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18 Aug 2014, 10:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Developing Engaging Stories for MBA Essays Week #13- Tip #13 |
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Proofread, Proof read, Proof read So you have written, rewritten, and revised your essay multiple times and have made sure that you have adequately addressed all parts of the essay question within the prescribed word limit effectively and persuasively. Now the last step is to get your essays edited for sentence structure, punctuation, grammar, and spelling errors. If neglected, these errors are a poor refection on your candidacy and can jeopardize your chances of admission despite your great GMAT score, good GPA, and impressive work experience. In order to bring variety to your writing, try to compose a mix of simple, compound and complex sentences. Do not write extremely lengthy sentences stretching 4-5 lines. Unduly long sentences might confuse the reader. The most common error I have noticed in student essays is the omission of articles (‘the’, ‘a’, and ‘an’). Sometimes, in their enthusiasm to trim the essay as per the prescribed word count, they tend to sacrifice ‘poor’ articles. Let’s look at an example: Bad Example: Looking back, this has been huge learning experience for me. My integration project has changed my status in company as I was offered position of chief analyst. My relations with some of my colleagues have become more cordial, and we continue to work together as team in friendly atmosphere…. Since then, I have learned importance of team work which I later applied successfully in my integration project. The only problem with the above example is the omission of articles ‘a’ and ‘the’ at some places. Good Example Looking back, this has been a huge learning experience for me. My integration project has changed my status in the company as I was offered the position of chief analyst. My relations with some of my colleagues have become more cordial, and we continue to work together as a team in a friendly atmosphere…. Since then, I have learned the importance of team work which I later applied successfully in my integration project. You can see how the appropriate addition of articles has made the above paragraph error free. Also, check the essay for other common grammar errors: sentence fragments, run on sentences, modifier and parallelism errors. In addition to grammar errors, please proofread your essay for spelling errors and punctuation errors as well. A misplaced or missing punctuation mark (comma, period, and semicolon) can change your intended meaning. Also, it may make the comprehension difficult. After having reviewed thousands of essays in the past three decades, I can say that commas and semi colons are the most misused punctuation marks. People often mistakenly use semi colons at places where they should have used a comma. Please note that a comma is used to signal a minor break or pause in a sentence, while a semi colon is used to join two complete thoughts or independent clauses. Let’s take a look at the following example: Bad Example: Before I began my German studies in Europe; I was apprehensive that my professors, and colleagues would be intrigued by my orient knowledge and my unique perspectives. Also I could not grasp how to express myself clearly and effectively in a foreign language. Good Example: Before I began my German studies in Europe, I was apprehensive that my professors and colleagues would be intrigued by my orient knowledge and my unique perspectives. Also, I could not grasp how to express myself clearly and effectively in a foreign language. The inclusion of comma after an introductory phrase (in place of a semi colon) and then as an introductory word (Also) in the above example makes it a grammatically correct and easily comprehensible sentence. Lastly, I would like to make a suggestion for the non-native applicants applying to US B- schools. Please identify words/ phrases that American English speakers may not be familiar with and then replace them by their American English equivalents. There is no denying the fact that English is an international language used as a means of communication by people all around the world. However, it is also true that English spoken by people in India and UK is different from that of American English in terms of spelling, grammar, and usage. Therefore, I would highly recommend that when applying to US B schools, the non-native applicants should proofread their essays for terms that US Ad Com may be unfamiliar with. I have discussed this subject in detail in my article Proof reading Tips for Non Natives. For more details on the differences between American English and British English, refer to my article ‘American English vs. British English.’ Takeaways:
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24 Aug 2014, 15:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Developing Engaging Stories for MBA Essays – Helpful Tips- a Summary |
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For the last 13 weeks, we have been discussing one essay tip every week. I have illustrated each of these super useful essay tips with examples from my students’ essays. I hope you have enjoyed them. For those of you who missed some of them, here is a compilation of the links of all of the blog posts at one place. Tip #1 Comprehend the Essay Prompt Tip #2 Brainstorm Ideas/ Begin Writing Tip #3 Address Each Part of the Essay Question Tip #4 Make your Introduction Compelling Tip #5 Organize Your Story Well Tip #6 Do Not Use Jargon Tip #7 Do Not Use Passive Voice Tip #8 Provide Specific Details Tip #9 Use Transitional Expressions Tip #10 Avoid Using Quotations Tip #11 Conclude your Story Well Tip #12 Choose Your Words Wisely Tip # 13 Proofread, Proofread, Proofread To sum up, developing stories for admission essays is a skill that can be acquired with careful thought and preparation. To choose your best stories/ experiences, you need to devote significant amount of time in reflecting on your professional aspirations and life experiences. After selecting your stories, organize them coherently, and flesh them out with relevant details, keeping in mind all the above mentioned guidelines/ tips. Remember, the essence of writing is rewriting. So you must revise your essays multiple times to ensure that all the pieces of your story fit together and then proofread them for any grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors. Lastly, get your essays reviewed by a friend because a second perspective can help you determine if your story is engaging and persuasive enough to the reader. I am confident that by following this structured approach, you will transform your stories into memorable essays that will help you secure admission in your chosen school. Good luck on your Round 1 applications J For questions, email me at poonam@myessayreview.com |
30 Sep 2014, 16:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Business School Application Essays- ‘Less is More’ |
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This article first appeared in September issue of Valley India Times. Since the past couple of years, B- schools have been cutting down on the number of application essays and their word limits every year. To cite an example ,two years back, Ross Business School, needed the applicants to write 4 required essays (1400 words), and one optional essay. Last year, following the principle of “more is not more” Ross dropped one essay and wanted the applicants to write only three required essays (950 words) and one optional essay. This year, it has again gone on a diet and now requires only 2 essays of 400 words each. Similarly, UNC Kenna Flagler, INSEAD, and Stanford also have also dropped one required essay question this year. What is the reason behind this changing trend? First, Admission officers have thousands of applications to review, so they don’t want to be frustrated with essays filled with overly lengthy paragraphs or sentences which they need to read 2-3 times to make sense of. Clearly, reducing number of essays and their word limits will ease the burden of the admission committee. In Adam Rubenfire‘s article, Want to Get Into Business School? Write Less, Talk More, the author shares a table showing how the Harvard Business School application has changed since the 2004-2005 seasons. Secondly, B schools expect their prospective students and future business leaders to be original and innovative. According to Soojin Kwon, admissions director of Michigan Ross School of Business, “applicants increasingly tell us what they think we want to hear. They have become quite cookie-cutter,” so now they need to write just two short essays totaling 800 words. Sara Neher, assistant dean for MBA admissions at UV Darden School of Business, explains that they moved to single essay of 500 words three years ago because they discovered “applicants were writing one essay specifically for Darden and then recycling essays from their applications to other schools.” Furthermore, by expecting you to answer the essay questions within the stringent word limits, B schools aim to evaluate you for your ability to make your point concisely and succinctly without beating around the bush. Also, exceeding word limit reflects your unwillingness to follow the guidelines. However, following stringent word limits, and sometimes character limits as well (e.g. Duke’s short answer goals question of 250 characters) has undoubtedly become one of the biggest challenges for applicants. Some students find it hard to figure out when to stop writing and end up writing over1000 words for an essay with a specified word limit of 400 words, while some students limit themselves so hard that even their first drafts of a 500 words essay is composed exactly in 500 words. With the result, they hold on to many relevant details that the school wants to know about them through that question. So the challenge is “How can I tell my story effectively within the word limit specifications? I always advise my students not to be daunted by word limits when brainstorming ideas/stories for their essays. At that stage, your goal should be to put down on paper all of your ideas related to the essay prompt without fretting if the essay exceeds 100 or 200 words over the word limit. Go on a soul searching journey, reflect on your experiences/stories and choose the examples that touch upon a variety of key themes at once. Once you have made sure that you have chosen your best story and have narrated it in an organized and engaging manner, you should identify areas that you think are not adding significant value to the story. Then go ahead and begin eliminating those details without compromising on the essential components of the story. Also, omit repetitive content (if any), and replace big phrases by shorter ones. Brevity is the key here. If you choose your words wisely, you can accomplish this feat. Following is the list of some phrases that you can replace by their shorter equivalents: Strategy Tips on Dealing with Word Limits Instead of Use At this point of time Now Come to the conclusion Conclude Despite the fact that Although I am of the opinion I think In addition to Besides Is indicative of Indicates It is incumbent on me I must Make decision to Decide On the grounds that Since Perform an analysis of Analyze Prior to that time Before Provide information about Inform Reached an agreement Agreed Subsequent to After Under no circumstances Never With a view to To With regard to About With this in mind Therefore Let’s look at some examples: Bad Example: I would say that my family is the major factor which, to a large extent, led me to where I am today. (22 words) You are the writer of this essay, so it is understood that you are voicing your opinion. So why waste 4 precious words in saying ‘I would say that?” Good Example: My family is the major factor which, to a large extent, led me to where I am today. (18 words) Bad example: When one of my best friends was placed on academic probation, I made it my personal mission to help her regain good academic standing. I spent many hours tutoring her in chemistry and calculus, and with my support, she regained good academic standing. (43 words) Good Example: When one of my best friends was placed on academic probation, I spent hours tutoring her in chemistry and calculus and helped her regain good academic standing. (27 words) To sum up, in order to be able to present your personal and professional stories in an engaging manner within the stringent word limits, you need to remember two things:
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24 Oct 2014, 00:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Free e-Book of Sample Essays That Worked for Top 30 Schools |
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myEssayReview is offering an eBook of essays of its recent successful MBA students. The e-book is a compilation of 10 essays on wide ranging subjects e.g. goals, leadership, teamwork, setback, background, contribution, ethical dilemma, best mistake, culture, and strengths/ characteristics. The essays have been composed by MER students of varying profiles (Work experience, GMAT, EC’s, ethnic background etc.) for top 30 B-schools. The writers of all these essays share two common grounds. First, they were all accepted into one or more schools of their choice, most of them with scholarships. Second, they worked directly with Poonam, the CEO and founder of myEssayReview. This is what you have longed for. Right ? Hurry up, download the eBook, and begin your journey to your dream school. School Name Essay Topic 1. Booth Goals 2. Booth Leadership 3. Kellogg Team work 4. Kellogg Setback 5. Wharton Background 6. INSEAD Contribution 7. CMU Tepper Ethical Dilemma 8. Kellogg Best Mistake 9. Emory Culture 10 UNC Kenan Flagler Strengths/Characteristics Get the e-Book here. |
31 Oct 2014, 11:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: ISB Essay Questions ( 1& 2 ) Analysis 2014-15 |
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From ISB website: Selection Criteria Each one of you is unique for us at the ISB. However, to give yourself that extra edge, there are a few parameters which you could highlight through the application form so that you stand out:
Let’s take a look at the essay questions: Q1. Innovation or doing things differently it is said is a key to future success. Could you substantiate or negate this idea based on your experience. Please provide examples from your own experience – either examples of your own innovation or examples of others whom you have worked with. (300 words max) This essay question is related to one of the key traits that business schools are looking for in their prospective students- the future business leaders. (Remember ‘challenging the Status Quo’, one of the four defining principals of HAAS.) Innovating or doing things differently is considered a key to achieve success in the business world. ISB is offering you an opportunity to agree or disagree with this idea. So you have the option to refute this argument , but whatever you choose, you will need to back up your point with solid examples from either your personal or professional life or someone else’s life with whom you have worked closely. Begin the essay with your viewpoint about the argument. If you agree with the argument, reflect deeply to look for examples when you had led a change or initiated new processes at work, or in your personal life, or in your community. To brainstorm ideas, you may ask yourself the following questions:
You may breakdown the essay into two parts:
Example: After working several unpaid overtime hours, we succeeded in getting the project back on track with a better client relationship. Also, we recently received the Inov@r Accenture Brazil award, for the FY12/13 most innovative project in the risk management practice. The experiences, though demanding, were unmatched because of the challenge of initiating change by me and influencing others. Also, they prepared me to adapt my leadership style to different contexts. Q2. Applying to and enrolling in a Business School is an important career decision. Critically look at your career to date, the choices you have made, the key influences behind those choices, your goals for the future and how you expect to benefit from the ISB experience in achieving your goals. (300 words max) For the last three years ISB has been wording its goals questions differently. Let’s look at the goals questions from the last two years:
Thus the goals essay requires you to make a logical connection between your past, present, and future. This means you need to tell a story that connects your past (work-experience, skills), present (your need of an MBA from your target school to achieve your goals), and your future (goals and objectives). Begin your essay with a brief career history and provide details about how you have pursued your career, acquired new skills and progressed along your career path all these years. Then go on to describe why you believe that an MBA is the next logical step in your career path NOW? What are those skills that you still lack which you hope to acquire by an MBA? How an MBA will fill the gaps in your career ? Then explain your short term (3-5 years after MBA) and long term (5 - 8 years after MBA) . Please make sure to demonstrate a logical connection between your short term and long term goals. In other words, explain how you will move from step 1 to step 2 and so on. Make sure that your goals are realistic as well as ambitious. That is, if you aim for a technology or a consulting role, you’ll need to demonstrate that you already possess some skills/experience in that area and are now aiming to enhance those skills. Likewise, if you are a career changer, you should provide evidence as to how your present skill set would facilitate this transition. Once you have elaborated your goals, explain how an MBA from ISB is your best bet at this time? How it will help you achieve your goals? All schools expect you to not only have a clear understanding of your goals but also of their connection to their offerings/resources. Therefore, you should have a thorough knowledge of PGP program of ISB so you can demonstrate how its resources (curriculum, faculty, clubs, student communities etc.) are perfectly aligned with your goals and will bring you closer to your dreams. In the end, discuss what value you will bring to their program? Even though the essay prompt doesn't ask you about your contribution, you may throw in a sentence about your potential contribution to the program. If you choose to address option # D of the question # 3, then you may skip this part in goals question. Since you have only 300 words to discuss your career history, your career goals and their connection with the PGP program of ISB, you need to be extremely precise in presenting your case. I would suggest that you to follow the structure below: Ø Your career history (approximately 100 -130 words) Ø Short term Long term goals (approximately 70-100 words) Ø Connection between ISB’s resources and your goals (approximately 100 words) Example: With its academic resources, leadership training, practical approach to learning, brilliant faculty with diverse professional background and perfect location, ISB will provide me the critical tools and network that I need to achieve my career aspirations. Also, I am confident that with my academic potential, leadership abilities and innovative spirit, I will add significant value to the ISB community. Note: For more information on ‘Goals Essay’ click here: For sample 'Goals Essay’, click here |
