We had a snarky blurb of a post up since Friday and we figured, hey, no need to be snarky! Because we know a lot of you are not quite where you wanted to be. Did you not manage to submit the apps you had planned to for Round 1? (Round 1 totally isn’t over, […]
Continue reading...($) “I started this thing….” aka When is a startup you’ve created actually a startup
Startups are sexy! Startups are the future! Everybody wants to do a startup! And hey look, you’ve already done one! (Or have you???) Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. If you want to learn about the pros and cons and tips and tricks of pitching something entrepreneurial as your MBA […]
Continue reading...($) essay critique! HBS essay from a Navy submariner
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 […]
Continue reading...($) “Lessons learned” in MBA essays
Columbia has an essay this year that asks you to discuss a team failure, and then says: “If given a second chance, what would you do differently?” That’s basically a different form of a “lessons learned” kind of question — and as we’ve written before, “lessons learned” are difficult to handle in an MBA essay. […]
Continue reading...($) Look back over your life
Writing essays may be akin to navel-gazing. You need to understand who you are and where you’ve come from. One of the most difficult parts of writing many essays is coming up with the “lessons learned” out of a story. Schools like Tuck and Kellogg specifically ask you what you learned from an experience. It’s […]
Continue reading...($) Lessons learned in essays: “This experience taught me…”
Ah those well-meaning BSers. They’re always trying to say the right thing in their essays. Here’s a snippet of an essay that we get all the time: When I started being a better listener, and not being so assertive with my opinions, I started realizing that my teammates were guided by different values and experiences....
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“failure” essays – a la Haas and Judge
Another Brave Supplicant stepped up to the plate recently, this time with a Cambridge Judge essay. We don’t get that many Brave Supplicants interested in Judge around here however the essay this Brave Supplicant sent over is totally relevant for lots of other schools — like Berkeley-Haas, for example. The essay question is “What did...
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