Please reflect on how your experiences have influenced your career choices and aspirations and the impact you will have on the businesses, organizations, and communities you plan to serve. (up to 300 words)
We believe Columbia Business School is a special place with a collaborative learning environment in which students feel a sense of belonging, agency, and partnership--academically, culturally, and professionally.
How would you co-create your optimal MBA experience at CBS? Please be specific. (250 words) (Common for both January and August entering class)
We believe Columbia Business School is a special place with a collaborative learning environment in which students feel a sense of belonging, agency, and partnership--academically, culturally, and professionally.
How would you co-create your optimal MBA experience at CBS? Please be specific. (250 words) (Common for both January and August entering class)
Background Information: The fifth Essay is of a White Male Bostonian from a blue-collar neighborhood working in Real Estate Consulting.
We believe Columbia Business School is a special place with a collaborative learning environment in which students feel a sense of belonging, agency, and partnership--academically, culturally, and professionally.
How would you co-create your optimal MBA experience at CBS? Please be specific. (250 words) (Common for both January and August entering class)
We believe Columbia Business School is a special place with a collaborative learning environment in which students feel a sense of belonging, agency, and partnership--academically, culturally, and professionally.
How would you co-create your optimal MBA experience at CBS? Please be specific. (250 words) (Common for both January and August entering class)
Post-MBA Goal (Short-term): Senior Associate (Leadership responsibilities)
Build strategic decision-making, communication, and marketing skills to improve the service offering of the PE firm
Post-MBA Goal (Long-term): Scale the PE firm
Knowledge Gap: Leadership to transform the culture and build new allies in North America
Career Pathways: Leadership, Strategy, Private Equity
Post-MBA Goal (Short-term): Accounting with diverse M&A and Due Diligence experience to IMPACT investing
Post-MBA Goal (Long-term): Start a fund with two focus areas - clean energy, and education
Knowledge Gap: IMPACT investing, Climate, and Venture capital
Career Pathways: Venture Capital, Climate
Post-MBA Goal (Short-term): Product Management to Strategy (FinTech in Consumer Finance)
Post-MBA Goal (Long-term/Dream Job): Start a Consulting Company specializing in Consumer Finance solutions
Problem (Narrative): For this Sample MBA Essay, I had to focus on the healthcare niches in the Columbia MBA curriculum and connect with the applicant’s exposure and experiences.
Knowledge Gap: Strategy, Entrepreneurial Leadership and Consulting
Post-MBA Goal (Short-term): Valuation Analyst to Consulting
Post-MBA Goal (Long-term): Start a boutique Consulting firm specializing in the Healthcare industry
Problem (Narrative): For this Sample MBA Essay, I had to focus on the healthcare niches in the Columbia MBA curriculum and connect with the applicant’s exposure and experiences.
Knowledge Gap: Healthcare Strategy, Entrepreneurial leadership and Consulting
Career Pathways: Healthcare, Entrepreneurship
Post-MBA Goal (Short-term): Enterprise to Consumer Marketing
Post-MBA Goal (Long-term): Marketing leadership role (CMO/VP) in the non-profit sector