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Stanford!!

"What matters most to you & why??

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MDF, really? I wrote that essay also (I wrote Tuck/Cornell/Kellogg/2 for MIT/2 for HBS before CBS) and didn't mind it... shows how different all our perspectives are :)
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MDF, really? I wrote that essay also (I wrote Tuck/Cornell/Kellogg/2 for MIT/2 for HBS before CBS) and didn't mind it... shows how different all our perspectives are :)

lol, it was the opposite for me, I thought Booth's essays were easy :)
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What matters most to you and why? - Stanford GSB.
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is this Haas?
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is this Haas?

Yes. But at least after five 250-word essays they let you write a full blown 1000-word essay.
I found Wharton main essay too limiting, just 300 words...
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is this Haas?


Yes its Haas. And all in 250 words.
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MDF, really? I wrote that essay also (I wrote Tuck/Cornell/Kellogg/2 for MIT/2 for HBS before CBS) and didn't mind it... shows how different all our perspectives are :)

Hey,

Do you think this essay is similar to Tuck essay 4? What's your opinion on introducing new material for this essay? If we were to use material already in the application what is the use of this essay?