05 Nov 2014, 15:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: ISB Essay Questions Analysis 2014-15 |
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Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Application Deadline September 15, 2014 November 30, 2014 Offer Date November 15, 2014 February 15, 2015 Acceptance Date 15 days from the date of the offer 15 days from the date of the offer From ISB website: Selection Criteria Each one of you is unique for us at the ISB. However, to give yourself that extra edge, there are a few parameters which you could highlight through the application form so that you stand out:
With an early start, careful planning, and considerable soul searching, you can present an impressive and convincing picture of your well rounded personality and your fit with the school. Another challenge for you is that this year you have 1000 words instead of 1200 words from last year to present your candidacy to the prestigious ISB. Let’s take a look at the essay questions: Q1. Innovation or doing things differently it is said is a key to future success. Could you substantiate or negate this idea based on your experience. Please provide examples from your own experience – either examples of your own innovation or examples of others whom you have worked with. (300 words max) This essay question is related to one of the key traits that business schools are looking for in their prospective students- the future business leaders. (Remember ‘challenging the Status Quo’, one of the four defining principals of Haas.) Innovating or doing things differently is considered a key to achieve success in the business world. ISB is offering you an opportunity to agree or disagree with this idea. So you have the option to refute this argument , but whatever you choose, you will need to back up your point with solid examples from either your personal or professional life or someone else’s life with whom you have worked closely. Begin the essay with your viewpoint about the argument. If you agree with the argument, reflect deeply to look for examples when you had led a change or initiated new processes at work, or in your personal life, or in your community. To brainstorm ideas, you may ask yourself the following questions:
You may breakdown the essay into two parts:
Example: After working several unpaid overtime hours, we succeeded in getting the project back on track with a better client relationship. Also, we recently received the Inov@r Accenture Brazil award, for the FY12/13 most innovative project in the risk management practice. The experiences, though demanding, were unmatched because of the challenge of initiating change by me and influencing others. Also, they prepared me to adapt my leadership style to different contexts. Q2. Applying to and enrolling in a Business School is an important career decision. Critically look at your career to date, the choices you have made, the key influences behind those choices, your goals for the future and how you expect to benefit from the ISB experience in achieving your goals. (300 words max) For the last three years ISB has been wording its goals questions differently. Let’s look at the goals questions from the last two years:
Thus, the goals essay requires you to make a logical connection between your past, present, and future. This means you need to tell a story that connects your past (work-experience, skills), present (your need of an MBA from your target school to achieve your goals), and your future (goals and objectives). Begin your essay with a brief career history and provide details about how you have pursued your career, acquired new skills and progressed along your career path all these years. Then go on to describe why you believe that an MBA is the next logical step in your career path NOW? What are those skills that you still lack which you hope to acquire by an MBA? How an MBA will fill the gaps in your career? Then explain your short term (3-5 years after MBA) and long term (5 - 8 years after MBA). Please make sure to demonstrate a logical connection between your short term and long term goals. In other words, explain how you will move from step 1 to step 2 and so on. Make sure that your goals are realistic as well as ambitious. That is, if you aim for a technology or a consulting role, you’ll need to demonstrate that you already possess some skills/experience in that area and are now aiming to enhance those skills. Likewise, if you are a career changer, you should provide evidence as to how your current skill set would facilitate this transition. Once you have elaborated your goals, explain how an MBA from ISB is your best bet at this time? How it will help you achieve your goals? All schools expect you to not only have a clear understanding of your goals but also of their connection to their offerings/resources. Therefore, you should have a thorough knowledge of PGP program of ISB so you can demonstrate how its resources (curriculum, faculty, clubs, student communities etc.) are perfectly aligned with your goals and will bring you closer to your dreams. In the end, discuss what value you will bring to their program? Even though the essay prompt doesn't ask you about your contribution, you may throw in a sentence about your potential contribution to the program. (If you choose to address option # D of the question # 3, then you may skip this part in goals question.) Since you have only 300 words to discuss your career history, your career goals and their connection with the PGP program of ISB, you need to be extremely precise in presenting your case. I would suggest that you to follow the structure below: Ø Your career history (approximately 100 -130 words) Ø Short term Long term goals (approximately 70-100 words) Ø Connection between ISB’s resources and your goals (approximately 100 words) Example: “With its academic resources, leadership training, practical approach to learning, brilliant faculty with diverse professional background and perfect location, ISB will provide me the critical tools and network that I need to achieve my career aspirations. Also, I am confident that with my academic potential, leadership abilities and innovative spirit, I will add significant value to the ISB community.” Note: For more information on ‘Goals Essay’ click here: For sample 'Goals Essay’, click here Q3. Any One of the following (200 words max): A). This experience completely changed my way of thinking. B). An instance when you went out of the ordinary to achieve something significant, but in hind sight feel you could have done better. C). Tell us about your role in a team that made a significant contribution to the organization D). Contribution to peer learning and engagement with the ISB student body are important aspects of the ISB experience. What contribution do you expect to make in this direction during the one year at ISB. Let’s look at each one of them separately A) This experience completely changed my way of thinking: In order to get the right story for this question, you will need to do significant introspection and reflection into your past experiences. Since the essay prompt doesn’t specify personal or professional experience, you have the option to choose your story from your personal or professional life. However, please make sure that your story clearly explains your mindset before the experience and after the experience. For example, you may have certain ideologies or perceptions about some people or events or situation, but certain situations you encountered altered your perceptions and made you look at the same people, events, or situations in a different light. It doesn’t matter if your experience was good or a bad, what matters is that it changed your outlook and made you a wiser person. While narrating your experience, do not forget to include your thought process and how you were impacted by the situation. Example: “This experience was an eye-opener for me. I had never before thought about myself from such a perspective. Since then, I have made conscious efforts to voice my commitment, and if I say ‘yes’, then make myself accountable to my commitments. Our still continuing partnership with Kevin bears witness to it. B). I achieved something significant, but…..: It is obvious that through question, the Ad Com wants to learn about your significant accomplishment – an experience in which you demonstrated diligence persistence, team working or leadership skills and made an impact on your organization. However, the addition of ‘but’ at the end of this open ended question makes you think harder about what was lacking in that achievement. If you look back and analyze the situation, you may probably think that if you are given another chance, you would do it in a much better way and improve on certain areas that had escaped your attention at that time. Pick one accomplishment (preferably professional), analyze it critically and come up with areas that you could have improved upon that would have led to even better results. Example: “Today, I recall this experience as one of the most meaningful leadership experiences primarily because of the incredible accomplishments of my small team with an average experience of only two years. Together, we could achieve the ambitious objective, and bring back the much needed positive environment because of our shared vision and drive for excellence. However, in hindsight, I feel that I made a mistake by accepting a few ideas suggested by some team members to respect their self -esteem, as I myself was not convinced of their saleability. If I had been assertive enough to reject those ideas, we could have utilized the resources more effectively on other ideas. I learned that balancing opinions with decision-making is essential to move forward.” Furthermore, if you have already learned from your accomplishment story and have made those improvements in a later project or assignment with better results and impact, you may cite these two examples to answer this question. This will demonstrate how you grow form your experiences and continue to better yourself. C). Tell us about your role in a team that made a significant contribution to the organization. This question is designed to evaluate your team working skills. The Ad com would like to know if you are only an individual contributor or if you can function well within team setting as well and contribute significantly to your team. To brainstorm ideas for these questions ask yourself the following questions:
Let’s look at the following example where the writer wraps up his story explaining why this experience was significant to him. Example: “Personally, overcoming this challenge is significant to me in terms of my overall confidence. To challenge the client team at a client location and win my proposal made me more confident in speaking my mind about the project issues at work. Since then I never hesitated in expressing my opinion, helping me provide many valuable contributions to the projects. “ For my article on ’Accomplishment ‘Essay’ click here. For sample ‘Accomplishment’ Essay, click here. D). Contribution to peer learning and engagement with the ISB student body are important aspects of the ISB experience. What contribution do you expect to make in this direction during the one year at ISB. This question is basically about the value you will bring to the ISB. Think of your talents or skills and elaborate on how you will leverage them to enhance the experience of your peers. To answer this question, you need to do a thorough research of the resources and offerings of ISB (clubs, organizations etc.) and then explain how you plan to get actively involved in those activities (both inside and outside of class), enrich the learning and experience of your peers and be a valuable contributor to the ISB during your one year at the campus. Q4 (optional): Please provide additional information, if any that will significantly affect the consideration of your application to the ISB. (200 words max) This essay prompt is the repeated from last year; the only difference is that you are allowed to use 200 words instead of 300 words. This question provides you an opportunity to explore an important aspect of your candidacy, or other significant achievements / strengths not mentioned in other essay responses, resume and recommendation letters. You can choose examples from your work (if you have more than one equally outstanding professional accomplishment to share), community service, education, travels, or any other hobbies. You may also share a life -experience that has greatly influenced your personality and life. The idea is to bring to light that aspect of your personality that truly makes you unique. Then you should try to demonstrate how you can leverage this skill or quality to enhance your MBA experience or your future career. You may also use this essay question to address a weakness in your profile, such as a gap in work or low GPA or GMAT. Your weakness may also bring out a positive aspect of your personality. Please refer to the following example of a candidate whose grades dropped because of his military service. Example: Although my leadership experiences in the military taught me many valuable lessons in teamwork, perseverance, and management, through all my responsibilities, it impacted my grades. Thus, I do not view my undergraduate performance as an accurate representation of my academic abilities. However, I hope the above reasons will assist you in understanding my particular situation. I grew from this experience and took a dedicated approach to professional education. I would respectfully ask the admission committee to consider this when reviewing my application. Please make sure that all the four essays should read like four different chapters of your unique story rather than solitary pieces. Click here for article on Optional Essay Click here for Sample Optional Essay Note: Want some help in telling your memorable stories in only 200 words, read my article: Business School Application Essays- ‘Less is More ’ https://myessayreview.com/blogs/?p=1837 Good luck on your Round 2 applications J For questions, email me at poonam@myessayreview.com |
16 Nov 2014, 13:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Interview of a Student Accepted into Booth |
