“What more would you like us to know?”
Sounds simple enough, right?
Just tell ’em about YOU!
Wellllll…. no so fast, BSer.
Kinda like we did with Stanford on Monday and their optional “impact” essay questions, today we’re gonna ramble on about a variety of pointers
First the obvious:
You really should pick up that essay guide.
/endshamelessplug
We’re gonna do our best to offer some targeted tips today, but we can’t cover everything from a 100 page manual in a 1,000 word post.
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So yeah. There’s our thousand words (actually more like 1200; yes your HBS essay can be 1200 words; but all of them hafta COUNT!) on content strategy and technical aspects of the Harvard essay.
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Tell us what you think.