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($) Already have a Master’s degree? Why do you also need an MBA now?

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Some schools don’t really focus on this issue but a few of them do – including Tuck in particular, who in the past wouldn’t even consider a candidate with a prior MBA or MBA-similar degree, like the PGP from India. They are (somewhat?) loosening those restrictions in the new admissions climate but even if you…

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($) essay critique! HBS essay from a Navy submariner

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As you likely have memorized, the Harvard Business School MBA essay asks: “As we review your application, what more would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the Harvard Business School MBA Program?” We had a request for a freebie review of this Harvard essay come in a few weeks back…

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($) Another post about the Darden Class of 2021 “evolving leadership style” essay

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In lieu of doing a half-baked update to our 2017 Darden MBA application guide, we’ve opted this month to post some guidance about the Darden essays directly here on the blahg — so, bonus, as a subscriber to the blahg, you’re already getting a leg up on the Darden app if you’re planning to try…

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Why do you need an MBA? No really: Why?

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This comes up surprisingly often. Do you even know why you need an MBA? Almost all of the schools, in one form or another, ask questions in their applications about why you’re interested in going there. The best way to answer that, of course, is to talk about how you need such-and-such new skills or…

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($) “How long should the optional essay be?”

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Most MBA programs have clear requirements about length for all their admissions essays, and the optional essay is no different — usually. But even when the school is explicit that the optional essay must be XXX words maximum, there are still practical considerations, and strategic ones, that should be taken into account. The first is…

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($) “Lessons learned” in MBA essays

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Columbia has an essay this year that asks you to discuss a team failure, and then says: “If given a second chance, what would you do differently?” That’s basically a different form of a “lessons learned” kind of question — and as we’ve written before, “lessons learned” are difficult to handle in an MBA essay….

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($) Columbia’s MBA essay 3 – “team failure”

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This essay is proving challenging for many people! Please provide an example of a team failure of which you have been a part. If given a second chance, what would you do differently? (250 words) We mention a variety of high level tips on the Columbia MBA Essays page and our Columbia SnarkStrategies Guide goes…

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($) Here’s a test for Stanford “What matters most?”

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Seems like we’re writing a lot about Stanford just lately. (Even those posts weren’t explicitly about Stanford — yeah, they’re about Stanford.) It’s because the Stanford essays are so hard! If you’re trying for Stanford, then first step is to pick up our Stanford Essay Guide. Because we go into a lot more stuff there…

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($) essay critique! Kellogg “a time you have demonstrated leadership”

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We’ve got this thing where anyone can submit an essay for consideration for a freebie review here on the blahg and look! Someone submitted one! And they did so before it was too late for us to look at it before deadlines! This is for Kellogg essay 2 whose question is: Kellogg’s purpose is to…

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($) Essays about passion

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What do you think might be the most important element of an essay that professes to talk about your “passion”? Hmmmm. Why don’t we start with excitement?? What’s missing from nearly every single instance of a “passion” statement in any essay we’ve literally ever reviewed is a sense that the person CARES about the thing…

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