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Poonam, CEO and founder of myEssayReview, is publishing interviews of her recent successful students. This is the first in the series. Here is a chat with Srinivas who has recently been accepted into the part time winter program of the prestigious Booth. Poonam: Can you tell us a little about yourself? Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? What do you do now? Srinivas: I was born and raised in India. I went to school and college in India and did my Bachelors with a major in electrical engineering. Then I moved to the United States to pursue my Masters degree and graduated with a major in electrical and a minor in computers. Currently, I am working as a Technology Architect at Health care Services Corporation, Chicago IL. Poonam: When did you start thinking about MBA? Why now? What are your career goals? Srinivas: I started thinking of MBA about a year ago. Throughout my career, I have been working in the IT and am now at a stage in my career from where growth is tough if I still want to be in the IT (purely technical). I also realized that IT just compliments the business and is all about solving business problems and fulfilling business requirements. So I now want to transition in to management and focus on the business side of things. I think, having the technical background is always a plus. And if everything goes as planned, I would like to setup my own business in the long run. Poonam: You applied only to Booth. Why Booth is your dream school? How is it the best school for you? Srinivas: Living in Chicago and thinking of an evening MBA (or MBA in general) Booth and Kellogg are the first two names that anyone will run into. Based on my research (and the popular belief), my initial take on both the schools was that Booth takes an analytical approach and is very data driven and Kellogg is more for managerial skills and strategic management. Given my analytical background, I prefer a data driven, analytical approach, so I leaned more towards Booth. After attending a few information sessions at Booth, and after talking to a few students and alumni, I learned that Booth is not strictly a data driven school and that it also caters to people with any preference, whether it be an analytical or purely managerial. I learned that here I will be equipped with the right tools to challenge ideas, question assumptions, and to lead with confidence. Also, I was thrilled to know that I will be taught by the Nobel Prize winning professors. So I made up my mind to apply for Booth. Poonam: Great!! You applied to Booth last year as well. In what ways your application this time was different from last time? Could you please identify key areas of improvement this time? ( essays, resume, recommendation letters etc.) Srinivas: I had applied to Booth last year and was not admitted. I was provided some good feedback on what was lacking in my application and was advised to retake GMAT/GRE or take a class through the Graham School. I took a class in Microeconomics through the Graham School and made an ‘A’ which, I believe, has helped a lot when I applied this time. Also, I was advised to improve my essays. Last time I had run them through some of my friends, but all of them had given me conflicting feedback. So this time around, I decided to take some expert help to get my essays polished. That’s when I stumbled upon GMAT Club and read several reviews. I liked the reviews written for myEssayReview and also the pricing was affordable to me. Besides, I also looked up Poonam’s profile on myEssayReview.com and was impressed after reading that you have a teaching background. I made the purchase and was eagerly waiting for an email from you, as I wasn’t sure if you would accept to work with me on my essays because of the tight deadline. I was happy to I receive an email from you within hours, after which I sent you my essays. Initially, it was tough to digest the fact that I had to rewrite two of my essays with only two weeks left. But it turned out to be a piece of cake with your incredible advice, and valuable inputs. Overall, your help on my essays and resume, and I should mention the last minute review of one of my recommendations, have played a prominent role in securing the admission to Booth this time. Poonam: . Thank you, Srinivas. Looking back, what was the most challenging aspect of the school admissions process? How did you approach that challenge and overcome it? How would you advise other MBA applicants who are facing similar challenges? Srinivas: First, I wish I knew about the Graham school when I applied the first time, because my GRE was not great. Now when I applied again, I made sure I covered everything that would add some weight to my application. Secondly, the essays were always a daunting task to me; I never enjoyed writing the essays. Sometimes, I did not have an interesting story and sometimes I was over conscious about what to write. I have to accept, you have really helped in this regard. Your critiques were excellent, and I really wish if I could have someone like you next to me reviewing all of my business presentations/ articles and documents before I go live. If there is any advice I can pass on, it would be to find out all of the options that are available that would directly impact your application. And, finish your essays (the story and the 90% of the essay) way in advance and have them reviewed, by a dedicated professional. In my case, Poonam you helped me transform my essays in just nine days which is incredible. Poonam: Thanks! Now that you have been accepted into part time program of the prestigious Booth, how do you feel about it? Srinivas: I am really excited, and it took me a week to fully digest the news. I think now I have gotten over the celebration phase, and am thinking more about how I should utilize this opportunity to shape up my future. I look forward to improving my networking skills, making meaningful connections and see myself transform (intellectually) by the time I graduate. Poonam: Wonderful! Do you have any admissions tips for applicants for Booth part time program? Srinivas: First, I would strongly encourage the applicants for part time program to take the class through Graham School. Even if you have great GRE/GMAT, this will serve as a bonus to your application. (You can actually transfer the credit to any school). Secondly, try to attend as many events as you can, as it really helps when the members of the Admission Committee can actually put a face to an application. Lastly and most importantly, put a significant amount of thought and time into your essays and get them reviewed by an expert. Poonam. What are your favorite non-school books? What are you hobbies? Srinivas: I am not a reader (probably that’s the reason why my essays were not great initially). I really enjoy working out; I am always ready to work out. I play volleyball at the beach in summer. I am also a good cook, and I like to try different recipes in my free time. Poonam: Thank you, Srinivas for sharing your story with us. Good luck on your Booth experience and your future career. Note: You can connect with Srinvas via LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbodapati . |
01 Dec 2014, 00:00
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School Name GMAT Score Received Admit Wharton 760 Yes MIT 760 Yes Kellogg 660, 720, 720 Yes (Multiple) Booth 660, 720,610 Yes (Multiple) INSEAD (Global EMBA) No GMAT Yes Darden 680, 760 Yes (Multiple), with scholarship Tippie 720 Yes, with scholarship LBS 680 Yes ISB 620 Yes Ross 670 Yes HAAS 720 Yes UCLA (MBA,MISM, FEMBA) 630/720 Yes (multiple) Kelley 680 Yes, with scholarship UNC Kenan Flagler 680 Yes, with scholarship Emory 680, 700, 720 Yes(multiple), with scholarship (multiple) Tepper 680 Yes, with Scholarship Ivy Richards 620,720 Yes (multiple), with scholarship Cornell 720/ 580 Yes (multiple) with scholarship Georgetown 700 Yes, with scholarship Tepper 620 Yes, with scholarship Manchester 610 Yes, with scholarship Schulich, Rotman 620 Yes UC Davis 710 Yes, with scholarship Rice 650 Yes, with scholarship Rochester 650 Yes, with scholarship RSM 590 Yes Purdue 620 Yes with scholarship |
03 Dec 2014, 15:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Booth Essay Questions Analysis ( Evening Program) – 2014 -15 |
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EVENING MBA- 2.5 TO 3 YEARS Chicago Booth Evening MBA Program admits new students four times per year, for the Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer quarters. From Booth website: Application Deadlines: Quarter Application Due LAUNCH * Classes Start Winter 2015 Friday, October 3, 2014 December 11, 12, and 13 January 5 Spring 2015 Friday, January 9, 2015 March 19, 20, and 21 March 30 Summer 2015 Friday, April 3, 2015 June 11, 12, and 13 June 26 Autumn 2015 Wednesday, July 1, 2015 September 10, 11, and 12 September 24 * LAUNCH is a three-day program that kicks off your Booth MBA experience. Evaluation Criteria: The Admissions Committee considers a candidate’s potential for success both while in school and beyond. Three broad themes are used to evaluate an applicant:
For this essay, you will need to focus on the qualities/interests/ experiences you want your class mates to know about you. I would suggest that you achieve a balance between details of your professional and personal life in this essay. You only have 250 words to paint your personality to your class mates. You may approximately use 125 words to focus on your professional self (academic, career history, goals etc.) and 125 words to discuss your personality (i.e. your interests, background, and perspective of life). It is a test of your thinking and writing skills, a test of how concisely you can describe yourself. When discussing your personal interests, you may try to make your introduction interesting with anecdotes. The key to a rewarding introduction is to be yourself . In the end, don’t forget to demonstrate your excitement of working with your class mates at Booth. Essay2: How will an MBA from Chicago Booth, from the Evening MBA Program specifically, at this point in your life help you achieve both your short- and long-term goals? (500 words maximum) This is a straightforward ‘goals’, ‘why MBA’ and ‘why Booth’ question. You may begin your essay with a story/ event/ life experience that reflects passion for your chosen field (marketing, finance etc.) leading to your academic career. You may also directly start with an account of your academic history (Bachelors and Master’s degree) leading to your career history, explaining how you acquired new skills and progressed along your career path all these years. Specify skills gained at each job position and your rationale behind each career move, your greatest professional hits/accomplishments that earned you promotion ahead of your peers. Then explain where you stand now, the skills that you still lack and hope to acquire by an MBA? How an MBA will fill the gaps in your career and bring you closer to the fulfillment of your goals? Expalin why you believe that an MBA is the next logical step in your career path NOW? Then explain your short term and long term goals. Be clear and quite decisive for short term goals (even if you are not 100% sure.) Show that you have put some thought into it. For long term goals, it’s ok to be more broad and idealistic. However, you need to make sure there is a logical connection between short term and long term goals. Explain how you foresee yourself progressing from short term to long term goals (A to B to C). Show sincerity and passion in talking about your dreams. Once you have explained your career aspirations and your need for an MBA, explain how an evening MBA from Booth is your best bet at this time and how it will help you achieve your goals. All schools expect you to not only have a clear sense of your goals but also of their connection to their offerings. A thorough knowledge of the school’s curriculum, faculty, and special programs will enable you to explain how they are aligned to your goals. Again, do not forget to answer why you are interested in the evening program instead of full time program. The school wants to know the reason why you want to pursue higher education while continuing with your employment. In the end, discuss what value you will bring to their program? Even though the prompt doesn't ask you about your contribution, you may throw in a sentence about the value you will add to the program. Example: “Booth part-time program will provide me the opportunity to assimilate the teachings and research findings of Booth faculty and apply them at work the very next day. The practical application will help me gain more knowledge from the academic learning. The curriculum also allows me to continue my professional career without interruption and enables me to pursue challenging assignments which can fast-track my career growth. If I continue to perform well, I will most likely be promoted to a product director within the next two years.” A Goals Essay connects past, present and future i.e. your past work- experience (past), your goals,(future), and the need of an MBA from a particular school to achieve your goals (present). The Schools want to see that you have a clear plan/ vision for future and you have the ability to convince them of the same by telling your story in an engaging manner. Note: For more information on ‘Goals Essay’ click here: For sample 'Goals Essay’, click here Essay3: Please complete this statement: I am a valuable member of a team because... (500 words maximum) - This essay prompt expects you to showcase your team working skills that make you a valuable team member. Complete the statement in the essay prompt by listing about three distinct team working attributes that define you and make you a valuable team member. ( eg. ability to resolve conflict, individual responsibility and accountability, communication skills, flexibility, adaptability etc.).Explain how these qualities have contributed to your team throughout your professional career. Then go ahead and provide examples /anecdotes to illustrate each of these 3 or 4 qualities in 3 or 4 different paragraphs, each paragraph showcasing one trait with a story. Pick examples from your projects where you demonstrated your team working skills and yielded good results. How to organize this essay:
“I am a valuable member of a team because of my ability to motivate others, my potential to communicate effectively, and my willingness to take initiatives. “ Re-applicant Essay: Upon reflection, how has your thinking regarding your future, Chicago Booth, and/or obtaining your MBA changed since the time of your last application and what steps have you taken to strengthen your application since the last time you applied? (250 words maximum) Through this question, Booth wants its re-applicants to enlighten them on three areas: their future, Chicago Booth and earning their MBA. Let’s take them one by one. Your future is your goals, so in this one year you may likely have realized that your previous goal was not realistic, so you might have changed your short- and/or long-term goals from last year. Don’t worry about that, just be sure to show that your new goals are realistic, doable and match your skills. Next, you should explain how and what you have learned about Chicago Booth since your previous application. The school only wants to know that your need of Booth is as strong as it was last time, so you should demonstrate your continued interest in Booth by mentioning any meetings you have had with alumni or professors, any campus visits you made, any classes you attended, or any information session you have attended. Booth wants its applicants to tell them if their thinking about MBA has changed since their last application. You may answer this by focusing on the areas you have improved upon since you applied last. Whether you have taken extra classes, received a promotion, led a new and exciting project, increased your community involvement, or taken on a personal challenge, the key here is to demonstrate that you are now a better and stronger candidate. Your conscious efforts to strengthen your profile and to work on your weak areas will prove how determined you are about your MBA. Lastly, and most importantly, you should use the feedback you received from the school on your previous application and focus specifically on those areas e.g. clarity of goals, extra courses taken to make up for your low GMAT, improved essays with clarity of message. Example: “My application for Booth evening MBA program was rejected last winter. According to the feedback I received, I needed to either retake the GMAT or take a course. Also, I was advised to improve my essays for clarity of message. .Based on the feedback, I have made conscious efforts to improve my application in the above mentioned areas..............” 4. (Optional Essay) If there is any important information relevant to your candidacy you were unable to address elsewhere in the application, please share that information here. (250 words maximum) An optional essay provides you with an excellent opportunity to tell the Ad Com what you could not tell because you were bound by the specifications of the essay questions. This question is also meant to shine a spotlight on an experience or side of your personality that has not been revealed in the other parts of your application: essays, recommendation letters and resume. This is an opportunity Ad Com is offering you to cite another reason to admit you. While someone might want to talk about his/her experiences in community service, someone else might want to share something about his/her accomplishments in extracurricular activities e.g. sports, music, or painting etc. You can also choose examples from your work (if you have an outstanding professional accomplishment that you could not share in essays), community service, education, travels, or any other hobby/interest. You may also share a life -experience that has greatly influenced your personality and life. The idea is to bring to light that aspect of your personality that truly makes you unique. Then you should try to demonstrate how you can leverage this skill or quality to enhance your MBA experience or your future career. You may also use this essay question to address a weakness in your profile, such as employment gap or low GPA or low GMAT. Your weakness may bring out a positive aspect of your personality. Please refer to the following example of a candidate whose grades dropped because of his military service. Example: Although my leadership experiences in the military taught me many valuable lessons in teamwork, perseverance, and management, through all my responsibilities, it impacted my grades. Thus, I do not view my undergraduate performance as an accurate representation of my academic abilities. However, I hope the above reasons will assist you in understanding my particular situation. I grew from this experience and took a dedicated approach to professional education. I would respectfully ask the admission committee to consider this when reviewing my application. Note: Click here for article on Optional Essay Click here for Sample Optional Essay Note: If you want some help in telling your memorable stories in only 250 words, read my article: Business School Application Essays- ‘Less is More ’ https://myessayreview.com/blogs/?p=1837 For questions, email me at poonam@myessayreview.com |
10 Dec 2014, 16:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: ‘Be Creative’ in your Essays |
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With round 2 deadlines approaching fast, the applicants must be reflecting on their best stories for their essays to demonstrate their uniqueness to the Admission Committee . One of the greatest challenges that stares the applicants in their face is that every year, business schools come up with essay prompts that challenge them to use their imagination and creativity. These questions are thoughtfully composed by the Admission Committee to get illuminating glimpses into the lives of the B school applicants. These essay questions offer the applicants an opportunity to showcase their interests and passions, their background, and life experiences that have shaped their unique personalities. I would like to share some of the most interesting essay questions that have intrigued my students in the recent years.
