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(150 words maximum per question)<\/p>\n<p>1. What are your  professional goals immediately after you receive your MBA?<br \/>\n2. What are your  long-term career aspirations?<br \/>\n3. Why are you choosing to pursue an MBA and  why now? (If you plan to use your MBA experience to make a significant change in  the field or nature of your career, please tell us what you have done to prepare  for this transition.)<br \/>\n4. What attracts you specifically to the Yale School  of Management\u2019s MBA program?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Statements<\/strong><br \/>\nChoose two (2) of the following topics and answer them in essay form. Please  indicate the topic numbers at the beginning of your essays. (500 words maximum  per essay)<\/p>\n<p>1. What achievement are you most proud of and why?<br \/>\n2.  What is the most difficult feedback you have received from another person or the  most significant weakness you have perceived in yourself? What steps have you  taken to address it and how will business school contribute to this process?<br \/>\n3. Describe an accomplishment that exhibits your leadership style. The  description should include evidence of your leadership skills, the actions you  took, and the impact you had on your organization.<br \/>\n4. An effective leader  for business and society is one who is able to hear, understand and communicate  with people from all segments of society. In order to educate such leaders, Yale  SOM is committed to promoting diversity and creating a community that cultivates  a wealth of perspectives. In this spirit, describe an instance when, as part of  a team, you played a role in bringing together individuals with different values  or viewpoints to achieve a common goal.<br \/>\n5. For Reapplicants (answer this  topic plus one (1) of the other topics): What steps have you taken to improve  your candidacy since your last application?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yale School of Management has released its essay questions for the 2010-11 application season.\u00a0 Our essay analyses will come shortly.\u00a0 The questions are: Short Answers Please answer each of the four questions below with a short paragraph of no more than 150 words. 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