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Tips for Your Texas McCombs Application Essays
June 11, 2024
Texas McCombs Application Essay Tips, 2024–2025 This year, Texas McCombs has ditched its cover letter essay for a more traditional set of three essay prompts, which the adcom hopes will provide a more straightforward (and fun!) process for applicants like you. According to McCombs, “This change allows you to showcase different facets of your personality,…
Tips for Your Yale SOM Application Essays
June 4, 2024
Yale SOM Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 Yale SOM is keeping the same three essay prompt choices it provided last year: Describe the biggest commitment you have ever made. Why is this commitment meaningful to you and what actions have you taken to support it? Describe the community that has been most meaningful to you. What…
Tips for Your Columbia Business School Application Essays
May 28, 2024
Columbia Business School Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 Columbia Business School (CBS) has made several changes to its essay questions for both January and August term applications this year. August term applications have three rounds of deadlines (Round 1 is September 10, Round 2 is January 7, and Round 3 is April 1). The school has…
Tips for Your Berkeley Haas Application Essays
May 22, 2024
Berkeley Haas Application Essay Tips, 2024–2025 Berkeley Haas has decided to meet the activity of the past year with a steady hand, keeping its essay questions similar to 2023-2024. This means the adcom must have liked what they saw in candidates’ responses last season. Here are some thoughts to help you stand out in your…
Five Considerations When Applying to Wharton’s Lauder Program
March 13, 2024
Top MBA programs all have elements of international exposure and adventure, but Wharton’s Lauder 24-month dual degree sets itself apart as the first of its kind in the United States: an MBA from Wharton, plus an International Studies MA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts & Sciences. Within the Lauder program, students integrate…
Tips for Your Emory Goizueta Application Essays
August 21, 2023
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. The school also places a strong emphasis on leadership, entrepreneurial and innovative spirit, global awareness, and social responsibility, so these should all…
Tips for Your Cambridge Judge Application Essays
July 21, 2023
Cambridge Judge MBA Application Essay Tips, 2023–2024 Cambridge has released its new essay prompts. The school’s application includes a career objectives essay and three shorter essays: Essay 1: Please provide details of your post-MBA career plans. The statement should not exceed 500 words and must address the following: – What are your short and long-term…
Tips for Your Carnegie Mellon Tepper 2021–2022 Application Essays
July 29, 2021
Carnegie Mellon Tepper offers a STEM-designated MBA program that prepares individuals to become the next generation of leaders “at the intersection of business, technology, and analytics.” The school fosters a culture of teamwork and encourages its students to work together, be innovative, and create impact through effective leadership. Because Tepper’s student body is small and closely…
Seven Tips for the Wharton Team Based Discussion Interview
February 12, 2021
While the Wharton Team Based Discussion (TBD) follows a unique format compared to other business schools’ interviews, many Stratus clients have reported that it’s also the interview experience they enjoyed the most. As with any interview, preparation is important—so let’s talk about how you might prep differently for the TBD than a typical interview! 1….
Does Size Matter with MBA Programs?
January 5, 2021
When asked why one business school is not like the other, most applicants will talk about things like scores, job placement, industries that grads go into, location, weather, and a few other things. What prospective applicants are less likely to mention is class size. This is always surprising to us, because out of all the…
Tips for Your 2020-2021 Berkeley Haas Essays
September 10, 2020
The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, has continued to identify questions that help the admissions team get to know the authentic you—and it is important to make sure that shines through in your essays. Although the second essay has been rephrased, it still asks you to assess your leadership style…
How to Nail Your 2020–2021 UNC Kenan-Flagler Application Essays
September 3, 2020
UNC Kenan-Flagler’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is highlighted in a new essay question that addresses this topic. Keep Kenan-Flagler’s core values of excellence, leadership, integrity, community, and teamwork in mind as you consider your responses to the program’s essay questions. Here are the published deadlines for UNC Kenan-Flagler for 2020–2021.