Essay Topics
A listing of business school application essay topics posted as they are announced by leading MBA programs. Check back frequently during the summer months for updates!
UNC / Kenan-Flagler 2015-2016 Essay Topics
Following up on the announcement of its 2015-2016 deadlines, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has revealed the Kenan-Flagler MBA essays for the coming admissions season. Applicants are required to respond to just one 500-word essay about their career goals and interest in an MBA, and are given the option of responding to…
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Chicago Booth Admissions Director Reveals Origins of Unusual New Essay Prompt
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business has done it again. Seven years ago the school made waves when it invited applicants to respond to its essay prompts via PowerPoint presentation. This year, the school has decided to go even further—innovating on its prior innovation. Applicants now are instructed to select one of 16 photographs…
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Northwestern / Kellogg 2015-2016 Essay Topics
Northwestern University’s Kellogg MBA essays are now available for business school applicants aiming to head to Evanston for their studies in 2016. Northwestern MBA hopefuls will respond to two required questions totaling 900 words. There is also a required essay for re-applicants, as well a an optional essay without a word limit. The Kellogg MBA…
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Fuqua Admissions Dean Dishes on Essays and Life
It’s not every admissions director who will make time during her vacation to discuss how prospective business school applicants should approach their essays. And yet Liz Riley Hargrove, associate dean for admissions at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, did just that. Speaking from North Carolina’s Outer Banks this morning, before the kids woke up…
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HEC Paris 2015-2016 Essay Topics
The HEC Paris admissions committee has released the 2015-2016 MBA essay topics via the program’s online application. The HEC MBA essays consist of five required responses and an additional optional essay. The HEC MBA essays for 2015-2016 are: Essay 1: Why are you applying to the HEC MBA Program now? What is the professional objective…
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Georgetown McDonough’s Shari Hubert Points to Subtle Changes in New Application
Refreshed following a two-day staff retreat, the head of admissions at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business took time this morning to share with Clear Admit her advice to prospective candidates on how to approach the school’s application for the Class of 2018. Though its essay question remains unchanged from last year, there are subtle…
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NYU Stern Head of Admissions Offers Advice on Essays Posted Today
Just after New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business posted its essay questions for the 2015-16 admissions cycle this morning, Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions Isser Gallogly got on the phone with Clear Admit to share some advice on what the school is looking for in prospective applicants’ responses. Stern didn’t change much this…
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McCombs Director of MBA Admissions Weighs in on Essays, Application Changes
The McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin earlier this week posted its essay questions for the 2015-16 application season. Though the prompts remain largely the same as last year, McCombs Director of MBA Admissions Rodrigo Malta had several interesting tidbits of news to share yesterday in an interview with Clear Admit.…
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Ross Admissions Director Provides Insight into New Essay Questions
The admissions director at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business weighed in on the school’s new application essay questions—announced this week—in an exchange of emails with Clear Admit. Read on to learn what she had to say. On Wednesday, Ross Admissions Director Soojin Kwon posted the school’s new essay questions for the 2015-16 application season…
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Harvard Business School Reduces Number of Application Essays, Recommendations
Prospective applicants to Harvard Business School (HBS), take note: Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Dee Leopold shared a lot of interesting information in her Director’s Blog today. Topline news: Applicants for fall 2014 will only answer one essay (with no word limit) and will only need to submit two letters of recommendation (down from…
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UMichigan’s Ross School of Business Revises Essay Portion of Application
In a post yesterday to the Ross Admissions Blog, Director of Admissions Soojin Kwon shared the school’s planned changes to the essay portion of the application and the rationale behind them. Applicants for fall 2014 will find that one of the essays from last year has been adjusted, one has been eliminated and the others…
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Admissions Tip: Approaching the Career Goals Essay
With essay topics for the coming year already being released by some schools, there are applicants who are eager to get started on their written applications. Though essay questions tend to vary year to year, the two things that nearly every prospective student can count on being asked are “What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals?”…
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