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From Dr. Shelle (Shel Leanne), http://www.mbaadmit.com, email: [email protected]
Sign up for a FREE review of one element of your application, directly from Dr. Shelle, a Harvard and Oxford graduate with Harvard admissions experience and over 30 years of work with MBA applicants. Write [email protected]. Valid on 8/30/26, 8/31/26, and 9/1/26. Limited spaces.
During each year’s Round 1 cycle, as deadlines loom only days away, many applicants find themselves anxious, aimless in their writing, or panicking with a feeling that their essays and application are not hitting the mark. What should you be checking for in the final stretch to help ensure you are presenting an outstanding application? Consider these crucial aspects below, and reach out to Dr. Shelle at [email protected] should you want a FREE review of one element of one application (one essay or one resume, for example). Spaces are limited!
If you help ensure these aspects of your application are in great shape, you can avoid some of the main pitfalls that lead applicants to a rejection rather than acceptance.
Résumé. An application résumé and a job résumé are two different things. When reviewing applications, the résumé is often the first thing an admissions officer reads because it provides a crucial snapshot of your candidacy. Does your résumé do an excellent job of highlighting your credentials and strengths in the three main areas the school assesses when determining if you are an attractive candidate? Those areas are professional success, academic success, and extracurricular success. Do you provide evidence of your professional impact and the breadth and depth of your experiences? Make sure to get feedback about whether your résumé provides a compelling portrait because the résumé helps form the first impression, and first impressions last!
Short-term goals. If your chosen MBA application has asked you to state your short-term goals, please be aware that this is usually a weeder question. That means the school will weed out your application and potentially eliminate you from consideration if you present a short-term goal that the school does not believe you can easily achieve. The school does not want to risk accepting a candidate who cannot gain their desired employment by graduation. That hurts their stats. So, take care that your short-term goal is appealing and seems achievable.
Long-term goals. This is a crucial element in your overall attractiveness to the school. Are your long-term goals compelling? Are they admirable, distinctive, and impressive? Equally important, will the admissions committee believe you can achieve these goals? Put good thought into what you are presenting as your long-term goals.
Personal story. If you have a compelling personal story that helps distinguish you as a candidate, you should find ways to showcase it. This may be a simple sentence or two in one main essay. It could be a story told through a recommendation. It might appear in an optional essay. You can seek professional advice about how and where to present your personal story. It can make the difference between acceptance and rejection.
Optional essays. Did you take advantage of any extra essays that are relevant for you? For example, if you have a low GPA or standardized test score, you should take the time to explain what happened and why the particular metric is not a reflection of your skills or ability to succeed in their program and beyond. If the school provides an open-ended optional essay where you can write about anything you like—not just extenuating circumstances—recognize that this is important additional space you have to sell your candidacy. Take advantage of it. Just make sure the information you provide is value-added. What adds most value varies greatly from candidate to candidate. You can get professional feedback about what might add most value for you.
Why their business school. Put good effort into explaining why you need business school and why their business school is the right place for you. Give sufficient details to show you did your homework and are convinced it is a fit.
Leadership essays. Some schools ask you to provide a leadership example either in written form or in a video essay. Some candidates get nervous and choose an extracurricular activity example. However, when you do so, the default interpretation will be that you did not have something strong enough in the professional arena to use. Sometimes, but not often, an applicant does indeed have an extracurricular example that merits the space. But in many cases, that is not the best choice, and it may not serve you well. Even if you have not led a team formally, there are many other types of workplace leadership you can talk about. Leadership takes many forms. Make sure to get advice about whether your topic choice is strong enough for your target school.
Job information section. Some candidates question whether they should bother to fill out the online job descriptions that usually appear in an employment section for each of their jobs. After all, candidates upload their résumé as a part of the application, so the job description section seems repetitive. But when you choose not to put much effort into the job description section, you are indicating you couldn’t be bothered. It wasn’t worth your time. That’s not a good message. Make sure to fill out the job description area in detail. Let it reflect intention and effort. You usually will not have as much space to describe your roles as you might have on your résumé, so choose the most impressive and important information that shows your skills, breadth of experience, and knowledge you can bring to enhance learning.
Two-page résumé. Some schools allow you to present a two-page résumé, and others only allow a one-page résumé. Some candidates choose to simply provide a one-page résumé to all schools so that they don’t need to take the time to compose two different versions of their résumé. However, if you can manage to take the time, developing a two-page résumé for schools that accept two pages is worthwhile. It gives you all that much more space to showcase your strengths in the main areas the school cares about, particularly the extracurricular section. You may not want to be bothered, but you can be assured that many other applicants will take the time, which may put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process for a school that accepts the two-page résumé. You may want professional advice after composing a two-page résumé about what information to keep for the one-pager.
MBA Admit.com was established in 2001 by Dr. Shelle Leanne, a graduate of Harvard and Oxford who has experience with Harvard admissions and served in Stanford University’s Office of the President. Dr. Shelle, who has over 30 years of admissions advising experience, works one-to-one with clients. She is an accomplished writer whose works have been translated into 25 languages worldwide, and she has previous work experience with McKinsey & Company and Morgan Stanley. Her clients rave about her services and impact. Each year, nearly 96% of her clients receive scholarships, totaling over $10 million last year.