2. If you could choose one song that expresses who you are, what is it and why? (Haas- 250 word maximum) This unique essay question that Haas had asked last year still lingers in my mind. It also aims to get insights into the writer’s personality. It is more challenging than it appears to select a particular song that expresses a person’s thinking and values. By explaining what is common between your personality and the lyrics of this song and how this song defines who you are, you are in fact sharing your emotions, feelings, values, fears and dreams which in turn reveal your personality traits that will set you apart from other candidates. 3. Imagine that you received an early morning call from your office telling you that due to a technical issue, the office wouldn’t be open that day: how would you spend your ‘found time?’ (250 word limit) While recalling creative questions that stimulate the thought process , another question that crosses my mind is the ‘found time’ question that Ivy Richard asked last year. The question expected the applicants to describe how they would use their new-found time off if they came to know that their office was unexpectedly closed for a day Would you like to pursue your passions/ interest ( read a book, play, hike ) or would you like to spend time with your family, friends? Your response to the question would give the Ad Com an understanding of your interests and passions. 4. (You are the author for the book of Your Life Story. In 1,000 characters or less, please write the table of contents for the book in the space provided or upload it as an attachment. Note: approach this essay with your unique style. We value creativity and authenticity. Another fascinating but highly creative essay prompt that makes the applicants sweat themselves out is Cornell’s ‘Table of Contents’ ). By asking you to create a table of contents of your life story, Cornell is also offering you an opportunity to demonstrate your passions/ abilities/ influences / accomplishments that have not been described anywhere else in your application. You may approach this essay in two ways- thematically or chronologically. Please note that last year’s applicants had 300 words to write the book of their life story, while this year’s students are only allowed 1000 characters. 5. The "Team Fuqua" spirit and community is one of the things that sets The Duke MBA experience apart, and it is a concept that extends beyond the student body to include faculty, staff, and administration. When a new person joins the Admissions team, we ask that person to share with everyone in the office a list of "25 Random Things About Yourself." As an Admissions team, we already know the new hire's professional and academic background, so learning these "25 Random Things" helps us get to know someone's personality, background, special talents, and more. In this spirit, the Admissions Committee also wants to get to know you–beyond the professional and academic achievements listed in your resume and transcript. You can share with us important life experiences, your likes/dislikes, hobbies, achievements, fun facts, or anything that helps us understand what makes you who you are.Share with us your list of "25 Random Things" about YOU. I believe this discussion would be incomplete without mentioning Duke’s list of 25 random things -my personal favorite. For the last three years, the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University has been asking applicants to share a list of “25 Random Things” about themselves. This question allows applicants to showcase interesting and meaningful facts about themselves that they otherwise might not get a chance to share with the Ad .Com. 6. Some other interesting questions that allow applicants to showcase their creativity and imagination are fun fact about you ( Kelley 25 words), ‘a friend , colleague or a family member's tribute on your 75thbirthday, (IMD), the role of integrity in personal, professional and academic life ( Purdue), and MIT’s essay in the form of a professional letter of recommendation on behalf of themselves. B -schools come up with such creative questions because they are seeking well-rounded personalities, and not one dimensional professionally accomplished people. However, what makes tackling these essay questions more challenging is the changing trend of fewer and shorter essays every year. Schools are not only reducing the number of required essays, but also the number of words they expect the applicants to write which makes this process all the more daunting for applicants. For example, discussing your ‘greatest challenge’ in 300 words (Kelley), the lessons you learned from your spectacular failure in 200 words (Cambridge), ‘the value you add to the school’ in 300 words ( LBS ), your ‘professional goals’ in 1500 characters ( Tepper), or explaining ‘What are you most proud of personally and why and how did it shape who you are today?’ in 400 words ( Ross) makes application essay writing a difficult journey for B School aspirants. I have discussed some useful strategy tips to help you deal with stringent word limits in my article titled Business School Application Essays-‘Less is more’ published in the September issue of Valley India Times. As each school composes questions per their own requirements, it helps prevent plagiarism and ensures the students actually write the essays themselves. Since they change questions every year, applicants cannot recycle one schools essay responses to other schools. Most schools include it in their instructions that there is no right or wrong answer. We want you to be creative and thoughtful in your response. To sum up, developing stories for these fascinating essay topics for admission essays is a skill demands careful thought and preparation. To choose your best stories/ experiences, you first need to comprehend the essay prompt well and then devote significant amount of time in reflecting deeply on your professional aspirations and life experiences. After selecting your stories, organize them coherently, and flesh them out with relevant details. Remember, the essence of writing is rewriting. So you must revise your essays multiple times to ensure that all the pieces of your story fit together and then proofread them for any grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors. Lastly, use economical expressions to fit your story to meet the stringent word limit specifications. I am confident that by following this structured approach, you will transform your stories into memorable essays that will help you secure admission in your chosen school. B School essay writing is a creative journey- the more time and thought you will invest in it, the more rewarding it will turn out to be for you. Note: Please refer to Business Week’s article Who Came up with that? How MBA essay questions get written?) For more MBA articles, visit myEssayReview blog. For questions, email me at poonam@myessayreview.com. |
15 Dec 2014, 18:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Interview of a Booth Student |
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Poonam, CEO and founder of myEssayReview, is publishing interviews of her recent successful students. This is the second in the series. Here is a chat with Balaji who was accepted into the part time Autumn program of the prestigious Booth in July, 2014. Poonam: Can you tell us a little about yourself? Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? What do you do now? Balaji: Sure. I am originally from Hyderabad, India and that was where I completed my undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering. After my undergraduate degree, I moved to the US to pursue my Master’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. Currently, I work as a Project Manager for Morningstar, Inc. a leading investment research organization. Poonam: When did you start thinking about MBA? Why now? What are your career goals? Balaji: Initially, I wanted to pursue my MBA after completing my undergraduate degree. However, I decided to pursue my Master’s in Electrical Engineering instead. My interest for an MBA degree was rekindled after I joined Morningstar, Inc. in April 2012. I came across so many colleagues who had an MBA degree from some of the top business schools in Chicago. After speaking to several of them including the Director of Operations and Senior Vice President of the Software division, I decided that Booth was the best fit for me. Within 2 years at the Morningstar, I progressed from a Quality Assurance Analyst to a Senior Quality Control Analyst to a Project Manager. In order to pursue my long-term goals of heading the Operations division, I felt having an MBA degree would be an added advantage, as it would provide me with the necessary skill set. Poonam You applied only to Booth. Why Booth is your dream school? Why did you choose Booth? How is it the best school for you? Balaji: I choose Booth School of Business because of many reasons. First, I live and work in Chicago. Second, Booth School of Business is a top-notch school and it was always my dream to pursue my MBA from one of the elite business schools. The flexible curriculum, the renowned faculty and the world-class education at Booth make it one of the top schools in the world. Also, my interactions with several of my colleagues at Morningstar reinforced my decision of applying to Booth School of Business. Poonam: How challenging it is to manage school, full time job and family at the same time? Do you have any time management tips for the prospective students? Balaji: Most of the part-time MBA students might say that with correct time management, one should be able to devote sufficient time to School, Work, and family. However, I disagree to an extent. While one needs to have diligent time management skills, at the same time, one might also end up sacrificing one aspect or the other. In my case, I had to sacrifice my social life to an extent. I don’t meet my friends on a regular basis. However, I made up for that by networking with a lot of Booth current students and also alumni. The one tip that I would like to give prospective students is (the Dean of Booth School of Business told us this during our orientation) to pay undivided attention to the thing you are doing or to the person you are with. If you are with your family, don’t think about school and vice versa. Poonam Looking back, what was the most challenging aspect of the school admissions process? How did you approach that challenge and overcome it? How would you advise other MBA applicants who are facing similar challenges? Balaji: To me, the most challenging aspect of the school admission process was preparing for the GMAT. It had been a while since I completed my Master’s degree (~4 years) and to get back to the grind of studying for 3 hours every day was an uphill task. I made a strict schedule and had someone monitor me regularly to see if I was strictly adhering to the schedule. My advice is if you don’t think that you are confident of strictly adhering to the schedule, do not hesitate or feel ashamed to have someone monitor your schedules. We are all humans after all and do give into temptations. Poonam: Do you have any admissions tips for applicants for Booth part time program( essays, résumé, recommendation letters, interview ) etc? Balaji: Be cool, calm and focused while you are taking the GMAT. Plan well in advance such that you have enough time between your GMAT exam and the application process/deadlines. Devote at least 1-1.5 months in preparing for your admission essays and take professional help. Get your recommendation letters well in advance. Have 2 recommendation letters from Professional setting and at least 1 from social settings (extra -curricular activities). This will add equal weightage to both your professional life and also extra -curricular activities. Give mock interviews. If you know someone who is currently a Business school student or has already graduated, try having him or her interview you. This would help you ease in to the interview process. In my case, I had only two weeks to submit my application to Booth after my GMAT. I chose myEssayReview because of excellent reviews and some of your students have had success with low GMAT score. You helped me refine my resume and essays in just two weeks’ time. Your suggestions on recommendation letters were also immensely helpful. I really appreciate your help and guidance without which this would not have happened also. It was a pleasant and refreshing experience working with you, Poonam. Poonam Thanks so much, Balaji. The pleasure was all mine. What is your favorite thing about Booth so far? And if you could change one thing about the program, what would it be? Balaji: The flexible curriculum and the wide range of networking events with both the Alumni and the current students make Booth School of Business very special to me. Given that I have just started, I am quite confident that I will have a lot many good things to say in the future. Poonam What are your favorite non-school books? What are you hobbies? Balaji: My favorite non-school books are Alchemist and The Kite Runner. I like to cook though I don’t do it quite often these daysJ Poonam: Thank you, Balaji for sharing your story with us. Good luck on your Booth experience and your future career. Note: You can connect with Balaji via https://www.linkedin.com/pub/balaji-ananthanpillai/4/ba7/937. |
19 Dec 2014, 14:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: MBA Application Essays- 8 Common Mistakes You Can Avoid |
