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Hey guys,
I started drafting the essays for the application and was wondering if there are any who are targeting the early decision round which is due Sep 4th. Also I couldn't find essay prompt analysis anywhere yet, so wondering if anyone has made any progress.
There are the below two questions in the prompt. Wondering what the school is expecting from the first question.
Essay Question I: How do you expect to be changed by your experience at IESE and what impact you would like to make after your MBA? (word limit 300 max)
Essay Question II: What are your short and medium term post MBA career goals and how will IESE help you achieve them? (word limit 300 max)
Thank you.
I started drafting the essays for the application and was wondering if there are any who are targeting the early decision round which is due Sep 4th. Also I couldn't find essay prompt analysis anywhere yet, so wondering if anyone has made any progress.
There are the below two questions in the prompt. Wondering what the school is expecting from the first question.
Essay Question I: How do you expect to be changed by your experience at IESE and what impact you would like to make after your MBA? (word limit 300 max)
Essay Question II: What are your short and medium term post MBA career goals and how will IESE help you achieve them? (word limit 300 max)
Thank you.
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Essay Question I: How do you expect to be changed by your experience at IESE and what impact you would like to make after your MBA? (word limit 300 max)
Another way to ask you why you are choosing IESE. Because most IESE applicants are also applying to LBS and INSEAD…along with other European schools. For purposes of yield, they do want to know that you have a special interest in their school and this is a sly way of getting that information (one idea might to be to show why Barcelona is a must for you.)
“How do you expect to be changed” this is another way of asking you how you expect to be transformed by your experience at their school; it’s kind of like why MBA + why IESE specifically.
Pretty clever question because in one go they are learning about why you need THEIR program (what's in it for you? how do you need them to help transform you?) and how you will be more successful as a result of it (what's in it for them? will you be an alumni who will make them proud and attract foundation dollars?)
Essay Question II: What are your short and medium term post MBA career goals and how will IESE help you achieve them? (word limit 300 max)
A bit tricky because unless you navigate this carefully, potential for overlap between the 2 questions.
My recommendation would be to focus the first essay question around personal qualities and a personal transformation and then the long-term legacy you hope to have. Using process of deduction here long-term is the only term missing in the second essay question.
For essay two, just stick to the post-MBA job and make sure it is something they can help you with. If you are looking to become the next cleantech entrepreneur IESE might not be the right school so take a look at their employment statistics and recruiters and make sure they can realistically help you get what you want. Medium term; the path you would take to achieve the long term goal mentioned in the first essay.
Hope this helps!~
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Hi Farrell,
Thank you very much for such detailed response. You always seem to be the Santa Claus for us giving us much needed information. I also received some valuable insight from you for other applications.
Great description of the questions giving a clear picture of what is expected. I was worried about the overlap between the two questions as well. I have a couple of follow up questions regarding the above:
When the school asks how do I expect to be changed, do they expect me to specifically address my weaknesses, considering it will only be about 150 words for the first part of first essay?
Can you briefly explain about foundation dollars? You can just brief what it is and in which ways a student's success can affect it.
My long term goal is entrepreneurship. And I hope to achieve it through consulting and creating a network along the way. Ideally my long term venture would have a product development arm, leadership team spread across the country and a sales arm among other typical organizational divisions. I'm still trying to figure it out. How much detail do I have to mention about it?
Thank you very much for your valuable insights.
Thank you very much for such detailed response. You always seem to be the Santa Claus for us giving us much needed information. I also received some valuable insight from you for other applications.
Great description of the questions giving a clear picture of what is expected. I was worried about the overlap between the two questions as well. I have a couple of follow up questions regarding the above:
When the school asks how do I expect to be changed, do they expect me to specifically address my weaknesses, considering it will only be about 150 words for the first part of first essay?
Can you briefly explain about foundation dollars? You can just brief what it is and in which ways a student's success can affect it.
My long term goal is entrepreneurship. And I hope to achieve it through consulting and creating a network along the way. Ideally my long term venture would have a product development arm, leadership team spread across the country and a sales arm among other typical organizational divisions. I'm still trying to figure it out. How much detail do I have to mention about it?
Thank you very much for your valuable insights.
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