MSU Broad MBA Recommendation Questions
The Michigan State University Broad College of Business MBA Program application for the 2026-2027 admissions season is open. You can find the MSU Broad MBA recommendation questions here.
MSU Broad requires one reference, but two are recommended. Recommendations can be made through the school’s simple online form; a letter of recommendation is not required. However, admissions may call your references/recommenders to speak to them during the application cycle. References should be able to attest to your ability to work within and lead teams as well as to contribute significantly to a professional business environment and provide specific information on your professional and intellectual skills and abilities. Employment-related references are strongly encouraged, and preferably supervisors.
2026-2027 MSU Broad MBA Recommendation Questions
Section 1: Recommender Information
What is your relationship to the applicant?
How long have you known the applicant?
Please indicate your overall recommendation of the candidate for admission to a graduate program:
- Do not Recommend
- Recommend with Reservation
- Recommend
- Strongly Recommend
Section 2: Skills Assessment
The following questions ask about both the applicant’s softer-skills, and harder-skills. If you yourself feel more comfortable evaluating the applicant quantitatively, please use the following reference: Outstanding = top 5% Strong = top 10% Great = top 25% Average = middle 50%. Poor = bottom 25%
Please rate the applicant’s:
- Self-confidence
- Intellectual ability
- Ability to work with others
- Motivation
- Leadership potential
- Written expression
- Oral expression
- Applicant’s integrity
Please comment on the appraisal provided above and make any additional statements about the applicant that will help the Admissions Committee make its decision.
MBA Applywire
I do not have a strong academic background, but I believe I have a strong professional background to offset. I have over 10 years of progressive finance experience starting as an analyst moving all the way into a Director level role with line of sight into a VP role within the next 2 years. My background consists of financial acumen and cross department engagement resulting in tangible business outcomes and deliverables. I have experience managing upwards, managing downwards with my direct reports, and managing sideways with various department directors and VPs.
- Engineer at a top Aerospace & Defense company (Blue Chip / Fortune 100 company)
- 3 years of FT experience, have had 1 promotion so far, expecting 1 more before matriculation in Fall 2028
- Will have 4.7 Yrs FT experience (+2 undergrad internships) at matriculation
- Applying R1 2027 for Fall 2028 Full Time Entry
- Mechanical Engineering BS with Aerospace Engineering Minor, GPA 3.53
- Undergraduate volunteering included leadership role for a Pediatric Cancer philanthropy that raised $XX,XXX / yr.
- Also had an undergrad internship with a Blue Chip / Fortune 100 automotive company
- Hold a Masters in Engineering Management from Washington University in St. Louis, GPA 3.94
- Masters Capstone was a consulting project sponsored by a boutique firm in NYC
- Currently in MIT Sloan's Pre-LGO Pipeline Program
- Currently prepping for GMAT Focus, I am a strong test taker and expect 95th Percentile+. First attempt will be in early Q1 2027.
- Post-MBA goal: MBB Consulting in the Aerospace & Defense or broader industrials sector. Also considering a pivot to A&D/Industrials Investment Banking. (Any/all advice on how either of these map better to my profile is appreciated!)
29, applying R1 2027 for Fall 2028 entry. GMAT Focus not yet taken; targeting ~670. 3.49 GPA, B.B.A. Finance (magna cum laude, full-tuition scholarship) from a state school.
~3 years at GS (margin lending ops to internal audit), now an Audit Manager in internal audit at TD covering Global Markets (fixed income, munis, prime services, counterparty credit risk). Lead audits as Auditor-in-Charge, manage small teams, support regulator exams. Use SQL/Alteryx in audit work. CIA in progress. Fluent in Spanish. Starting Big Brothers Big Sisters volunteering.
Goal: move from risk/controls into strategy or product roles at an established fintech (lending, brokerage, payments). Long term: run a fintech business line.
Schools: Wharton, Columbia, Yale SOM, Tuck, Stern, Fuqua, Ross/Johnson, Georgetown. Planning to use the Consortium for several. Also considering Stern part-time.
MBA LiveWire
Submitted application over the weekend, invite received soon after