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The application season for B-school application is on ,and Round 2 deadlines only 3 weeks away. Some of Round 1 applicants have already received the coveted admit offer from their dream school, some of them have received rejects, some of them have been wait-listed , while some of them will be receiving the final outcome of their applications this week . For those of you whose applications were declined in Round 1, and those of you who will be applying in Round – 2 for the first time , here are some common tips that can help you create strong essays. When working with the B-school applicants on their application essays in the past four years, I have come across some common mistakes which, I believe, can be easily avoided with careful thought and preparation. 1. Insufficient Time: We have always enforced that application essays are the most critical part of MBA application package, yet some candidates approach them casually and begin writing them a couple of day before the deadline. Some applicants approached me a week before the deadline; this obviously did not leave them with enough time to strategize and think through their stories/ experiences. Working towards tight deadlines puts unnecessary pressure on the applicants (as well as the consultant who works with them) which can be easily avoided if they engage with an expert early in the application process. Writing an admission essay is a creative and time -consuming process during which you need to go through multiple stages of the writing process (brainstorming, writing, revising, editing, and re-editing) in order to achieve perfection. You may find it extremely challenging to produce quality work during that short period , if you are at work for long hours and work on your essays only at night when you are already exhausted from work. However, if you plan ahead and start on time, you will enjoy this process of reflecting on your experiences and translating them into memorable stories for the Ad Com. 2. Lack of Stories/real life experiences: A major issue with most admission essays is– lack of stories or examples from real life. Some applicants just expand their resumes and rewrite them in a language filled with technical jargon assuming everyone would comprehend them, while some others compose an objective statement of purpose somewhat like a newspaper article that completely fails to tell the reader who they are. I have always insisted that the beginning of an essay should be engaging enough to hook the readers and make them want to continue reading your essay. For example, most applicants begin their Goals essay somewhat like this: “My career interest is in blending analytical thinking with business acumen to solve challenging problems.” Beginning your essay like this is a killer and will fail to make an impression. However, you will hook the reader into your story if you weave your life story around your goals as shown in the example below: “I grew up helping my dad, an Electronics engineer, repair television, radios and anything that needed to be fixed around the house, as I was naturally drawn to applying analytical knowledge to solve problems.” Also, when brainstorming details for your story, please make sure that you have included all the relevant details with a beginning, middle, and end that would make complete sense to the reader. Do not assume the reader (in this case Ad Com) to understand/ know what has not been relayed to them. One of the applicants I recently worked on her R-1 applications apprised me of the most significant detail of her ‘team work challenge’ story during the final stages of the review process, and that too casually in an e-mail in response to my question. When I incorporated that information in the essay, it enhanced the overall impact of the story, making it more effective and powerful. Hence I would recommend that you share with your consultant all the minute details of your story, so your stories can be developed into impactful essays. 3. Failure to comprehend the essay prompt: When writing essays, some applicants do not go deep into the essay prompt to comprehend its intent. As a result, the essay goes off track and completely lacks the underlying theme/ the main point of the essay. For example, if the question is about the contribution to the XYZ School, you do not want to discuss your reasons for choosing that particular B-school. They are not asking you about their particular resources that interest you; rather they want to know in what ways they would benefit by accepting you. Thus, you need to think through the essay prompt and dig deeper before you begin to answer the question. While elaborating what value you will add to your target school, make sure you connect your skill-set, your professional (e.g. professionalism, leadership potential, team working experience, and innovative ideas), and personal attributes (e.g. integrity, accountability, humorous disposition etc.), and experience to the specific activities and resources (clubs, organizations, team groups, etc.) of your target school. To cite another example, let’s take a look at the first job essay question of INSEAD. “Briefly summarize your current (or most recent) job, including the nature of work, major responsibilities, and where relevant, employees under your supervision, size of budget, clients/products and results achieved. (350 words maximum)” This job essay question does not require you to share your accomplishment story at your current job, the challenges you faced and the actions you took to achieve the desired results. (one of the applicants I worked with made exactly the same mistake in his first draft). Please note that the essay prompt requests a snapshot of your career at present. Keeping in mind that this will be the Ad Com’s introduction to your materials, you might also provide the reader the context necessary to understand your place within the organizational structure and the work that occupies your days. I would encourage you to stay focused on the details of your present job and avoid drifting away to your greatest achievements. You will get an opportunity to do that in Motivation Essay question #2. 4. Lack of adequate Structure/ organization of the essay: In order to make a lasting impact on the reader, you should make sure to explain each logical step of your story without leaving any loose ends. Remember, the purpose of an admission essay is to provide the Ad Com an understanding of your professional and personal experiences/ accomplishments to help them determine if you are a good fit for that particular school or not. Strong and memorable essays tell stories with a clear beginning, middle and end that make complete sense to the reader. I always recommend that you should pay equal attention to all aspects of the essay question. In order to answer the essay question holistically, you may break it down into multiple sub-segments and then build a structure around each sub segment. Some applicants go at length in addressing the first part of the essay question, leaving the other parts unanswered or unbelievably brief. For example, let’s take a look at the following essay question: “Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans, and your motivation for pursuing an MBA at the Kellogg School of Management” (500-750 words). In order to make sure that you address both sections effectively, you may break it down into two parts, and then describe the first part (your career progression) in approximately 300-350 words and the second part (your future career plans, and your motivation for pursuing an MBA at Kellogg) in approximately about 350-400 words. 5. Lack of Specific Details: One of the most common pitfalls of Admission essays is the writers’ inability to use specific examples or details and share stories that are filled with vague generalities. To be able to make sense of your story and appreciate it as well, the reader needs to know the specifics of your story. Please note that the members of the Admission committee have to read hundreds of essays for evaluating candidacy of their prospective students, so if you want your stories to ‘stick’ in their minds, your writing needs to be succinct, articulate, and specific. By providing specific examples/details about ‘what’ ‘why ‘where’ and ‘when’ of your experience and by sharing your thought process at that time, you can turn your stories into memorable essays. Let’s look at some examples to understand how specific details can turn around an essay. Not So Good Example: My family is unique because my parents are spiritual leaders to point me the way to victory. My parents were growing in poor family. They did not have enough resource to chase their dreams. Furthermore, the most important investment is that they made countless sacrifices to foster my growing. The above para fails to resonate with the reader because it does not provide any specifics about the place (country, city) where the writer lived with his family and why they lacked resources. Now compare it with the revised version: Good Example: Growing up in Shanghai, China, I have seen my parents working double shifts to provide me a better living. I am the only child of my parents. My parents grew up in poor families, so they did not have enough resources to afford college education. However, they made countless sacrifices to foster my growing and build a good life for them and for me. Be as specific about your goals as you can. Remember some applications are rejected because of lack of clarity about their career aspirations. 6. Grammar and Sentence Structure Errors: Some applicants compose exceptionally lengthy sentences stretching 4-5 lines, while some compose awkwardly phrased and grammatically incorrect sentences. Please note that writing extraordinarily bulky sentences is not an evidence of good English. The Ad Com only get couple of minutes to go through your essay, and you don’t want them to get entangled in the maze of your intricate sentences. I would recommend that you convey your message effectively in a clear, concise, and simple language that is easy to understand. And please pay attention to your ‘articles’. The most common error I have noticed is- missing articles (‘the’, a and ‘an’) Example: ‘I aligned my team and generated first two test files from test server…’ In the above sentence article ‘the’ is missing at two places. The correct sentence is “I aligned my team and generated the first two test files from the test server.” 7. Inability to adhere to word limit: Undoubtedly, following stringent word limits is an arduous task and often becomes one of the biggest challenges for almost all applicants. They find it hard to figure out how to prune their writing and end up producing 700 words essay when the required word limit is 400 words. The Schools provide you specific word limit for a reason; they expect you to adhere to it. So try to follow the principle of ‘less is more’ and be as precise as you can. 8. Use of jargon: It has been a common experience for me to review essays filled with technical terms of the applicant’s industry. Whether it is ‘leadership’ essay, ‘setback’ essay, ‘goals’ essay, ‘ethical dilemma’ or even ‘background’ essay, most applicants inadvertently provide lengthy technical details which are comprehensible to their industry people only. In their enthusiasm to provide all the technical details of their experience, they often omit relevant information (e.g. ‘What were the main challenges?’ or ‘How was the experience meaningful?’ etc.) The use of excessive jargon not only makes it hard for the reader to comprehend your story, but also distracts them from the ‘real story’. Therefore, I always advise my clients to use only as much jargon in their essays as is required to convey their story. Summary: To sum up, some of the common mistakes that the MBA applicants should avoid are: insufficient time for writing essays, lack of real-life examples and specific details to answer essay questions, failure to comprehend the intent of the essay prompt, lack of coherent structure, omission of 1-2 parts of the essay question, sentence structure errors, exceeding the allowed word limit, and use of excessive jargon. I am confident that by avoiding these common errors and following a structured approach, you will transform your stories into memorable essays that will help you secure admission in your chosen school. Good luck on your Round 2 applicationsJ For more MBA articles, visit my myEssayReview blog. For questions, email me at poonam@myessayreview.com |
27 Jun 2015, 11:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: INSEAD Essay Questions Analysis 2015-16 |
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The MBA application form for the September 2016 intake of INSEAD’s MBA is now live. The essay questions remain the same; however, there are some changes to the functionality of the form itself. First, all essay questions are now embedded in the form so that essays no longer need to be uploaded separately. Second, INSEAD has also slightly adjusted the format so the candidates don’t miss important pieces such as the goals, which were sometimes not answered. Also, candidates are now required to upload a CV. INSEAD still has one remaining deadline for their January 2016 intake – Round 4 on 5 August. Deadlines for the September 2016 intake are:
INSEAD’s essay questions allow candidates to discuss a variety of topics related to their interests and experiences, thus providing them ample opportunity to present each aspect of their candidacy. The first two “job essays” ask for a factual account of one’s current position and career progression, while the third one offers unemployed applicants a chance to explain themselves .The four “motivation essays” call for short reflections and discussion of a variety of topics e.g. strengths and weaknesses, failures, accomplishments, extra professional activities etc. With careful thought and planning, you can use these 6 essays to present your well -rounded personality. According to INSEAD Admission Team : “The essay section is a critical part of our evaluation process. As such, we advise you to spend a significant amount of time on your application essays, as they are a critical part of our evaluation process. Your responses to the essay questions provide the best opportunity to be creative and tell us about yourself. We would like to get to know you and to find out what motivates you. The essays are not meant to be academic articles or business memos, but rather your personal stories. Please answer essay 1 to 4 as they are all compulsory. Essay 5 is optional.” INSEAD’s Admission’s Criteria:
Job description Essay # 1 (350 words) A .Briefly summarize your current ( or most recent) job, including the nature of work, major responsibilities, and, where relevant, employees under your supervision, size of budget, clients/products and results achieved. The first part of the question requests a snapshot of the applicant’s current or most recent job. .Keeping in mind that this will be the Admission Committee’s introduction to your candidacy, you should also provide information so the reader can understand your place within the organization and the work that occupies your days. Please stay focused on the details of your present job nature of work, major responsibilities, supervision, size of budget, number of clients/products, and most importantly, “results achieved”. While detailing out your current job, you should also focus on the impact you have made on your organization. But please avoid elaborating your greatest achievement as you will get an opportunity to do that in the second motivation essay. (Approximately 250 words) B. What would be your next step in terms of position if you were to remain in the same company? The second half of the question is tricky, because you need to show that your next position should be more challenging than your current one. But if MBA at INSEAD is your next step, you probably don’t need your next promotion. So you may need to show here that in order to achieve your goals, you first need an MBA from INSEAD.