Boston College / Carroll MBA Recommendation Questions
The Carroll School of Management at Boston College requires a single professional recommendation but will accept up to three. Supervisors, managers, or colleagues who are familiar with your day-to-day work are preferred. Applicants with limited work experience may submit recommendations from academic or professional references, such as professors or internship supervisors. You want to choose an individual who can provide an objective appraisal of your capacity for intensive graduate study and potential for professional success. The Boston College MBA recommendation questions for the 2025-2026 application cycle are as follows.
2025 – 2026 Boston College / Carroll MBA Recommendation Questions
Section 1: Recommender Information
If you are an alum of Boston College, please let us know from which program and year you graduated.
Nature of relationship
- Direct Supervisor
- Other Supervisor
- Advisor / mentor
- Colleague / Peer
- Direct Report
- Indirect report
- Client / Customer
- Business Partner / Investor
- Vendor
- Professor Instructor
- Other
Section 2: Recommendation Letter
For Masters in Business Administration, Masters in Finance, and Masters in Accounting applicants, please comment on the candidate’s achievements, motivation, integrity, and potential to study in a master’s program. In this section, we are requesting that you create a document (Word or PDF format) for your comments. After you create your document, please save it to your desktop and then upload it using the Upload Document function.
Section 3: Short Answers and Leadership Assessment Grid
You have been chosen as a recommender for an applicant to the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. The Admissions Committee’s decision will be based upon an evaluation of the applicant’s capacity for graduate study and his or her potential for professional success. Your candid appraisal of the applicant is appreciated. This recommendation will be used for admissions purposes only.
What are the applicant’s talents or strengths? (Maximum 500 Characters)
In what areas can the applicant improve? (Maximum 500 Characters)
- Superior (Top 5%)
- Excellent (Top 15%)
- Good (Top third)
- Average (Middle third)
- Poor (Bottom third)
- Unable to Judge
Characteristics:
- Analytical Ability
- Integrity
- Maturity
- Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork
- Oral Communication Skills
- Written Communication Skills
- Organization Skills
- Leadership Potential
- Motivation/ Initiative
- Potential for Career Advancement
- Quantitative Ability
- Judgment
- Highly recommend
- Recommend
- Recommend with reservations
- Do not recommend
May we contact you if the Admissions Committee feels that it would be helpful to speak with you regarding the applicant?
- Yes
- No
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Hi. I pivoted from litigation to credit research (worked with Evalueserve India, Crisil India) post my first mba. I did my mba from Symbiosis School of banking and finance in 2021. And altogteher i hold 6 years 4 months of work experience. I am targeting for 2027 fall. I hold an undergraduate degree in Law (BA.LLB (Hons)). I am looking for a change in roles/ geography.
Additional Notes:
1. MBB consultant w/3 years at the firm + one promotion
2. Took a secondment at a nonprofit focused in sustainability in countries below the equator (although have programs above too), including the one I am from (mentioned the link in essays)
3. Choosing to go to MBA for network opportunity to continue sustainability-focus, and inch closer to being ready to be in fields like impact investing (think MBB gives me general knowledge, but doesn't get me to where I want to go)
4. Will return to MBB because of sponsorship
5. Am worried about GRE; got a 158Q and 169V - so avg is around school avg, but the split is bad. Biggest worry here.
6. URM
URM with strong extracurriculars mentoring and tutoring low income students of various ages. Worked 25-40 hrs per week in undergrad which explains the lower GPA. Have led automation projects at work and should receive strong letters of rec. Goal is to pivot to management consulting at a B4/T2 in the financial services space since it matches my prior experience.
Intended R1 applicant to the listed schools. Targetting MBB post-MBA (with one eye on returning to corporate strategy)
I am 25 Indian male and would like to introduce myself as a Chartered Accountant from India working as a Risk Analyst ( Third Party Risk Analyst ) in Citi Chennai.
In addition to 2.5 years of work experience as a Risk Analyst with a promotion .I also have a 3 year CA articleship experience in an audit firm (1.5 years) and as an industrial trainee in one of the start ups of a renowned car manufacturers primarily handling tax compliances audits accounting aspects
Further I have a cgpa of 7.5 in B.Com ( Distance education) since I was pursuing my CA. After my CA I did ACCA (UK based CA) , CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) and completed my CFA Level 1. I want to make a career change to finance and targeting M7 , LBS AND INSEAD. Need a review of my profile and suggest me what would be good gmat score for my application