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Jones: More Than Energy! Tips for the Rice MBA Essay Prompts
July 31, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Jones Graduate School of Business (of Rice University) is no longer just for those interested in oil & gas. Though still energy focused, key areas that Rice also focuses on include health care and entrepreneurship. In fact, that entrepreneurial vibe is seen right from the get-go with the first essay question being a required…
UNC Kenan-Flagler: 2 Essays, 6 Things to Keep in Mind
July 29, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] UNC Kenan-Flagler is guided by a set of core values, which includes Excellence, Leadership, Integrity, Community and Teamwork. As you approach Kenan-Flagler’s essays, provide examples of how you live these values. Please describe your short and long term goals post-MBA. Explain how your professional experience has shaped these goals, why this career option appeals…
Tips for Responding to the Tuck MBA Essays
July 29, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Guidance for 2018-19 can be found HERE. With one of the smallest class sizes of top MBA programs and a culture of camaraderie, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth is known a “tight-knit community” and students really are as close to each other as they say. Because of this, the Tuck admissions committee…
Five Tips to Nail Your INSEAD Essays
July 26, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Updated for 2018-2019) With three motivational essays and four short answer questions, INSEAD has one of the longer business school applications. So give yourself plenty of time think about the story you want to tell and the message you want to convey. Here are 5 tips to prepare to help you nail your INSEAD Essays:…
MIT Sloan on Top: Five Tips for Your MIT Sloan Cover Letter
July 14, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Updated for 2019-2020) 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…
Booth: Where a Picture is Worth 1000 Words
July 7, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Once you choose an image, decide the medium that you are most comfortable with. If you are the creative type, a presentation might be the way to go. Strong writers might choose an essay. Demonstrate through pictures and words how great a match Booth is for you and you for Booth. While some…
How to Ace the Kellogg MBA Essay
July 5, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Updated for 2018-2019) Essay 1: Kellogg’s purpose is to educate, equip & inspire brave leaders who create lasting value. Tell us about a time you have demonstrated leadership and created lasting value. What challenges did you face, and what did you learn? (450 words) This question serves to highlight Kellogg’s deepest mission to develop strong…
MBAnalysis Blog: NYU Stern – An Embarrassment of Choices
July 3, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many of us were applauding when earlier this year, NYU Stern unveiled two new one-year MBAs in Tech and Fashion & Luxury. With a tight focus on a single industry, and a duration of only one-year, Stern is bringing to the business school world a product that will serve many students well by being lower…
Duke Fuqua 25 Random Things: Do’s and Don’ts
July 3, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Updated for 2020-2021) Not surprisingly, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business is asking for the same 25 random things again this year. Having read this essay for more than a handful of years, I have seen a broad range of responses, some terrible, some brilliant. Through this ‘essay’ Fuqua wants to get to know who YOU…
Creating That Killer Wharton Essay
June 29, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The legendary cylindrical tower edging Locust walk houses Wharton, a business school with a history of shaping the minds and clarifying the values of top business leaders. Wharton prides itself on team work, leadership, and instilling lessons of self-reflection and growth into the Learning Team—a group of six students placed together during pre-term…
MBAnalysis Blog: Excited to be a Product Manager? Take a look at this!
June 13, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Joining the ranks of a growing list of one-year Masters Programs, including the recently announced NYU Tech MBA and the now firmly established Cornell Tech MBA, is Carnegie Mellon’s Master of Science in Product Management (MSPM). This joint effort between the Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University‘s School of Computer Science is…
Four Tips for Committing to Yale SOM
June 9, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Updated for 2019-2020) Yale SOM wants to know who you are beyond the application, what makes you tick and to what you are devoted. The best way to understand this is by asking about your biggest commitment. The Yale SOM essay prompt, “Describe the biggest commitment you have ever made” is a great platform to…