(Approximately 100 words) Job description Essay # 2 (350 words) A. Please give us a full description of your career since graduating from university. It should be written as if you were talking to someone at social gathering detailing your career path with the rationale behind your choices. This question can be considered as a walk through of resume in the essay format. The purpose of this question is to get an understanding how you have progressed along your career path. Your best bet is to focus on each full-time position you’ve held, the reasons behind each move, increases and changes in responsibility, and the lessons/ skills learned. It is important to show progress at each stage of your career, which is straightforward if you have worked for the same company and received regular promotions. However, if you have changed companies, make sure to explain the reason how and why you made your career choice. (Approximately 150-200 words) B. Discuss your short term and long term career aspirations. After detailing out your career history, explain where you stand now why you believe that an MBA is the next logical step in your career path NOW? What are those skills that you still lack which you hope to acquire by an MBA? How an MBA will fill the gaps in your career? Then explain your short term (3-5 years after MBA) and long term (5 – 8 years after MBA). Please make sure to demonstrate a logical connection between your short term and long term goals. In other words, explain how you will move from step 1 to step 2 and so on. Make sure that your goals are realistic as well as ambitious. That is, if you aim for a technology or a consulting role, you’ll need to demonstrate that you already possess some skills/experience in that area and are now aiming to enhance those skills. Likewise, if you are a career changer, you should provide evidence as to how your current skill set would facilitate this transition. (Approximately 150- 200- words) Remember to use your words as precisely as you can. Note: For my blog on ‘Goals Essay’ click here: https://myessayreview.com/blogs/?p=1197 For sample ‘Goals’ essay, click here: https://myessayreview.com/sample2.html Job description Essay # 3 ( optional): If you are currently not working or if you plan to leave your current employer more than two months before the programme starts, please explain your activities and occupation between leaving your job and the start of the programme . ) This is the fourth year that INSEAD has included a question providing unemployed applicants the space to explain their situation. This shows that INSEAD is not excluding unemployed candidates from admission, if they are utilizing their time productively. So it provides them an opportunity to advocate their case and discuss the new skills they are learning, the volunteer work they are involved in, and any conferences and professional development workshops they are attending, and other efforts they are making to secure short-term employment before MBA. This would validate their growth even during the time they are unemployed. This question also includes applicants who are planning to take a break of more than two months between the time they submit their applications and the time they would join INSEAD’s program. In this case also, they need to evidence how they are actively developing skills, making productive use of their time, and progressing toward their career goals. This essay is also a place for the applicants who are leaving their current employer to join another one, two months before entering the program. They should use this essay to discuss their new employment. Motivation Essays: Motivation Essay # 1. Give a candid description of yourself (who you are as a person), stressing the personal characteristics you feel to be your strengths and weaknesses and the main factors which have influenced your personal development, giving examples when necessary. (600 words max.) . This question requires you to do lot of introspection. While it is important to address all parts of the prompt: strengths, weaknesses, and main factors responsible for your personal development, it’s important to focus as much as possible on the positive. So you may want to begin with two or three positive qualities and then comment on one or two weaknesses, and then substantiate your personal traits with real- life examples .This question gives applicants freedom to select examples from your personal, professional or extracurricular life , so try to select your examples with a view to presenting a balanced picture of personality. What two methods you can use to draft this essay? You may select either of the following two methods for discussing strengths or weaknesses: a) Make statements about your character and back them up with example as ‘evidences’ of your statements. b) Find a single story (from your personal or professional life)) that will illustrate all of your strengths, and, if possible, weaknesses. When discussing your weaknesses, make sure to explain how they have affected you and what you have done or are doing now to rectify them. If relevant, mention which B-school resources can help you get over these weaknesses. How you can discuss factors that have influenced your personal development? Remember that for each personal characteristic introduced, you should reflect on the factors that have influenced your personality. It is up to you if you want to discuss these influential factors while discussing your strengths and weaknesses or after having discussed them. Roughly you may aim at allotting 250 words to strengths 100-150 words to weakness/weaknesses and 200-250 words to the main factors that have shaped your character/ personality. [b]Motivation Essay # 2. Describe the achievement of which you are most proud of and explain why? In addition describe a situation where you failed. How did these experiences impact your relationship with others? Comment on what you learned. (400 words max.) [/b] Through this question, INSEAD now expects you to discuss both your accomplishment and failure in one single essay. You need to dig deeper and explain how these experiences have impacted your relationship with others Since you are allowed to use 400 words, it is in your best interest to allot approximately 200 words to each of your stories. Also, this accomplishment and failure should tie in to your “strengths” and weaknesses essay. That is, your experiences of achievement and failure should illustrate the “strengths” and “weaknesses” you have already discussed in your first essay. Your accomplishment story should have the four components: the challenge, the achievement, the outcome/result, and the significance. That is, you should explain why this accomplishment is meaningful to you both in terms of the challenges you overcame, the results you produced, and the lessons you learned. To explain your failure story , you’ll need to reflect on a life experience when you could not live up to your expectations .You should describe how the situation went wrong and why. Like your accomplishment story should also have the four components: the challenge, the action, the outcome/result, and the significance or effect. That is, you should explain how that failure taught you important lessons that you later used in your life to better yourself. The failure story may be presented in such a way that it presents you in a positive light, revealing your strengths. Make sure to clearly address the second part of this question and discuss in what ways these experiences have impacted your relationship with others at work or in community and what learnings you have gleaned from your experiences . Note: For my blog on ‘Accomplishment ‘ Essay’ click here https://myessayreview.com/blogs/?cat=6 For sample ‘Accomplishment’ essay, click here https://myessayreview.com/sample3.html For my blog on Failure Setback/ Mistake Essay click here https://myessayreview.com/blogs/?cat=12 For sample Failure Essay, click here: https://myessayreview.com/sample4.html#_blank [b][b]Motivation[/b] Essay # 3. Motivation Essay 3: Tell us about an experience where you were significantly impacted by cultural diversity in a positive or negative way. (300 words max.) [/b] INSEAD is a highly international and multicultural program, so this question is designed to gauge an applicant’s cultural sensitivity and ability to conduct business in an international setting. You will need to do lot of reflection for this prompt so you can recount a cultural experience that demanded significant amount of adjustment resulting in personal growth. Explain how the experience changed your behavior, or perception, or inspired you to learn something new about that culture, or made you to reconsider your own ideas /values/ perceptions Your response/story should demonstrate cultural flexibility, your ability to operate well with teams of diverse cultures. Remember to outline the struggles you went through in the process of cultural adjustment, and the lessons you learned in the process. Motivation Essay # 4. Describe all types of extra professional activities in which you have been or are still involved for significant amount of time ( clubs, sports, music, arts, politics, etc). How are you enriched by these activities? (300 words max.) The extra-curricular are an important element of how INSEAD evaluates the candidate on one of its four key admissions criteria: ‘ability to contribute’. They want to know if you are an applicant who will not only contribute to the class room but also to the life of the community outside the classroom as a student, and later, as a member of the alumni network. Candidates who have other interests/hobbies that they are passionate about, and who perhaps have some achievement in sports, music, arts etc. will go on to become students who will take the lead in student clubs and will be actively involved in the alumni network. Motivation Essay # 5. Is there anything that was not covered in your application that you would like to share with the Admissions Committee? (300 words max.) An optional essay is an opportunity for you to give the Ad Com relevant information that you could not give in other essays or other parts of your application. This question is also meant to shine a spotlight on an experience or side of your personality that has not been revealed in the other parts of your application: essays, recommendation letters and resume. Even though INSEAD has provided you enough ground to cover about your candidacy, you may still use this essay in a variety of ways to further strengthen your candidacy. More importantly, you should also use optional essay to address a weakness in your profile, like low GPA or GMAT, a gap in your job history, or your inability to get a recommendation from your current supervisor. Note: For my Blog on optional essay https://myessayreview.com/blogs/?m=201201 For sample optional essay https://myessayreview.com/sample4.html Web /Blog/ Free resources/LinkedIn/Facebook/ Email :poonam@myessayreview.com |
27 Jun 2015, 11:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Ross Essay Questions Analysis 2015-16 |
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Dates & Deadlines Application Deadline Decisions Announced Round 1 October 04, 2015 December 18, 2015 Round 2 January 05, 2016 March 18, 2016 Round 3 March 21, 2016 May 13, 2016 This year’s application process has three rounds. You must submit undergraduate and graduate transcripts when you apply. Unofficial transcripts are accepted. However, should you be accepted, you must submit official transcripts. Other documents that you should include with your Ross Business School application are GMAT or GRE scores, essays, a resume and one recommendation letter. International applicants, whose native language is non-English, must submit TOEFL or PTE scores. Admissions Criteria “The Admissions Committee seeks to bring together talented students from a broad range of academic and professional backgrounds. Applications are reviewed holistically; no single factor – e.g., GPA, GMAT/ GRE score, or years of work experience— determines the outcome. Applications are reviewed with three broad criteria in mind:
The number of questions for 2015-16 application cycle remains the same and so does the length of the questions Like last year, two essays (400 words each) are required. Last season, Ross asked applicants to explain what they were most proud of professionally and personally, in two separate essays. The school has retained one question on this subject, but this year’s question offers the applicants an option to choose either personal or professional accomplishment, not both. The second question marks a return of the traditional career goals questions from previous years which requires you to tell the school what your career path is and why you chose this path. Let’s take a look at the two essay questions: Essay [b]Question 1: What are you most proud of and why? How does it shape who you are today? (400 words)[/b] This question allows you to choose your story from your professional, academic, or personal experiences or accomplishments. Indeed, the “what” of what you are most proud of is as important as the ‘why’ of it. Since this question is designed to determine your fit with the school’s values and priorities, you will need to do a lot of self-reflection and come up with a story that best aligns with Ross’s values. Create a list of your two proudest professional accomplishments, and your two proudest personal or community achievements. Then reflect on how each of these accomplishments helped you demonstrate your values and priorities. For example, if you have chosen a professional accomplishment, it may not be the one that had saved your company millions of dollars or created a platform for your promotion, but it was significant in other respects. The experience might have taught you leadership skills or team working skills that paved the way for your future success or it might have enabled you to resolve conflicts within the team and turned around your relationship with your member / members.. You may also choose an experience form your personal life (may be a personal setback) or community life that is meaningful to you because it gave you an opportunity to make an impact on other people’s lives and demonstrate your personal values of resilience, honesty, and integrity. Whatever story you choose, don’t forget to explain what makes you proud of your experience and how you have grown from that experience and emerged a better person, or a professional, or a member of community . When the school asks you “What are you most proud of and why?” they don’t want to know about your career history and all of your accomplishments throughout your career ( some of my students actually made this mistake); instead they want you to share a single accomplishment that makes you feel proud of yourself. Ross admission director Soojin Kwon explains in her blog: “Don’t write two paragraphs of introduction before stating what you’re most proud of. You can even start with, “I am most proud of….” Write as you would speak. To a real person. We, who read the essays, are real people.” As for the structure, I recommend that you follow the 4 part structure : 1. Situation 2. Action 3.Outcome 4. Significance To learn more, refer to my blog on accomplishment essay https://myessayreview.com/blogs/?p=1199 Essay Question 2: What is your desired career path and why? (400 words) This is a straightforward goals question that aims to know why you want to go to business school. Begin your essay with a brief career history and provide details about how you have pursued your career, acquired new skills and progressed along your career path all these years. Explain your rationale behind each career move. Then go on to describe why you believe that an MBA is the next logical step in your career path NOW? What are those skills that you still lack which you hope to acquire by an MBA? Then explain your post MBA and long term goals. Please be as specific as you can in discussing your post MBA goals. That is, specify which industry, which company, and what position you would like to see yourself at after graduating from Ross. Even if you are not 100% sure, you should be clear and quite decisive about your short term goals. You need to make sure that there is a logical connection between short term and long term goals. For example, you do not want to say that your long term goal is to be CEO of Xyz Company if your past experience, current skills set, and your short term goals do not at all seem to be leading to that direction. Please remember that the ‘goals’ essay requires you to make a realistic connection between your past (past experience and skills), present (your need of an MBA), and future (your future goals). The key is to justify your rationale behind your chosen career path. Finally, even though the essay prompt doesn’t ask you why you are interested in Ross, it makes sense to add a concluding sentence about how an MBA from Ross will bring to closer to your career objectives. Establish a connection between their offerings and your goals, and interests to justify your ‘fit’ with program. As you develop your stories, aim at helping Ross admissions committee get to know you more fully. Ross admission director Soojin Kwon explains in her blog, “For both questions, there isn’t an answer that we “want to hear” other than a response that demonstrates that you’ve done some self-reflection and gives us a sense of you as a person.” For Soojin Kwon’s detailed guidelines on the two essay questions, click here https://michiganross.umich.edu/admissions-blog/2015/05/20/here-are-new-essay-questions-michigan-ross-mba-application For questions, email me at :poonam@myessayreview.com Web /Blog/ Free resources/LinkedIn/Facebook/ |
02 Jul 2015, 21:01
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Yale Essay Question Analysis 2015-16 |
