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UC Irvine / Merage MBA Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
With the release of the 2017-2018 Irvine / Merage essay topics, we wanted to offer some guidance to applicants. This year, Irvine / Merage asks MBA applicants for a typical career goals essay and offers space for additional information. 2017-2018 UC Irvine / Merage Essay Topic Analysis Let’s take a closer... Read more »
Essay Topic Analyses & Advice at Your Fingertips for 2017-2018 Admissions Season
If you’re applying to business school, it’s time to get to work. With Round 1 kicking off next week, having a well-thought-out game plan is critical to successfully balancing business school applications and a full workload (and, of course, we want to help you keep your sanity). Getting a jump... Read more »
CMU Tepper Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on the announcement of this year’s Tepper essay topics for the 2017-2018 admissions season, we wanted to offer some guidance on how to approach these prompts for candidates targeting the Carnegie Mellon University MBA Class of 2020. The Tepper adcom this year has once again opened up the essay to a general... Read more »
UMD Smith MBA Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on the announcement of the UMD Smith MBA Essay Prompt and Deadlines, we wanted to share our essay topic analysis for the 2017-2018 admissions season. 2017-2018 UMD Smith MBA Essay Topic Analysis Required Essay Why Smith? Why an MBA? Why now? Be sure to include your short-term and... Read more »
OSU Fisher MBA Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on the 2017-2018 OSU Fisher essay questions, we wanted to offer some guidance to applicants. Let’s take a closer look at each essay. 2017-2018 OSU Fisher MBA Essay Topic Analysis Essay 1 Why do you wish to earn an MBA? Why do you wish to earn an MBA from... Read more »
Indiana / Kelley MBA Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following this season’s release of the Indiana / Kelley MBA essay topics, we wanted to share our essay topic analysis for the 2017-2018 admissions season. Indiana / Kelley Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018 Let’s take a closer look at each essay: Essay 1 Please discuss your immediate post-MBA professional goals. How... Read more »
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on the release of the Kenan-Flagler MBA essay topics for 2017-2018, we wanted to offer a few pointers to applicants targeting the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for their business school studies next fall. The UNC MBA essay set is mostly unchanged from last admissions season.... Read more »
UT Austin / McCombs MBA Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on our post with the 2017-2018 2017-2018 UT Austin / McCombs MBA essay questions, we wanted to offer our analysis of this season’s UT Austin MBA essays. The broad format of these essays is nearly identical to last year’s, with applicants introducing themselves to their cohort via a 250-word essay... Read more »
Georgetown / McDonough Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on the Georgetown / McDonough essay topics for 2017-2018, we wanted to share our essay topic analysis. The adcom has maintained the video essay, as well as optional and reapplicant essays. The main required essay, however, has shifted in focus to a defining moment that entailed exceeding expectations.... Read more »
UVA / Darden MBA Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on the announcement of the Darden essay topic for 2017-2018, we wanted to take a closer look at this season’s prompt for UVA MBA Class of 2020 hopefuls. This is the fifth consecutive year that the Darden essay section has comprised a single 500-word essay asking applicants to recount... Read more »
London Business School Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on the recent release of the 2017-2018 London Business School essay topics, we wanted to offer some guidance to applicants targeting London Business School this admissions season. Continuing last year’s format, the LBS adcom has chosen to stick to the same single required essay as well as an optional essay. 2017-2018 LBS Essay Topic... Read more »
Dartmouth / Tuck Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
With the release of the 2017-2018 Dartmouth / Tuck MBA essays, we wanted to offer some guidance for applicants targeting the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth for their business school studies. Tuck has maintained the length of the essay section of its application, once again asking for two essays... Read more »
Cornell / Johnson MBA Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on the release of the Cornell University / Johnson MBA essay prompts for 2017-2018, we wanted to offer some pointers to applicants who are targeting the Class of 2020. While the program has retained its creative Table of Contents essay, it has once again dispensed with the standard career goals essay and... Read more »
Duke / Fuqua Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on our announcement of Duke / Fuqua’s application essays for the 2017-2018 admissions season, we wanted to offer our essay topic analysis for the Class of 2020 Fuqua MBA hopefuls. Relative to last year, the Fuqua adcom has maintained their interest in candidates’ goals, personal background and passion about Duke. While... Read more »
Cambridge / Judge Essay Topic Analysis 2017-2018
Following up on the release of the Cambridge Judge MBA essay prompts for 2017-2018, we wanted to provide some guidance for applicants targeting Cambridge this admissions season. Judge has maintained its request for candidates’ career goals, spectacular failure and teamwork scenario. Because each Cambridge essay is a relatively short one,... Read more »
