First Draft

The good news is that the school has limited the maximum word limit to 900 words. That is close to 2 pages. Most of the time, when I brainstorm with clients on editing their essays, so many sections are so sacred that suggestions to remove them are met with resistance. I know that feeling. When you write freely, there are lines, phrases, or paragraphs that are so beautiful that you feel that they would help you stand out.

When the average age of Entrepreneurs is 42 in the US, you know that a popular myth of the early 20s hood-wearing tech Entrepreneur is a narrative that works in Silicon Valley for the 1% who make it. For the rest of the 99% hood-wearing ramen noodles eating drifters, the 6-month ‘attempt’ at Entrepreneurship is soon followed by taking the routine 9-9 job. Business School’s expectation of entrepreneurial thinking is different from how a traditional Entrepreneur thinks.

The Executive in Residence program at Columbia Business School is a rare opportunity for students to gain one on one guidance from industry veterans and practitioners.

Another specific element of the Columbia MBA program that the school has hinted at highlighting in the fit essay is the learning clusters. Each person joining the MBA program is assigned to 65-70 people clusters that are further divided into 5-6 learning teams.