 From Yale Website Application Deadlines Round 1 Application Deadline: September 16, 2015 Decision Release: December 7, 2015 Enrollment Deadline: February 12, 2016 Round 2 Application Deadline: January 7, 2016 Decision Release: March 25, 2016 Enrollment Deadline: May 6, 2016 Round 3 Application Deadline: April 21, 2016 Decision Release: May 20, 2016 Enrollment Deadline: May 31, 2016 In addition, for those candidates applying through the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, the Round 1 application deadline will be October 15, 2015, and the Round 2 deadline will be January 5, 2016. Guiding principles: Our founding mission to educate leaders for business and society has multiple interpretations:
Essay Question: Yale School of Management has confirmed that the essay question for this upcoming admissions season remains unchanged from last year. According to Admissions Director Bruce DelMonico, the admissions committee decided to stick with this question because it, “…really gets to the core of what Yale SOM is about and embodies our founding mission of ‘educating leaders for business and society.’” Click here for more details: https://som.yale.edu/blog/2015/05/2015-16-yale-som-essay-question?blog=3490 Let’s take a look at the essay question: The Yale School of Management educates individuals who will have deep and lasting impact on the organizations they lead. Describe how you have positively influenced an organization as an employee, a member, or an outside constituent. (500 words maximum) They purpose of this question is to find out how the applicants are making an impact in their personal and professional lives. This essay prompt offers you a broad choice to choose your stories/ examples from your professional life, personal life or community involvement. You may choose to discuss more than one experience where you had made a positive impact on an organization. I suggest that you pick 1-2 professional stories and 1 story from your personal life or your involvement in the community. For an effective story, you don’t need to be in a leadership role to make an impact; Yale recognizes that people have an ability to create a lasting impact as a member of an organization as well. To brainstorm ideas for this essay, I would encourage you to look for examples when you stepped out of your comfort zone and took initiatives that significant change or resulted in the improvement of processes subsequently followed by an organization or a group. One time accomplishments when you successfully led a project that was far behind schedules or a project that resulted in huge financial gains but did not have any long term influences on your organization may not be the right examples for this question. In order to demonstrate you fit with school’s mission, you need to discuss experiences where you were able to make “deep and lasting impact”. For structure, I again recommend following the same 4 part structure:
Example: “After working several unpaid overtime hours, we succeeded in getting the project got back on track with a better client relationship. Also, we recently received the Inov@r Accenture Brazil award, for the FY12/13 most innovative project in the risk management practice. The experiences, though demanding, were unmatched because of the challenge of initiating change by me and influencing others. Also, they prepared me to adapt my leadership style to different contexts.” In the end, you can conclude the essay with a final statement about how you hope to make an impact on the Yale community . For questions, email me at :poonam@myessayreview.com Web /Blog/ Free resources/LinkedIn/Facebook/ |
15 Jul 2015, 18:01
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Duke Fuqua Essay MBA Questions Analysis – 2015-16 |
 Deadlines Early action: Application deadline: September 15, 2015 at 11:59pm EST, decision date: October 26, 2015 Round 1: Application deadline: October 14, 2015 at 11:59pm EST, decision date: December 17, 2015 Round 2: Application deadline: January 5, 2016 at 11:59pm EST, decision date: March 15, 2016 Round 3: Final application deadline: March 22, 2016 at 11:59pm EST, decision date: May 6 2016 https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/daytime-mba/admissions/application-instructions/ From Duke Website Be Consequential “Be a leader who demonstrates competence, character, and purpose—a thinker and a doer who can maneuver the complexities of interdependent issues. Aspire to possess the technical acumen, personal attributes, and moral compass to both “get along” and “get it right.” Because the world needs MBAs who navigate toward a collective good for ALL stakeholders—others, the organization, the community, and the world.If this sounds like the kind of leader you want to be, then The Duke MBA—Daytime is the program for you.” Your goal is to use these essays to demonstrate the kind of leaders Duke Admission committee is looking for. Duke has retained all the essay questions from last year. Let’s take a look at the essay questions. Required Short answer Questions: Instructions: Answer all 3 of the following questions. For each short answer question, respond in 500 characters only (the equivalent of about 100 words). 1. What are your short-term goals, post-MBA? 2. What are your long-term goals? 3. Life is full of uncertainties, and plans and circumstances can change. As a result, navigating a career requires you to be adaptable. Should the short-term goals that you provided above not materialize what alternative directions have you considered? Last year’s applicants answered this question in 250 characters, so you are fortunate to get 500 characters to discuss your career goals. The career goals question has been broken down in 3 parts, so you will also answer these straightforward questions separately in a clear, concise, and succinct. 1. Discuss what you plan to do immediately after your MBA. Be as specific as you are in outlining your role, position, industry and company you aim to join after your MBA. 2. Then explain your long term vision for your career. Also, explain how you see yourself progressing from achieving your short term objectives to your long term vision. 3. Lastly, Duke admits that ‘life is full of uncertainties’, and you may come across situations that prevent you from realizing your post MBA goals. In such scenario, you must be prepared for your plan B. Please make sure that your alternative career path is in alignment with your experience and the skills, knowledge gained from your MBA education. It should not be an altogether different path that doesn’t allow you to leverage your skills and experience to the fullest. Essay # 1 ( Required): 25 Random things about yourself Instructions: Answer the following question — present your response in list form, numbered 1 to 25. Some points may be only a few words, while others may be longer. Your complete list should not exceed 2 pages. The “Team Fuqua” spirit and community is one of the things that sets The Duke MBA experience apart, and it is a concept that extends beyond the student body to include faculty, staff, and administration. When a new person joins the Admissions team, we ask that person to share with everyone in the office a list of “25 Random Things About Yourself.” As an Admissions team, we already know the new hire’s professional and academic background, so learning these “25 Random Things” helps us get to know someone’s personality, background, special talents, and more. In this spirit, the Admissions Committee also wants to get to know you–beyond the professional and academic achievements listed in your resume and transcript. You can share with us important life experiences, your likes/dislikes, hobbies, achievements, fun facts, or anything that helps us understand what makes you who you are. Share with us your list of “25 Random Things” about YOU. This question about ‘a list of 25 random things’ about applicants is Duke’s favorite for many years. Actually, it is my favorite as well. As stated in the essay prompt, the purpose of this question to get to know you–beyond the professional and academic achievements listed in your resume and transcript. So they suggest that ” you can share with us important life experiences, your likes/dislikes, hobbies, achievements, fun facts, or anything that helps us understand what makes you who you are”. I have seen candidates finding this question daunting initially, but when they begin brainstorming ideas about unique and interesting things about themselves, they actually love the process. I advise them to do these brainstorming sessions with their family and friends and ask them what they find interesting and funny about you. Also, you will need to do a lot of self-refection to dig into interesting things about your personality, your likes and dislikes and your unique personal experiences that have made you who you are. Please note the word ‘random ‘and include little fun things that you have done or do in your day- today life, your hobbies/ habits that have become inseparable part of your personality. The unique component of this essay question is the “fun” part of it. So you don’t want to get too serious about yourself. You want to write something that draws your reader in Also, please resist the temptation of drifting away to your accomplishments, career goals or leadership experiences because this is NOT what the Ad Com seeks to know about you through this question.. Essay # 2 ( Required) (Choose 1 of 2) Instructions: Choose only 1 of the following 2 essay questions to answer. Your response should be no more than 2 pages in length, and should reflect your knowledge of the Fuqua program and experience, and the types of activities and leadership you would engage in as a Fuqua student. Both of these essay questions are entirely focused on why the Duke MBA program is the right ‘fit’ for you. Option 1: Why Duke: When asked by your family, friends, and colleagues why you want to go to Duke, what do you tell them? Share the reasons that are most meaningful to you. This essay prompt is very clear and personal, so the effective response to this question will be specific, detailed and personal. Though you are writing this essay for the Ad Com of Duke, they want you to compose your response as though you are addressing your family or friends or colleagues. So please keep in mind your audience which means you need to bring into context who you are addressing- your family member, your close friend or your colleague. To prepare a strong response to this question, you will need to do thorough research on the school’s resources and offerings and then explain how these offerings fit into your career goals. When describng clubs and classes you are attracted to, also offer specific examples from your past experiences to show your consistent personal or professional passions. In addition, you also need to discuss your role within the Duke community and demonstrate in what ways, you will be adding value to the Duke community. Be as specific as you can in your response. Option 2: Team Fuqua Principles: The Team Fuqua community is as unique as the individuals who comprise it. Underlying our individuality are a number of shared ideas and principles that we live out in our own ways. Our students have identified and defined 6 “Team Fuqua Principles” that we feel are the guiding philosophies that make our community special. At the end of your 2 years at Fuqua, if you were to receive an award for exemplifying one of the 6 Principles listed below, which one would it be and why? Your response should reflect your knowledge of Fuqua and the Daytime MBA program and experience, and the types of activities and leadership you would engage in as a Fuqua student. 1. Authentic Engagement: We care and we take action. We each make a difference to Team Fuqua by being ourselves and engaging in and supporting activities about which we are passionate. 2. Supportive Ambition: We support each other to achieve great things, because your success is my success. The success of each individual member of Team Fuqua makes the whole of Team Fuqua better. 3. Collective Diversity: We embrace all of our classmates because our individuality is better and stronger together. 4. Impactful Stewardship: We are leaders who focus on solutions to improve our communities both now and in the future. We aren’t satisfied with just maintaining the status quo. 5. Loyal Community: We are a family who looks out for each other. Team Fuqua supports you when you need it the most. 6. Uncompromising Integrity: We internalize and live the honor code in the classroom and beyond. We conduct ourselves with integrity within Fuqua, within Duke, and within all communities of which we are a part. As with option 1, this question also requires you to have a thorough knowledge and understanding of Duke’s resources and culture. In addition, you also need to do a lot of soul- searching to understand which of these six principles best resonate with your personality and values. Then think of ways, you see yourself contributing to the Fuqua community following that particular principle ( e.g ‘local community’ or ‘uncompromising integrity’ etc. ) by participating in various activities. Whichever principle you exemplify, you need to focus on how it will impact your future career and how it will enhance Duke community. Please remember you have to visualize your self-receiving an award for exemplifying one of these 6 principles, so you need to elaborate which specific on- campus resources you will take advantage of to receive this award. Optional Essay If you feel there are circumstances of which the Admissions Committee should be aware, please explain them in an optional essay (e.g. unexplained gaps in work, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance). Do NOT upload additional essays nor additional recommendations in this area of the application. The Optional Essay is intended to provide the Admissions Committee with insight into your circumstances only. Limit your response to two pages. As instructed in the essay prompt , write this essay only if you have to explain extenuating circumstances. (e.g. “unexplained gaps in work, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance”) . If you have low GPA or less than ideal GMAT, or if you are not able to get recommendation from your supervisor, or if you have employment gap, you may address these concerns in your optional essay.Your weakness may also bring out a positive aspect of your personality. This essay should convey that you are aware that these are areas of concern in your application, but you have improved upon these areas Note: For my Blog on optional essay https://myessayreview.com/blogs/?m=201201 For sample optional essay https://myessayreview.com/sample4.html Web /Blog/ Free resources/LinkedIn/Facebook/ Email :poonam@myessayreview.com |
22 Jul 2015, 14:01
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: UNC Kenan Flagler Essay Questions Analysis 2015-16 |
 Application Deadlines Round 1 (Early Action) Application due: October 16, 2015 Decision released: December 14, 2015 Round 2 Application due: December 4, 2015 Decision released: February 1, 2016 Round 3 Application due: January 15, 2016 Decision released: March 15, 2016 Round 4 Application due: March 11, 2016 Decision released: April 25, 2016 MBA Admissions Selection Criteria We seek candidates for admission with strengths in these areas:
