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Applicants to the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas (SMU Cox), must submit two required essays, with one being largely a traditional personal statement and the other asking candidates to share five things about themselves that they would like their future classmates to know. Applicants who feel they need a … Read More  

Admissions events, the resume, essays, short answers, recommendations, interviews, and of course, waiting to see whether you got accepted. Given everything that is involved in the MBA application process, you will understandably feel stressed, or even overwhelmed, at times. However, by keeping things in perspective and giving yourself sufficient time away from your application work, … Read More  

Many business school candidates take a straightforward, historical approach in their personal statement essays. Although this can be an easy way to organize an essay, it may deprive applicants of an opportunity to deliver a more focused and gripping introduction. Nothing is fundamentally wrong with taking a historical approach, of course, but an anecdotal approach … Read More  

You might have watched our video “Should You Use ChatGPT for MBA Admissions Essays?” As you most likely know, ChatGPT is a powerful natural language processing model that can generate realistic and engaging conversations based on your input. We will admit that it is really cool technology, and we have had fun trying out different … Read More  

INSEAD candidates must respond to four short career-focused queries (a fifth one is optional) and provide three motivation essays (with an optional fourth).  Applicants are also tasked with completing a video component for which they answer four questions as four separate video recordings. Given the total number of prompts, tasks, and questions involved, some candidates … Read More