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How to Craft Admit Winning MBA Essays!!

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Getting into an M7 MBA program is more prominent than moving the mountains! They are the most elite business schools which only accept cream students. And you can not get into them just with a strong profile. You need to do a lot of research into understanding yourself and the US business schools you’re targeting, their culture, and values! Unless you are not giving yourself enough time to brainstorm and network, you will not get into these elite M7 business schools! But don’t you worry, we are here with you and for you!

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HBS Essay Tip #1
BRAND
Figure out your “throughline” – “a connecting theme, plot, or characteristic." This is what is meant by the term "brand"
Focus on that; don’t try to do all the things.

HBS Essay Tip #2
LEADERSHIP
Demonstrate leadership, of course. If you decide to go the path of several smaller anecdotes, show leadership in various different settings (work, group-related hobbies, serving on the board)


HBS Essay Tip #3
BE PERSONAL
If you talk about work, make sure it truly helps them to get to know you, your defining characteristic, an aspect of you that is true in every setting. Start with context about you as a person, your struggles, etc.


HBS Essay Tip #4
DON’T INCLUDE INFORMATION MENTIONED ELSEWHERE
Follow the instructions. “What else would you like us to know.” HBS advises that you avoid submitting, “Essays that are basically a paragraph version of your resume.”


HBS Essay Tip #5/5
MOVE AWAY FROM ANALYTICAL THOUGHT
The goal is to create emotional resonance. Help them get to know you as your friends do. HBS advises that you avoid submitting, “Essays that aren’t about you.”
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We are just a few months away from the first round of September intake 2023. The clock is ticking fast, and it’s time you have a proper strategy to prepare for the MBA application. With the pace at which the deadlines for Round 1 MBA are approaching, you will never realize how the days pass by when you drench yourself completely in the application process. Hence, we at MBA and Beyond is organizing a Webinar on how to strategize your MBA application for Round 1 MBA. In this session, you’ll have a chance to interact with the current B school students and industry experts who’ll help you prepare a roadmap for your Round 1 MBA applications for top B schools. You’ll learn how to strategize your applications better and prepare for your GMAT/GRE.

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Re: How to Craft Admit Winning MBA Essays!! [#permalink] New post   28 Jun 2022, 03:14
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Harvard Business School (HBS) states that while it looks for applicants with diverse life experiences, successful applicants have demonstrated a habit of leadership, analytical aptitude and engaged community citizenship. Students who form a part of the HBS community thrive in a dynamic, demanding environment that is highly verbal – filled with debate and discussion. The school’s learning methods depend heavily on active participation by students who process and analyse information quickly from extremely diverse sources and ambiguous situations.

As you prepare your HBS application, your essays should provide the admissions committee with a clear picture of how your value system and life experiences, whether personal or professional, speak to the school’s ethos.

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Let's first look at the essay prompt

Same topic, different word limit

The MBA essay topic is the same as it was for the 2022 admissions.
There is just one topic which is:
As we review your application, what more would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the Harvard Business School MBA program?

However, this year Harvard admissions committee has added a 900-word limit to the essay which in previous years was without any word limit.



Things to keep in mind before writing the Harvard MBA essay?
Please keep in mind that your essay must be additive. The prompt’s keywords are “what more?” It should not be an extension of your resume.

Here are 3 things to keep in mind:

    1. It shouldn’t be a series of broad generalizations and assertions that could apply to a lot of people.
    2. It cannot be a collection of anecdotes with no meaning or significance attached to the events. It should include at least a portion of your unique story, the part you want Harvard MBA adcom to know.
    3. It should demonstrate your motivations, values, and goals.

Here are 6 Harvard MBA essay tips:

    1. Choose your words carefully
    2. Choose your stories based on what HBS admission committee is looking for
    3. Be genuine and authentic
    4. Avoid fluff in your essay
    5. Draft and revise
    6. Get Feedback on your essay

Take a look at our blogpost on Harvard MBA essay analysis to get a detailed understanding of how to write this essay and things to keep in mind.
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Re: How to Craft Admit Winning MBA Essays!! [#permalink] New post   06 Jul 2022, 08:19
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Are you applying to HBS or any of the M7 business schools this fall?

