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paul, your book is wonderful 10 Nov 2006, 01:42
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Paul,

I recently purchased your book after stumbling in the career goals essay post my HBS application. Chapter 2 on developing the career goals essay has helped tremendously in organizing the material from my HBS apps and developing an efficient structure to answering the 5! separate parts of Wharton's essay 1.

It's 12:30 right now but I wanted to share this with everyone. Read chapter 2!


I did have a question. I didn't see where you provided guidance on "roughly" how much space to apportion to each part, i.e. the 5 subquestions Wharton asks. I've tied in my current work experience with my short/long term goals (~500 words), my previous work experience (~500 words), and why an MBA now and why Wharton (~500 words). Where should be the focus of my condensing efforts?

I note my current and previous experience were roughly the same length in tenure (~2 yrs) and I show how lessons from the previous position led to my current success and career vision.

I hope the above made sense. Thanks for all the advice.

Michael
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paul, your book is wonderful 12 Nov 2006, 18:26
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Paul,

I recently purchased your book after stumbling in the career goals essay post my HBS application. Chapter 2 on developing the career goals essay has helped tremendously in organizing the material from my HBS apps and developing an efficient structure to answering the 5! separate parts of Wharton's essay 1.

It's 12:30 right now but I wanted to share this with everyone. Read chapter 2!


I did have a question. I didn't see where you provided guidance on "roughly" how much space to apportion to each part, i.e. the 5 subquestions Wharton asks. I've tied in my current work experience with my short/long term goals (~500 words), my previous work experience (~500 words), and why an MBA now and why Wharton (~500 words). Where should be the focus of my condensing efforts?

I note my current and previous experience were roughly the same length in tenure (~2 yrs) and I show how lessons from the previous position led to my current success and career vision.

I hope the above made sense. Thanks for all the advice.

Michael
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Michael.

Thanks for the plug. Glad the bookis helping you. It sounds like both your goals and previous work experience sections could be pruned back if they're both coming in at 500 words. Sounds like you may need an editor? If so, I can recommend one... ;-)