experience?

Q2: Tell us about a time you acted to solve a problem for the greater good. What drew you to this issue? What did you learn from this experience?

Darden Essay 3 Diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission and they work best when they are an integral and celebrated part of our community.

Select the prompt to which you will respond.

Q1: Share a time when you learned something related to diversity, equity or inclusion that was previously unknown to you. How did this experience impact your perspective?

Q2: Share a time when you advocated for a perspective, identity, or community different from your own. How did this experience impact your worldview?

Darden Essay 4 What is your short-term, post-MBA goal and how does it align with the long-term vision you have for your career? (150 words maximum)

Darden Essay Question Analysis
https://gmatclub.com/forum/uva-darden-e ... 59431.html