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USC / Marshall 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Today we wanted to offer some guidance on the 2015-2016 USC Marshall MBA essays, for business school applicants targeting the University of Southern California this admissions season. This year’s USC MBA essay set is unchanged from last season. The program again requires applicants to respond to a single required prompt... Read more »
UNC / Kenan-Flagler 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Following up on the release of the Kenan-Flagler MBA essay topics for 2015-2016, 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 unchanged from last admissions season. The... Read more »
UCLA / Anderson 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
As the admissions season for Class of 2018 hopefuls kicks into high gear, we wanted to offer some guidance on the 2015-2016 UCLA Anderson MBA essays for applicants targeting the University of California, Los Angeles for their business school studies this fall. The broad format of the Anderson MBA essay... Read more »
Notre Dame / Mendoza 2015 – 2016 Essay Topic Analysis
With the release of the Notre Dame / Mendoza 2015-2016 MBA essay topics, we wanted to offer some guidance to applicants as they prepare to tackle these potentially challenging prompts. Let’s take a closer look at the essays for Notre Dame / Mendoza in the 2015-2016 admissions season. 2015-2016 Notre... Read more »
London Business School 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Following up on the recent release of the 2015-2016 LBS MBA essay topics, we wanted to offer some guidance to applicants targeting London Business School this admissions season. The London Business School MBA essay prompts are largely unchanged from last admissions season; the program continues to require applicants to respond to two prompts in a... Read more »
Babson / Olin 2015 – 2016 Essay Topic Analysis
With the release of the Babson / Olin essay topics for 2015-2016, we wanted to follow up with our essay topic analysis. Let’s take a closer look at each essay: Essay 1: Define Your Future Please describe your short and long-term career goals and why they are important to you.... Read more »
Oxford / Saïd 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Following up on the release of the Oxford MBA essays for 2015-2016, we wanted to offer some pointers to applicants targeting Saïd Business School this admissions season. The Oxford MBA adcom has overhauled its essay set as compared to last year, reducing the number of required essays from three to... Read more »
Indiana / Kelley 2015 – 2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Following this season’s release of the Indiana / Kelley Essay Topics, we wanted to share our essay topic analysis. Let’s take a closer look at each essay: Essay 1 Please discuss your immediate post-MBA professional goals. How will your professional experience, when combined with a Kelley MBA degree, allow you... Read more »
Cornell / Johnson 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Following up on the release of the Cornell University / Johnson MBA essays for 2015-2016, we wanted to offer some pointers to applicants who are targeting the Cornell MBA Class of 2018. At a high level, Johnson’s two required essay prompts remain fairly similar to those posed to applicants last... Read more »
Emory / Goizueta 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Following up on the release of the Emory University‘s Goizueta MBA essay topics earlier this summer, we wanted to offer some guidance to applicants on how to approach these prompts. The Goizueta adcom has streamlined the essay portion of its application for the 2015-2016 admissions season; whereas last year’s essay... Read more »
CMU / Tepper 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Following up on the announcement of this year’s Tepper MBA essays for the 2015-2016 admissions season, we wanted to offer some guidance on how to approach these prompts for candidates targeting the Carnegie Mellon University MBA Class of 2018. At a glance, this year’s essay prompts look almost identical to... Read more »
Indian School of Business 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Following up on our post with the 2015-2016 Indian School of Business essays, we wanted to offer some guidance to applicants who are targeting the ISB PGP in Management this admissions season. On the surface, the ISB adcom has overhauled its essay set for this year, introducing three new prompts... Read more »
U Chicago / Booth 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Following up on the release of the University of Chicago / Booth MBA essay topics for 2015-2016 last week — and our interview with Associate Dean of Student Recruitment and Admissions Kurt Ahlm — we wanted to offer some guidance to applicants as they prepare to tackle this potentially challenging... Read more »
Northwestern / Kellogg 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Now that Northwestern has announced the Kellogg MBA essay topics for the 2015-2016 admissions season, we wanted to offer our advice to applicants who are targeting that program’s Class of 2018. The format for Kellogg’s essays remains the same as last year’s: applicants will respond to two required essays in... Read more »
Georgetown / McDonough 2015-2016 Essay Topic Analysis
Following up on the release of the Georgetown MBA essays for 2015-2016 — and our recent interview with Associate Dean of MBA Admissions Shari Hubert — we wanted to take a closer look at the program’s essay prompts and offer our analysis for applicants targeting McDonough’s Class of 2018. Georgetown’s essay section has remained... Read more »