https://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/admissions/mba Like last year, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School requires only one required essay and three optional essay questions for the 2015-2016 MBA admissions cycle. There is no change in the essay questions this year. Let’s take a closer look at the essay questions. Essay # 1 (Required) Please describe your short and long term goals post-MBA. Explain how your professional experience has shaped these goals; why this career option appeals to you, and how you arrived at the decision that now is the time and the MBA is the appropriate degree. (500 words maximum) This is a straightforward goals question. Through this essay question, the Admissions Committee wants to know about your post MBA goals and ambitions, both short-term and long-term. You may want to begin your essay with a story/ event/ life experience that reflects passion for your chosen field. (You may also begin directly with a discussion of your academic and then professional career). Continue your story and provide details about how you have pursued your passion, continued your education, acquired new skills and learnings and progressed along your career path in the past XXX years. Specify skills gained at each job position and how your achievements earned you a promotion (may be, ahead of your peers). Then describe where you stand now and what are your short term and long term career aspirations. You have to describe why the particular career option seems suitable to you and how the professional experience you have had shaped up your desire to opt for an MBA degree. This means that you have to draw out a link between your previous experience, your current need of an MBA degree, and your future career goals. Answer the following questions:
My passion for technology, my experience in corporate and business leadership and my childhood vision to be a global business leader and continue my family legacy have defined my goal and fueled my vision to lead my family business into the world of Technology and Consulting. I want to open a new division in my family business in – technology & strategy firm. Through MBA, I will equip myself with very strong fundamentals in management by developing deeper perspectives in various disciplines accountancy, marketing, operations, finance and most importantly, entrepreneurship. Even though the essay prompt doesn’t require you to answer “Why UNC? ” it still makes perfect sense to throw in a sentence or two about why an MBA from UNC is your best bet at this time? How it will help you achieve your goals? Your reasons for this could be insights gained from alumni, curriculum, faculty, and the various opportunities outside the classroom that Kenan Flagler provides .You may wrap up your essay by stating what value you will bring to the school. You may organize the question in the following way:
Click here for more information on Goals Essay. Click here for sample Goals essay. Essay # 2 (Optional) What personal qualities or life experiences distinguish you from other applicants? How do these qualities or experiences equip you to contribute to UNC Kenan-Flagler? (300 words maximum) Through this question, the Ad Com wants to know who you are as an individual and how you will add value to the UNC community. This is an interesting question that requires you to do lot of introspection to be able to discuss your personal traits and life experiences, (the people, the events) that have shaped your personality. You have to talk about your background, your current interests and passions, your likes and dislikes, your personal traits that define you and led you to where you currently are. Drawing a link here, like in the previous question, is vital. Here they are keen on knowing about you as a human being, as an individual, and not as an IT person etc. All of us are unique individuals with our own personal traits. Pick 2-3 personal traits that set you apart from other people (e.g. maturity, drive, motivation, self-awareness etc. .) – the traits that you would like the Admission Committee to know about you. Then go ahead and illustrate these with relevant examples. Remember without specific examples, your response will be ineffective. After this, address the second part of the question and focus on the ways in which, you think, you will contribute to the class room and community at Kennan Flagler. You should lay down the ways in which your interests, your passions and hobbies would enrich the Kenan Flagler community and influence it in a positive manner. They will probably receive hundreds of applications from soccer players, another dozen from those who think they write poetry well. That doesn’t mean your chances are slim. It only means you’ve to show them not just that these hobbies are what define you, but also how you will be benefitting the community at Kennan Flagler through this. Example: The varied challenges of the business world have taught me persistence, high spiritedness, and honesty. At Kennan-Flagler, I envision to conduct consulting projects for organizations through STAR program. I want to help small business owners build and develop their business ideas through Global Business Project program. With my culinary skills, I hope to ignite a passion for cooking in my peers and faculty and work towards creating a Chocolate and Bakery club. With my unique qualities and contributions, I will take my peers on their journey of exploration and fulfillment. You may break it down in 2 parts: 1. What personal qualities or life experiences distinguish you from other applicants? (approximately 300- 350 words) 2. How do these qualities or experiences equip you to contribute to UNC Kenan-Flagler? (approximately 150 -200 words) Essay # 3 (Optional) If your standardized test scores are low, or if you have not had coursework in core business subjects (calculus, microeconomics, statistics, financial accounting), please tell us how you plan to prepare yourself for the quantitative rigor of the MBA curriculum. (300 words maximum) This question is primarily focusing on those whose GMAT score is low and who have lacked math subjects, because the school wants to make sure that they will be able to handle academic rigor at this stage. If you need to answer this question, you can highlight the professional preparation you have already had in quantitative areas. You should also mention how you are brushing up your math knowledge even now and are prepared to do that till school commences. Be honest, do not exaggerate and show them that you are prepared for the academic rigor. Essay # 4 (Optional) Is there any other information you would like to share that is not presented elsewhere in the application? (300 words maximum) You may use this essay to shine a spotlight on an experience or side of your personality that has not been revealed in the other three essays, and other parts of your application. This is another opportunity Ad Com is offering you to admit you. While someone might want to talk about his/her experiences in community service, someone else might want to share something about his/her accomplishments in extracurricular activities e.g. sports, music, or painting etc. However, if you feel that the other essays present a complete picture of your candidacy, you may skip this question. Note: Click here for article on Optional Essay Click here for Sample Optional Essay Web /Blog/ Free resources/LinkedIn/Facebook/ Email :poonam@myessayreview.com |
05 Aug 2015, 14:01
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: UCLA Anderson Essay Questions- 2015-2016 |
 UCLA has announced their MBA essay questions and deadlines for the 2015-16 admission cycle! Application Deadlines Round 1 Oct. 6, 2015 [b] [b]Round 2[/b][/b] [b][b][/b][/b]Jan. 5, 2016[b] [/b] Round 3 April 12, 2016 Decision Release Dates Round 1 Dec. 15, 2015 Round 2 March 29, 2016 Round 3 May 24, 2016 The required and optional essays are as follows: First Time Applicants – One required essay: We believe that the best results are achieved when you share success, think fearlessly and drive change. With this in mind, what are your goals at UCLA Anderson and in your short-term and long-term career? (750 words maximum) Optional essay: Are there any extenuating circumstances in your profile about which the Admissions Committee should be aware? Please use your best judgment. (250 words maximum) Re-applicants – One required essay: Please describe your career progress since you last applied and ways in which you have enhanced your candidacy. Include updates on short-term and long-term career goals, as well as your continued interest in UCLA Anderson. (750 words maximum) **No preference is given in the evaluation process to applicants who submit an optional essay. Please note that UCLA Anderson only accepts written essays. For additional information regarding admissions and specifics on the essays, visit UCLA Andersons’ admissions website. |
13 Aug 2015, 14:00
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: London Business School Essay Questions/ Deadlines – 2015-16 |
 London Business School has announced MBA essay questions for August 2016 intake. Essay 1 : What are your post-MBA plans and how will your past experience and the London Business School programme contribute? (500 words) Essay 2 : What specific areas of London Business School life are you most excited about getting involved in and where will you add value? (300 words) Optional Essay: Is there any other information you believe the Admissions Committee should know about you and your application to London Business School? (300 words) Application Deadlines : Stage 1 Application deadline: September 25, 2015 Interview decision: October 21, 2015 Admission decision: December 2, 2015 Stage 2 Application deadline: January 5, 2016 Interview decision: February 3, 2016 Admission decision: March 23, 2016 Stage 3 Application deadline: February 25, 2016 Interview decision: March 30, 2016 Admission decision: May 11, 2016 Stage 4 Application deadline: April 21, 2016 Interview decision: May 18, 2016 Admission decision: June 22, 2016 All application deadlines are 17:00 GMT. All decisions are communicated via email and may go out at different times on the decision dates, often in the evening. For additional information, please visit the LBS admissions website. |
13 Aug 2015, 17:01
| FROM myEssayReview Blog: Tepper Essay Questions Analysis 2015-16 |
 Dates & Deadlines Application Deadliness Decision Notification Round 1 Oct. 5, 2015 December 15 Round 2 Jan. 4, 2016 March 23 Round 3 Mar. 15, 2016 May 16 Round 4 May 1 June 1 For Tepper MBA essay questions and recommendations questions, click here : https://tepper.cmu.edu/prospective-students/masters/mba/admissions/apply/essays-and-recommendations Like last year, Tepper has asked two questions with 300 word limits. In addition, they offer “and an optional essay if there is additional information you wish to share about your candidacy.” However, unlike last year, there are no short questions this year. The new essay prompts look almost similar to those of last season’s; The first question focuses on a defining moment and the second one on the candidate’s fit with Tepper. However, when we look at the questions closely, we find that there are subtle changes. Let’s compare the new essay questions with the last year’s essay questions: Question 1 ( 2014 -15) : Describe a defining moment in your life and explain how it shaped you as a person. Question # 1 ( 2015 -16) : Describe a defining moment in your life. How has it shaped you professionally? Thus, instead of asking the applicants how the defining moment has shaped them “as a person,” this year’s prompt limits the impact to their professional lives. Question # 2 (2014 -15) : Based on your research and interactions with the Tepper community, please share why you are a good fit with the Tepper MBA program Question # 2 (2015 -16) : Based on your research and interactions, describe how your strengths contribute to the Tepper School community. How will you benefit from being a member of the Tepper School MBA program? Even though this year’s question is also about the applicants’ fit with the program, this is a more explicit question about their strengths and their potential to contribute to the Tepper MBA program and student community. This suggests that the Ad Com expect the candidates to make a positive impact during their two years on the campus. Let’s take a closer look at the questions for the class of 2018. Essay 1 Describe a defining moment in your life. How has it shaped you professionally? (Maximum 300 words) This is the third year Tepper has asked the applicants to discuss the defining moment of their lives, but first time they have asked how it has influenced them in their professional lives. In order to identify the defining moment that has shaped you who you are as a professional, you need to do some self-reflection. It is possible that you can identify a single defining moment or experience has impacted your personal and professional life. So you may use that experience/story, but you need to make sure that your focus is on the resulting professional skills you have acquired or professional decisions you have taken or career choices you have made. It is up to you to select your story from your personal or professional life; however, in order to present well-rounded candidacy, please make sure to touch upon that aspect of your professional life which has not been revealed in the other essay question. How to structure your essay?
You can avoid the following mistakes that some applicants sometimes make while their recounting experience of a ‘defining moment’: 1. Do not discuss your career history and accomplishments throughout the essay because this is not what the essay prompt asks you to do. 2. Don’t forget to specify the time and place of the experience as this makes it hard for the reader to make sense of your story/experience. In the following example, the candidate is commenting on the impact ‘his defining moment ‘ has made on his professional life. Example: “After nine months, I heard “the knock” of opportunity that summoned me to the Wall Street in New York where I currently work. Taking the biggest ever decision under unfavorable circumstances and then reaching my goals was undoubtedly a feat. That moment defined the subsequent course of my life. “ Essay # 2 Based on your research and interactions, describe how your strengths contribute to the Tepper School community. How will you benefit from being a member of the Tepper School MBA program?[b] (Maximum 300 words) [/b] This question expects you to do your homework and gain a thorough knowledge of Tepper’s resources and offerings so you can discuss how you will benefit from the program and what value you will add to it. In addition to familiarizing yourself with the program, you should also gain some knowledge about professors, reach out to current students, and alumni, and if possible visit the campus. You can break down your response in two parts:
Then explain how you will benefit from the Tepper MBA experience. That is, how an MBA from CMU matches your goals and other interests. Apart from mentioning specific courses, professors that are closely aligned to your career aspirations, do not forget to comment on the student clubs, community events and other offerings that match your other interests and skills. Your response should showcase that you have done your homework well before you made your decision to apply to the program. Example : “With my cultural adaptability and global perspective, I look forward to enhance these experiences, with my fellow mates through projects and ‘International Business Association’ and embrace Tepper MBA’s value of diversity in thought, association, and purpose. With my culinary skills, I hope to ignite a passion for cooking in my peers and faculty, and work towards creating a ‘Chocolate and Bakery Club’ at Tepper. Following the school’s motto “My heart is in the work”, I wish to influence the Tepper Community both as a student and an alumnus.” You may refer to the following link to learn more about Tepper school of business. https://tepper.cmu.edu/prospective-students/masters/mba/why-we-are-different For question, email Poonam at poonam@myessayreview.com |
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