Dr. Shelle (Shelly Leanne)
President, MBA Admit.com
http://www.mbaadmit.com
Email: [email protected]
Sign up for a FREE review of one element of your application, directly from Dr. Shelle, a Harvard and Oxford graduate with Harvard admissions experience and over 30 years of work with MBA applicants. Write [email protected]. Valid on 8/30/26, 8/31/26, and 9/1/26. Limited spaces.
I’m Panicking! With R1 Looming, Don’t Panic—Do This!
During each year’s Round 1 cycle, as deadlines loom only days away, many applicants find themselves anxious, aimless in their writing, or panicking with a feeling that their essays and application are not hitting the mark. What should you be checking for in the final stretch to help ensure you are presenting an outstanding application? Consider these crucial aspects below, and reach out to Dr. Shelle at [email protected] should you want a FREE review of one element of one application (one essay or one resume, for example). Spaces are limited!
If you help ensure these aspects of your application are in great shape, you can avoid some of the main pitfalls that lead applicants to a rejection rather than acceptance.
Résumé. An application résumé and a job résumé are two different things. When reviewing applications, the résumé is often the first thing an admissions officer reads because it provides a crucial snapshot of your candidacy. Does your résumé do an excellent job of highlighting your credentials and strengths in the three main areas the school assesses when determining if you are an attractive candidate? Those areas are professional success, academic success, and extracurricular success. Do you provide evidence of your professional impact and the breadth and depth of your experiences? Make sure to get feedback about whether your résumé provides a compelling portrait because the résumé helps form the first impression, and first impressions last!
Short-term goals. If your chosen MBA application has asked you to state your short-term goals, please be aware that this is usually a weeder question. That means the school will weed out your application and potentially eliminate you from consideration if you present a short-term goal that the school does not believe you can easily achieve. The school does not want to risk accepting a candidate who cannot gain their desired employment by graduation. That hurts their stats. So, take care that your short-term goal is appealing and seems achievable.
Long-term goals. This is a crucial element in your overall attractiveness to the school. Are your long-term goals compelling? Are they admirable, distinctive, and impressive? Equally important, will the admissions committee believe you can achieve these goals? Put good thought into what you are presenting as your long-term goals.
Personal story. If you have a compelling personal story that helps distinguish you as a candidate, you should find ways to showcase it. This may be a simple sentence or two in one main essay. It could be a story told through a recommendation. It might appear in an optional essay. You can seek professional advice about how and where to present your personal story. It can make the difference between acceptance and rejection.
Optional essays. Did you take advantage of any extra essays that are relevant for you? For example, if you have a low GPA or standardized test score, you should take the time to explain what happened and why the particular metric is not a reflection of your skills or ability to succeed in their program and beyond. If the school provides an open-ended optional essay where you can write about anything you like—not just extenuating circumstances—recognize that this is important additional space you have to sell your candidacy. Take advantage of it. Just make sure the information you provide is value-added. What adds most value varies greatly from candidate to candidate. You can get professional feedback about what might add most value for you.
Why their business school. Put good effort into explaining why you need business school and why their business school is the right place for you. Give sufficient details to show you did your homework and are convinced it is a fit.
Leadership essays. Some schools ask you to provide a leadership example either in written form or in a video essay. Some candidates get nervous and choose an extracurricular activity example. However, when you do so, the default interpretation will be that you did not have something strong enough in the professional arena to use. Sometimes, but not often, an applicant does indeed have an extracurricular example that merits the space. But in many cases, that is not the best choice, and it may not serve you well. Even if you have not led a team formally, there are many other types of workplace leadership you can talk about. Leadership takes many forms. Make sure to get advice about whether your topic choice is strong enough for your target school.
Job information section. Some candidates question whether they should bother to fill out the online job descriptions that usually appear in an employment section for each of their jobs. After all, candidates upload their résumé as a part of the application, so the job description section seems repetitive. But when you choose not to put much effort into the job description section, you are indicating you couldn’t be bothered. It wasn’t worth your time. That’s not a good message. Make sure to fill out the job description area in detail. Let it reflect intention and effort. You usually will not have as much space to describe your roles as you might have on your résumé, so choose the most impressive and important information that shows your skills, breadth of experience, and knowledge you can bring to enhance learning.
Two-page résumé. Some schools allow you to present a two-page résumé, and others only allow a one-page résumé. Some candidates choose to simply provide a one-page résumé to all schools so that they don’t need to take the time to compose two different versions of their résumé. However, if you can manage to take the time, developing a two-page résumé for schools that accept two pages is worthwhile. It gives you all that much more space to showcase your strengths in the main areas the school cares about, particularly the extracurricular section. You may not want to be bothered, but you can be assured that many other applicants will take the time, which may put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process for a school that accepts the two-page résumé. You may want professional advice after composing a two-page résumé about what information to keep for the one-pager.
About Dr. Shelle and MBA Admit.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drshelle
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrShelle
MBA Admit.com was established in 2001 by Dr. Shelle Leanne, a graduate of Harvard and Oxford who has experience with Harvard admissions and served in Stanford University’s Office of the President. Dr. Shelle, who has over 30 years of admissions advising experience, works one-to-one with clients. She is an accomplished writer whose works have been translated into 25 languages worldwide, and she has previous work experience with McKinsey & Company and Morgan Stanley. Her clients rave about her services and impact. Each year, nearly 96% of her clients receive scholarships, totaling over $10 million last year.
Dr. Shelle (Shelly Leanne)
President, MBA Admit.com
http://www.mbaadmit.com
Email: [email protected]
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