Blog: Archive for the “MBA Essay Tips” Category

*Please note: You are viewing an essay analysis from the 2017-2018 admissions cycle. Click here to view our collection of essay analyses for the current admissions season.  This application season, INSEAD has made almost no changes to its essay approach and prompts. The admissions committee is posing the same career-related short-answer questions, with just one notable … Read More  

*Please note: You are viewing an essay analysis from the 2017-2018 admissions cycle. Click here to view our collection of essay analyses for the current admissions season.  After several years of progressive changes to its application essay questions (and their maximum lengths), London Business School (LBS) has remained constant with its prompts this season. The school … Read More  

*Please note: You are viewing an essay analysis from the 2017-2018 admissions cycle. Click here to view our collection of essay analyses for the current admissions season.  As we have observed in the past, the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin tends to tweak the wording of its essay prompts a … Read More  

*Please note: You are viewing an essay analysis from the 2017-2018 admissions cycle. Click here to view our collection of essay analyses for the current admissions season.  The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has opted to maintain its two broad mandatory essay questions—one focusing on “why Wharton?” and the other on applicants’ expected contributions … Read More  

*Please note: You are viewing an essay analysis from the 2017-2018 admissions cycle. Click here to view our collection of essay analyses for the current admissions season.  This application season, the University of Virginia’s Darden School is maintaining its single essay question approach, though the content of the query has changed. The school has been known … Read More