Emory University’s Goizueta Business School requires applicants to respond to three short-answer questions, craft two relatively brief written essays, and record a one-minute “small talk” video essay. Two of the three short-answer questions address common MBA essay topics: one’s short-term professional objectives and how the school can help in achieving them. The third, however, asks candidates to share a “fun fact” about themselves. Applicants must also respond to two prompts with essays not exceeding 300 words each. The school’s video essay element might cause some candidates a bit of anxiety, given that Goizueta provides no advance information about what question they will be asked, thereby requiring candidates to be ready to respond extemporaneously. If needed, applicants can use the optional essay to provide clarification about any unclear acpects of their candidacy. Read on for our full analysis of these elements of Goizueta’s 2026–2027 application.
With many MBAs actively engaged in job searching right now, we are fielding a lot of questions about how to be more effective in that search. One key element is knowing how to talk about yourself, including responding effectively to the prompt “Tell me about yourself” in both casual networking and formal interview settings.
Individuals working in traditional, highly represented fields such as consulting and finance—as well as those in less-conventional areas, such as science, engineering, healthcare, and operations—sometimes reach a point when their existing expertise no longer provides every tool they need for the next stage of their career. Pursuing an MBA from a full-time, two-year program is certainly an option to facilitate advancement, but it is not the only one.
In Episode 122 of The mbaMission Podcast, mbaMission Senior Consultant Harold Simansky speaks with Ricardo Heredia, a biotech scientist, life sciences investor, and recent MIT Sloan Fellows MBA graduate. Ricardo explains how the program helped him combine his deep scientific and pharmaceutical experience with finance, entrepreneurship, and life sciences investing.
Longer and more complex sentences often require parallel construction. Simply put, parallel construction ensures that any given longer sentence has a balanced rhythm or structure. With parallel construction, each pronoun corresponds with another pronoun, each verb corresponds with another verb, each adjective corresponds with another adjective, and so on. Parallel construction can certainly be found in shorter sentences as well, and to great effect.
In Episode 121 of The mbaMission Podcast, mbaMission Senior Consultant Harold Simansky and Managing Director Gavriella Semaya welcome Corey Laffel Solon, Gavi’s classmate in the inaugural Johnson Cornell Tech MBA cohort and currently the associate director of growth for Grubhub. Their discussion examines what differentiates the program and which candidates might benefit from its pace and focus.
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