London Business School, an internationally focused program in one of the most exciting cultural centers of Europe, has a diverse student body with 92% of its students coming from 69 countries of the world.
Application
Deadlines: Round 1 Application deadline:
13
September 2019
Interview decision sent on: 10 October 2019
Interview period:
Mid-October to early November 2019
Admission decision sent on: 20 November 2019
Round 2 Application deadline:
03
January 2020
Interview decision sent on: 06 February 2018
Interview period:
Mid-February to early March 2020
Admission decision sent on: 31 March 2020
Round 3Application deadline:
05
March 2018
Interview decision sent on: 07 April 2018
Interview period:
Mid-April to early May 2020
Admission decision sent on: 21 May 2020
Round 4Application deadline:
22
April 2020
Interview decision sent on: 10 May 2018
Interview period:
Mid to end May 2020
Admission decision sent on: 18 June 2020
All application deadlines are 17:00
UK time. All Admissions Committee decisions are communicated via email and will
be sent on the relevant deadline day by 23:30pm UK time.
Essays:The
essay questionsremain unchanged from last year. The MBA applicants for the 2019-20 application
season are required to write only one essay of 500 words. They also have an
option to submit an optional essay of 500 words
.Let’s take a closer look at the
essays:
Essay 1: What are your post-MBA goals and how
will your prior experience and the London Business School programme contribute
towards these? (500 words)This
is a straightforward
Goals Essayquestion. You begin this essay with a statement about your post MBA career
objectives. Explain what you plan to do after your MBA. Make sure your career
objectives are both ambitious and realistic. Be as specific as you can about
your goals and specify the industry, your role, and the companies that interest
you.
To
demonstrate how your professional experiences are aligned with these goals,
provide a brief career history focusing on your career progression and the
skills and knowledge you acquired at each job position. Also, discuss your
rationale behind each career move and explain how your career so far has
prepared you for your goals.
Then
describe where you stand now, what skills you lack to fulfill your career
aspirations, and how an MBA from LBS is aligned with your goals. This means
that you have to provide a logical connection between your previous experience,
your current need for an MBA degree from the LBS, and your future career goals.
For this, you will need to do a thorough research of the program so that you
can draw out a link between specific resources/ offerings of the LBS and your
career goals and interests. In addition, reach out to current students and
alumni to gain their insights about the program and attend admission events to
learn more about the school.
You may organize the essay in the
following manner:
- Your Short-Term Goals (approximately 100-150 words)
- Career history & accomplishments (approximately
100-150) - How LBS can help you fulfill your post MBA goals
(approximately 200 words)
Even though the essay prompt doesn’t
require you to discuss your contribution to the school, it still makes sense
(if space permits) to wrap up your essay by briefly stating what value you will
bring to the school.
Essay 2-OptionalIs there any other information you believe the Admissions Committee
should know about you and your application to London Business School? (500
words)The
optional essay is a great opportunity to touch upon other key aspects of your
candidacy that you didn’t get a chance to discuss in any other parts of the
application i.e. essay, résumé, application form. Since you are provided fields
in the online application to address any academic weaknesses, e.g. academic
probation, class withdrawal, etc., you can use this essay to address other
weaknesses in your application such as low GPA, low GMAT, employment gap,
choice of recommenders or any other extenuating personal circumstances.
Even
if you do not have any weakness in your profile, I would highly recommend you to write this essay to provide more
information about your accomplishments, leadership experiences, interests or
significant voluntary experience since the required single essay doesn’t leave
you much space to discuss your past accomplishments. Please note the word ‘should’
in the essay prompt and use this essay to provide information that you think is
relevant to your candidacy. Also, the 500 limit of this essay allows you to
throw a spotlight on those key aspects of your candidacy that you couldn’t
cover in the required one essay.
For further
assistance in developing your application essays, you may review the general
Essay Tips.
For essay
analysis of other schools by MER, click
here.
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