Blog: Archive for the “Essays” Category

The UCLA Anderson School of Management requires candidates to provide three “short essays.” The first is about the applicant’s need for an MBA, and the second focuses on their short- and long-term professional objectives. For the third, candidates must discuss why Anderson is the best MBA program for them and how they anticipate participating in … Read More  

Although some top business schools have been gradually reducing the number of application essays they require, the University of Cambridge Judge Business School still demands four separate submissions from its candidates. The program’s first essay is about applicants’ career goals and related preparation, the second focuses on a “professional mistake” and the candidate’s analysis of … Read More  

Candidates for Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business must provide just one written essay (of a somewhat succinct 500 words) in response to their choice of three questions. Applicants can discuss how their personal attributes and experiences could be additive to the school’s community, a time when they supported another individual and how that experience … Read More  

The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business has long highlighted the strength of its community, the way students collaborate both inside and outside the classroom to learn and grow, and the value of bringing people from diverse backgrounds and with differing mindsets together, and the school’s application essay prompts focus on all these ideas. … Read More  

Yale School of Management (SOM) is one of the few top MBA programs that give candidates just one required application essay with which to make an impression on the admissions committee. The school offers applicants a choice of three topics to, as the admissions committee states, “ensure that you’re able to write about something important … Read More