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How to Answer NYU Stern’s 2020-2021 Essay Prompts
August 20, 2020
One of the first schools of business in the United States, NYU Stern welcomed its first class of students in 1900 and quickly established itself as a leader and an innovator of business education. Stern’s culture is truly defined by their location which is in the heart of New York City. Stern’s collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture can be defined simply as IQ + EQ. Their education is fueled by “a community of exceptional individuals who possess both intellectual and interpersonal strengths to act as forces for change by turning ideas into action and inspiring others to their cause.”
How to Answer Chicago Booth’s 2020-2021 Essay Prompts
August 6, 2020
For the 2020/2021 admissions season, Chicago Booth has made a slight change to one of its application questions. This will help you understand where the program is looking to focus its qualitative attention with respect to the diversity of the applicants for the upcoming year. The school has changed the second long essay to focus less on the flexible course curriculum and professional experience and more on the applicant’s unique experience.
Tips for Tackling Dartmouth Tuck’s 2020-2021 Essays
August 1, 2020
After doing away with the short-answer question section of its application in 2019–2020, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College has kept its essay questions the same for the second year in a row. Applicants have three 300-word essays with which to communicate directly with the admissions committee, with the option of an additional…
How to Tackle Kellogg’s 2020-2021 Essay Prompts
July 29, 2020
When Francesca Cornelli stepped into her role as Kellogg’s dean in August 2019, she never could have imagined all the changes that have taken place at Kellogg and all over the world in the past year! While she has jumped in to lead Kellogg during these challenging times, the school’s core values have not changed. If anything, Kellogg wants to see even more deeply that applicants are adaptable and demonstrate the high-impact, low ego approach that informs its culture.
How to Write Great UVA Darden Essays for 2020–2021
July 23, 2020
Here, we offer you some tips on how to approach each essay question for the UVA Darden School of Business for the 2020–2021 application season. Because you aren’t given that many words for each essay—just 200, if not less—you’ll need to focus on being clear and thorough, yet concise. Also, do your best to make…
How to Tackle the MIT Sloan 2020−2021 Application Essays
July 22, 2020
It may just be the glory days of MIT Sloan. By sitting in the middle of the booming Boston economy, centered in the emerging world of biotech, leading a movement in sustainability, and sitting one block (yes, really one block) away from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and more venture capital firms than you can count, MIT Sloan has never been better positioned as a business school.
Tips for Texas McCombs 2020-2021 MBA Essays
July 20, 2020
The McCombs School of Business is looking for dynamic, driven people. The program gets better and stronger every year, and they want to admit students who will keep that forward momentum going. As you go about your essays, demonstrate that that’s exactly what you would do.
4 Keys to Writing Cornell Johnson Essays
July 20, 2020
Cornell is known as a culture that works, learns, and plays hard. Does this represent your life? If it does, share the details with Johnson. Investment banker and whiskey connoisseur, that’s what we are talking about. Being the social catalyst for your group counts at Cornell. After all, Ithaca winters are cold and dark.
How to Nail the CBS 2020-21 Essay Prompts
June 8, 2020
Like many of us, CBS just wants to be loved. For a successful candidate, that means making it clear to CBS that it is your first (and possibly only) choice for business school and that you possess the leadership qualities to succeed. If this is you—and you want the best chance of being accepted—then applying…
Michigan Ross Essay Tips
June 7, 2020
Updated for 2020/2021 Application Season The University of Michigan-Ross MBA experience is filled with a tight group of classmates who love to work together and who spend plenty of time learning outside of the classroom. Not only is it an opportunity to take classes from world-renown professors, participate in a Multidisciplinary Action based Project (MAP), or start an…
Goizueta MBA: It’s the Real Thing
September 16, 2019
(Updated for 2019-2020) Emory’s Goizueta Business School is named after Roberto Goizueta, the former CEO of the little local company, Coca Cola. Goizueta’s values of curiosity, intellectual courage and integrity are part of the Emory Goizueta ethos. There is also a strong emphasis on leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, teamwork, global awareness and social responsibility at Goizueta,…
How to Stand Out in Your Kenan-Flagler Essays
September 1, 2019
While UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Full Time MBA application has gone live for the 2019/20 season with slightly different essay questions, the key things that UNC Kenan-Flagler is looking for does not appear to have changed. If anything, the change to the second question about providing an example of how you upheld a core value gives UNC…