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Harvard Business School (HBS) states that while it looks for applicants with diverse life experiences, successful applicants have demonstrated a habit of leadership, analytical aptitude and engaged community citizenship. Students who form a part of the HBS community thrive in a dynamic, demanding environment that is highly verbal – filled with debate and discussion. The school’s learning methods depend heavily on active participation by students who process and analyse information quickly from extremely diverse sources and ambiguous situations.

As you prepare your HBS application, your essays should provide the admissions committee with a clear picture of how your value system and life experiences, whether personal or professional, speak to the school’s ethos.

Click here to learn more about how you can approach the HBS essay prompt.
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Those who are exploring business school options have likely discovered that there are a growing number of strong MBA programs across the globe with noteworthy rankings and powerful alumni networks. However, despite this increase in attractive business school options, the M7 business schools continue to be top choices for many MBA candidates.

For applicants who plan on applying to one of more of the M7 schools (Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Kellogg, Chicago Booth, MIT Sloan and Columbia Business School), Personal MBA Coach is here to guide you through the essay-writing process.

Here, we have shared the all of the required essay questions for the M7 schools, and our quick tips on how to best answer these questions!

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Re: How to Craft Admit Winning MBA Essays!! [#permalink] New post   02 Nov 2022, 12:43
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Nail the MBA application essays of 3 top business schools - HBS, Stanford, and Wharton - with confidence. In this video, Drew Hoff, MBA Admission expert at Amerasia Consulting, gives a complete understanding of these three top MBA programs and their application components such as Essays, Recommendations, Resume, interviews, work experience, etc.

Key Discussion Points:
  • Understanding your candidacy for a top MBA program
  • 12 questions to ask yourself in essay brainstorming
  • How to understand your target audience - The MBA Program and Adcom
  • How to approach Harvard essay
  • How to approach Stanford GSB essay
  • How to approach Wharton essay
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Re: How to Craft Admit Winning MBA Essays!! [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2022, 06:42
This time of year, MBA hopefuls chomping at the bit to try their hand at Round 2 admission to selective MBA programs are always asking about how to craft strong essays for their dream school. They know it’s critical to stand out in the MBA admissions race and they want to make sure they are crafting the right answers to what MBA adcoms are asking in the MBA essays and MBA application questions. It’s understandable to want to make sure you are staying on point. One of the most common criticisms of reviewers of MBA essays is “you missed answering the question”.

But I am here to suggest there is a part of the MBA application strategy that comes before you start writing your essays that will position you to much better craft every component of your MBA application, not just the MBA essay answers.

The strongest MBA candidates understand the importance of soul-searching, using the seven essential questions. The answers to these questions will flow into the four essential stories every candidate applying to business school will need to create. These four stories are narratives about leadership, accomplishment, challenge, and growth.

Every top tier MBA program looks for these qualities and asks for them in various parts of the business school application. They may be “disguised” under different names but they invariably fall into one of these categories. If you do the work to build a bank of examples that collectively amount to a track record in each one of your categories, you will have a source to tap when you tackle any MBA admissions stage – answering the MBA application questions, writing your MBA admissions essays, refining your career goals, acing the MBA admissions interview, and even choosing the best fit MBA program for you when admissions offers arrive in your inbox.

Let’s take a look at how this framework fits into the admissions criteria of top MBA programs. Then further down, you will find some ideas about what personal and professional examples could go into each of the four essential stories: https://www.mymbapath.com/insights/four ... cant-needs
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With the the preparation for Round 2 is already in the air, everyone from denied applicants to waitlisted and especially the new applicants have taken it up an extra notch and are more determined than ever to secure a spot in their dream B-schools!!

This time around, the competition is going to be a little extra tough with many stellar profiles still waitlisted, waiting for their call, and with the seats being lesser than before, it is going to be a tough job for the adcom to select from a pool of talented MBA aspirants!

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