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($) essay review: LBS Career Goals (part 2 – finally!)

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Well that took awhile!! Back in June, we posted the Part One of a career goals essay for London Business School, saying we’d come back and finish the discussion. This happened, and then that happened, and then soon enough we were knee-deep in essays, and, well…. here we are. At least we didn’t forget completely…

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($) Short term goal, long term goal, dream job – OH MY!

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Gosh, Columbia has tricked things out this year! Their career goals essay asks this: Through your resume and recommendations, we have a clear sense of your professional path to date. What are your career goals over the next 3-5 years and what, in your imagination, would be your long-term dream job? That’s on top of…

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($) essay critique! Columbia essay 1 and an edtech career

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Now that everyone is solidly in essay-writing mode around here, let’s look at another actual essay! This came in a few weeks ago through our Try your hand! Spin the wheel! See if you win a prize! feature where you can submit an essay for consideration of review here on the blahg. This is what…

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($) “I want to work in edtech”

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To which we say: As what? Edtech is an industry – a niche one at that, and definitely a trendy one. The main issue for BSers saying that that’s what they want to do is, more often than not, these are BSers who are coming in to the MBA a little clueless. Often, it’s candidates…

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($) “Is 30 too old…?”

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We came across this awhile back: “Is 30 too old to work in a startup?” Hmmmm. If there’s a bias against “older” in startup recruiting, and “older” is defined as over 30, and there’s already a bias against MBAs in Silicon Valley… Peter Thiel and Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have all been on the…

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($) Some tips on Columbia’s “imagination” question and your post-MBA career goals

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It may not look like it based on how they’ve phrased the question, however Columbia essay 1 is a “Why MBA?” prompt. Here’s the question: Through your resume and recommendations, we have a clear sense of your professional path to date. What are your career goals over the next 3-5 years and what, in your…

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($) Word choice matters.

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We had a BSer send in an essay last season where they were trying to convey how they’re ready to pursue their stated future career goals based on current work experience. They had a statement that said: “My participation nearly from the start of the deployment was very helpful to become acquainted with the business…”…

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