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NYU Stern Essay 3 for 2008: Please describe yourself to your MBA classmates

Nov, 02, 2007


My Fall 2009 essay analysis can be found here. This is the second of two posts on New York University Stern’s essay questions for Fall 2008 admission. The first post is here. I suggest reading the first post before reading this one. There are two reasons that I am analyzing NYU’s essays. The first is […]


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NYU Stern MBA Essays for Fall 2008

Nov, 02, 2007


My Fall 2009 essay analysis can be found here. This is the first of two posts on NYU Stern’s MBA Essays for Fall 2008 Admission. The second one is here. New York University Stern School of Business MBA essay questions’ web page also includes great tips for the questions, so I have included them. Let’s […]


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Fall 2008 MBA Contribution Questions: Kellogg, Duke, McCombs, Babson & LBS

Oct, 31, 2007


In this post I analyze the contribution essay questions for Fall 2008 asked by Northwestern Kellogg, Duke Fuqua, University of Texas-Austin McCombs, Babson Olin, and the London Business School. MBA programs are looking for students who will make a contribution. And this really makes sense because of the collaborative nature of MBA education. While professors […]


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Behavioral Questions: MIT Sloan & Stanford GSB for Fall 2008 MBA Admissions

Oct, 26, 2007


CLICK HERE FOR FALL 2009 MIT SLOAN CLASS OF 2011 ESSAY QUESTION ANALYSIS. CLICK HERE FOR FALL 2009 STANFORD CLASS OF 2011 ESSAY QUESTION ANALYSIS. In this very long post (sorry it took so long for me to get it done, but I have been busy), I will look at behavioral questions in general, the […]


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MIT Sloan MBA Essays for Fall 2008 1st of 2 posts

Oct, 26, 2007


CLICK HERE FOR FALL 2009 MIT SLOAN CLASS OF 2011 ESSAY QUESTION ANALYSIS. This is the first in a series of two posts about MIT Sloan’s MBA Essays for Fall 2008. In this post, I will review the entire set of essay questions and provide analysis for the cover letter and supplemental information. The second […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for 2007/2008 & Tokyo Event

Oct, 25, 2007


Click here for my analysis of Stanford GSB’s essay questions for 2008/2009 if you want to apply for the Class of 2011. In this entry, I discuss how to approach the Stanford GSB essays generally, provide specific advice for Essays A and B, and discuss the 9/30/07 Tokyo Outreach Event. I discuss Essay C along […]


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The value of an MBA and the admissions process

Oct, 05, 2007


As readers to my blog may have gathered, I am fairly neutral about the value of an MBA. See here for example. I think it is great and valuable to some and a waste of time and money for others. Honestly to hold any other opinion would reduce my effectiveness as a counselor because I […]


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Wharton MBA Fall 2008 Essay Questions & Tokyo Event

Sep, 28, 2007


Click here for my Fall 2009 (Class of 2011) essay analysis. UPDATE AS OF 2/8/2008: I will not change my comments below regarding the ethics of Wharton because I think it is important that readers know what I had thought. I stand by my analysis of the essay questions, but given recent events, completely renounce […]


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How to write an MBA Leadership Essay

Sep, 28, 2007


You can find my analysis for Fall 2009 Admission here. In this post, I will specifically refer to Harvard Business School Essay 3a for Fall 2008: Discuss a defining experience in your leadership development. How did this experience highlight your strengths and weaknesses? HBS is about leadership. The HBS mission statement makes that clear: The […]


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HBS Essays: Choices! And easier too! (updated)

Sep, 28, 2007


You can find my analysis for Fall 2009 Admission (Class of 2011) to HBS here. This is the first in a series of posts on the Harvard Business School MBA Application Essays for the Class of 2010. Click for further analysis of Essay 2 and Essay 3a. It is rather obvious that the questions an […]


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