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How to Get into Tepper School of Business: Carnegie Mellon Tepper Essay Tips and Examples

Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business has only one required written application essay. For it, the school asks applicants to discuss how they have promoted inclusion and how they expect to apply their related skills and mind-set at Tepper. Candidates are also tasked with recording a brief video about their post-graduation aspirations. Applicants who … Read More  

Carnegie Mellon University Tepper Essay Analysis, 2020–2021

Last year, Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business required just one essay from its applicants, who could use up to 500 words to explain what they would bring to the Tepper community. Now for the program’s required essay, applicants must discuss overcoming adversity of some kind in their life and what the experience taught … Read More  

Explore Virtual MBA Admissions Events Hosted by Top Business Schools

Are you interested in earning your MBA at a top program? Here we present a list of MBA programs and the various admissions events they offer, which feature application workshops, information sessions, virtual chats, and other helpful resources. For many schools, more targeted offerings are available, such as sessions on diversity, career-focused seminars, workshops for … Read More  

Carnegie Mellon University Tepper Essay Analysis, 2019–2020

*Please note: You are viewing an essay analysis from the 2019-2020 admissions cycle. Click here to view our collection of essay analyses for the current admissions season.   After switching up its application essay approach last year and offering candidates three prompts from which to choose, Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business has reverted back this season … Read More  

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Carnegie Mellon University Tepper Essay Analysis, 2018–2019

*Please note: You are viewing an essay analysis from the 2018-2019 admissions cycle. Click here to view our collection of essay analyses for the current admissions season. In recent years, Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business has offered its applicants one required essay question that was in many ways an open invitation to share whatever they … Read More  

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