Calling all NYU Stern Part Time [Spring & Fall 2020 Intake] Applicants

Application Deadlines

Essay Questions

• Essay 1: Professional Aspirations (500 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)
  
  • What are your short and long-term career goals?
  • How will the MBA help you achieve them?
• Essay 2: Personal Expression (a.k.a. "Pick Six")
  Describe yourself to the Admissions Committee and to your future classmates using six images and corresponding captions. Your uploaded PDF should contain all of the following elements:
  
  • A brief introduction or overview of your "Pick Six" (no more than 3 sentences).
  • Six images that help illustrate who you are.
  • A one-sentence caption for each of the six images that helps explain why they were selected and are significant to you.
  Note: Your visuals may include photos, infographics, drawings, or any other images that best describe you. Your document must be uploaded as a single PDF. The essay cannot be sent in physical form or be linked to a website.
  
• Essay 3: Additional Information (optional) (250 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)
  Please provide any additional information that you would like to bring to the attention of the Admissions Committee. This may include current or past gaps in employment, further explanation of your undergraduate record or self-reported academic transcript(s), plans to retake the GMAT, GRE, IELTS or TOEFL, or any other relevant information.

Class Profile

• Numbers Enrolled (Fall): 225
• Numbers Enrolled (Spring): 124
• Avg GMAT: 660 (Middle 80%: 610-720)
• Avg GRE: 3.43
• Avg WE: 5.5 (Range: 0-14)
• Avg Age: 28

EQ Endorsements

• You are required to submit two EQ Endorsements with your application.
• One EQ Endorsement must come from your current supervisor. If you cannot include an endorsement from your current supervisor, you must provide an explanation in the online application.
• The second EQ Endorsement may come from someone who knows you professionally and/or personally.
• EQ Endorsements should come from individuals who can objectively assess your potential for success in NYU Stern's MBA program and in your future career, and who can act as a persuasive advocate of your EQ strengths.
• Immediate family members should not write your EQ endorsement.
• Submitting more than two EQ endorsements is not encouraged but is allowed. Please carefully consider whether additional endorsements add significant value and a new and unique perspective to your application.

• Please provide a brief description of your interaction with the applicant and, if applicable, the applicant's role in your organization.
• How does the applicant's performance compare to that of other well-qualified individuals in similar roles (if applicable)? Please provide specific examples. (E.g. what are the applicant's principal strengths?)
• Describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant's response.
• IQ+EQ is a core value of NYU Stern, and we seek exceptional individuals who possess both intellectual and interpersonal strengths. Emotional intelligence (EQ) skills such as self-awareness, empathy, communication and self-management are at the core of our community of leaders. Please provide one specific and compelling example to demonstrate the applicant's emotional intelligence.
• (Optional) Is there anything else we should know?