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Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   20 May 2012, 13:22
Hi everyone,
I'm starting to prepare my applications for fall 2013 in the US. I already did my GMAT (although I'm retaking) and I wanted to know if anyone knows what are the expected dates the following universities will publish this year's essay topics:

    MIT
    Harvard
    Stanford
    Wharton
    Booth
    Kellog
    Berkley
    NYU


Thank for the help

Cheers
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   21 May 2012, 19:52
According to the HBS admissions blog, they should be out later this week. Unsure of the other schools. Go back and look at the beginning of the 2012 threads to get a rough idea.
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   21 May 2012, 20:41
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According to my researching, here are the rough dates from last application cycle:
School Essays Released
Columbia 5/16/11
HBS 5/19/11
Wharton 7/21/11
Tuck 6/28/11
Darden 6/28/11
Sloan 8/15/11
Haas 6/6/11
Ross 6/16/11
Fuqua 7/1/11
Kellogg 6/30/11
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   22 May 2012, 07:23
as of right now, tuck has released the application deadlines:

January Round
Deadline: January 3, 2013
Notification: March 15, 2013


April Round
Deadline: April 2, 2013
Notification: May 24, 2013


November Consortium Round
Deadline: November 15, 2012
Notification: February 8, 2013


January Consortium Round
Deadline: January 5, 2013
Notification: March 15, 2013


https://blog.clearadmit.com seems to be a good place to watch for deadline and essay releases. I'll be checking it daily.
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   22 May 2012, 09:23
looks like HBS just published their essays:

Tell us about something you did well. (400 words)
Tell us about something you wish you had done better. (400 words)
plus a written reflection on the interview experience (400 words)

https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html

very interesting...
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   22 May 2012, 09:24
HBS put out its essays today

huge changes

•Tell us about something you did well. (400 words)
•Tell us about something you wish you had done better. (400 words)


https://poetsandquants.com/2012/05/22/be ... n-changes/

https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/writt ... tml#essays
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   22 May 2012, 17:09
Interesting change. I really like it considering I do much better in interviews than in my essays. I wasn't going to re-apply to Harvard next year because of time constraints. Now I think it will be worth it, even though I know they don't really like re-applicants.
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   22 May 2012, 17:47
mappleby wrote:
Interesting change. I really like it considering I do much better in interviews than in my essays. I wasn't going to re-apply to Harvard next year because of time constraints. Now I think it will be worth it, even though I know they don't really like re-applicants.

I imagine that must be part of their strategy here. By lowering the bar to apply, they'll probably get more "what the hell" applications, thereby driving their acceptance rate down and helping them pull away from Stanford in the rankings.
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   22 May 2012, 22:46
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HBS just released theirs: https://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/ ... es_fortune
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   23 May 2012, 06:16
Great!
Thanks for the approx. dates and the heads up with Harvard's essays.

This years topics are really interesting. I just read an interview to the managing director of MBA admissions and although she says they are trying to give the essay process a more introspective tone I think Kingfalcon's interpretation is very interesting, specially for an international applicant like me.

What are your thoughts?

Best for all
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   23 May 2012, 10:58
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With the recent changes in the essay topic, students will have to strive harder to differentiate themselves from others.

I appreciate Harvard's initiative of hosting weekly Q&A sessions starting from June 1, I am sure these sessions will help students learn more about Harvard with two way communication.
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Re: Fall 2013 Essay Topics Publication Dates [#permalink] New post   24 May 2012, 14:19
I'm not applying to HBS, but for those of you interested in learning more about their new essays check out Manhattan's update on it: https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... 2012-2013/

woggy987 wrote:
looks like HBS just published their essays:

Tell us about something you did well. (400 words)
Tell us about something you wish you had done better. (400 words)
plus a written reflection on the interview experience (400 words)

https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/blog.html

very interesting...
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