Essays
Welcome to the MBA Essay Resource Hub
Are you beginning to brainstorm ideas for your MBA admissions essays? Looking to get some tips on polishing essays? We have gathered together all of our MBA essay prep resources in one place to help you craft your MBA essays.
The essay portion of the MBA application is one of the most crucial and time-consuming aspects of the MBA application process. These essays are designed for MBA admissions committee members to learn about an MBA candidate and to determine if the candidate is a good fit for the program. While ‘career goals’ essays are common across many top programs, other essays seek to explore a candidate’s personality, accomplishments, weaknesses, or ethical code, to name just a few attributes that are interesting to business schools.
Given the importance of the essay in the MBA admissions process, it is essential for you to prepare. On this page you will find a list of key Clear Admit MBA admissions essay tips, advice and resources that will help you craft compelling MBA admissions essays.
MBA Essay Writing Tips
Here is a group of articles that can help you prepare to draft your MBA admissions essays.
Drafting Essays
Revising and Finalizing Essays
More Admissions Essay Writing Tips
Clear Admit MBA Essay Topic Analysis
Updated for the 2023-2024 admissions cycle.
Clear Admit MBA Essay Strategy Videos
Be sure to review Clear Admit’s essay strategy videos where we review different essay topics and questions in the Clear Admit+ Admissions Academy Series.
Watch the rest of our Admissions Academy Essay Strategy Videos at the links below:
Clear Admit MBA Essay Podcasts
The following podcasts provide in-depth guidance on key strategies you can use to start drafting your essays. Be sure to give them a listen.
10 Tips for Tackling the MBA Written Application
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I know navigating the Waitlist process is quite daunting, so I figured I'd offer some tips for those who've also been dealt the WL hand. My background includes four years of M&A Consulting experience at B4 and various extracurriculars before applying. I took the following steps (in order of importance):
1. Continue to show interest in the program: I did an official school visit and connected with current students, which included meeting with one person who was waitlisted during last year's app cycle
2. Updated Work Experience: I was promoted after I found out I was waitlisted, so I not only provided admissions an update on the promotion decision but also provided them an updated resume with new work experience and my additional responsibilites now that I was promoted
3. Retaking the GRE: I acutally found out I was accepted the day before I was scheduled to retake the GRE, but I'm still going to take it because I was also WL at Booth and want to give them an updated score. I also have a vendetta against the GRE, so I'm eager to crack a 322+.
Note: I don't mean to undermine the merits of my application, but my acceptance from the waitlist also seems a bit circumstantial given the spotlight that CBS has been under due to the Gaza protest. I'd imagine this negative image has detered some folks from going attending CBS, and thus opened the door for WL applicants
Anyone round 3 got waitlisted notification today?
finally accepted after 5 months of being waitlisted!!! got an email from my AO today saying I will get the notification on the portal later today.