Essay Topic Analysis
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London Business School Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following up on the recent release of the 2016-2017 London Business School essay topics, we wanted to offer some guidance to applicants targeting London Business School this admissions season. LBS has decided to reduce the number of essays it requires from two to one, while retaining an optional essay. Let’s take a closer... Read more »
Cornell / Johnson MBA Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following up on the release of the Cornell University / Johnson MBA essay prompts for 2016-2017, we wanted to offer some pointers to applicants who are targeting the Class of 2019. While the program has retained its creative Table of Contents essay, it has dispensed with the standard career goals... Read more »
Indiana / Kelley Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following this season’s release of the Indiana / Kelley Essay Topics, we wanted to share our essay topic analysis for the 2016-2017 admissions season. 2016-2017 Indiana Kelley Essay Topic Analysis Let’s take a closer look at each essay: Essay 1 Please discuss your immediate post-MBA professional goals. How will... Read more »
Oxford Saïd Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following up on the release of the Oxford MBA essays for 2016-2017, we wanted to offer some pointers to applicants targeting Saïd Business School this admissions season. The Oxford MBA adcom has kept its essays from last year, maintaing the number of required essays at two with a total 750... Read more »
UVA Darden Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following up on the announcement of the UVA Darden essay topic for 2016-2017, we wanted to take a closer look at this season’s prompt for UVA MBA Class of 2019 hopefuls. This is the fourth consecutive year that the Darden essay section has comprised a single 500-word essay asking applicants to... Read more »
Yale School of Management Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following up on the release of the Yale SOM essay topic for 2016-2017, we wanted to offer our advice on how to approach this year’s challenging topic. As was the case last year, Yale MBA hopefuls are required to respond to one 500-word essay, but the Yale adcom has chosen to... Read more »
Cambridge / Judge Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following up on the release of the Cambridge Judge MBA essay prompts for 2016-2017, we wanted to provide some guidance for applicants targeting Cambridge this admissions season. While Cambridge has maintained its request for candidates’ career goals, the adcom has also revived their interest in a spectacular failure. New for... Read more »
UCLA Anderson Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
With the release of the 2016-2017 UCLA Anderson MBA essays, we wanted to offer some guidance for applicants targeting the University of California, Los Angeles for their business school studies. Anderson MBA essay section is identical to last season’s: first-time applicants are required to respond to one 750-word response and... Read more »
Dartmouth / Tuck Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Update: Tuck recently made changes to their first required essay. Those changes are now reflected below. Now that Tuck has announced the Tuck MBA essay topics for the 2016-2017 admissions season, we wanted to offer our advice to applicants who are targeting that program’s Class of 2019. The format of... Read more »
Northwestern / Kellogg Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Now that Northwestern has announced the Kellogg essay topics for the 2016-2017 admissions season, we wanted to offer our advice to applicants who are targeting that program’s Class of 2019. The format and content for Kellogg’s essays remains the same as last year’s: applicants will respond to two required essays... Read more »
Duke / Fuqua Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following up on our announcement of Duke / Fuqua’s application essays for the 2016-2017 admissions season, we wanted to offer our essay topic analysis for the Class of 2019 Fuqua MBA hopefuls. Relative to last year, the Fuqua adcom has maintained their interest in candidates’ goals, personal background and passion about Duke.... Read more »
INSEAD Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Now that the online application for INSEAD’s September 2017 intake is live — and the INSEAD essay topics for 2016-2017 have been released — we wanted to follow up with some commentary for business school applicants targeting the school this season. INSEAD has maintained four Job Description essays for the... Read more »
MIT Sloan Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following up on the release of MIT Sloan’s 2016-2017 application essay prompt, we thought we’d offer some suggestions about how Sloan MBA hopefuls might approach this year’s written materials. The school has maintained one required prompt and its open-ended optional essay for the coming admissions season. However, while having dispensed... Read more »
UT Austin / McCombs Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following up on our post with the 2016-2017 McCombs Essay Topics, 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 or video (only losing... Read more »
Chicago Booth Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Following up on the release of the University of Chicago Booth MBA essay topics for 2016-2017, we wanted to offer some guidance to applicants as they prepare to tackle this potentially challenging prompt. Similar to last year, the program presents candidates with images that capture life at Booth; applicants are... Read more »
