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Sample MBA Essays and School Specific Tips

Sample INSEAD MBA Essay: Extra-Curricular (272 Words) (Hiking and Vlogging)

INSEAD MBA Essay 3: Describe all types of extra-professional activities in which you have been or are still involved for a significant amount of time (clubs, sports, music, arts, politics, etc). How are you enriched by these activities? (approximately 300 words) *

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How to Answer the Chicago Booth Interests, Leadership and other passion question?

Essay 2# Chicago Booth immerses you in a choice-rich environment. How have your interests, leadership experiences, and other passions influenced the choices in your life? (250-word minimum)?

1) Start with the Family

We underestimate the role our parents, elder sibling(s) or the father figure played in the development of our leadership skills, attitude, and the choices we made in our life.

Sample Why Stanford MBA Essay: Career Switching (Private Equity to Operations)

Some motivations to switching from one job function to another could happen in the midst of a high-stakes project.

For this Sample Essay, we use a profile of a Private Equity Analyst who found her interest in operations while wandering into a Coffee shop.

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How to answer the impactful experience and contribute to Wharton Community Essay?

Wharton MBA Essay 2: Describe an impactful experience or accomplishment that is not reflected elsewhere in your application. How will you use what you learned through that experience to contribute to the Wharton community? (400 words)

The first line of the question is a hint on what you should highlight in Essay 2.

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Sample ISB PGP Essay: Learning Experience and Contribution (400 Words)

The first example is from a Technologist who looks at problems uniquely. This ability to see details others are missing led him to roles that require considerable planning.

Leadership became a natural extension of this skill.

For the in-class and out-of-class learning experience, the applicant’s curiosity and leadership are captured as the foundation on which all his accomplishments began.

Sample LBS MBA Essay: Post-MBA Goals (Hospitality to Consulting)

The first paragraph captures the trend in the hospitality industry that has kept them behind by over two decades. The candidate then describes the numerous strategies the team has adopted to improve the value offered to the guests, from monitoring the spending pattern to notifying the various department on the guest presence, in such a way that the responsibility is clearly defined.

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