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Mentoring Junior Accountant (296 Words): Tuck MBA Sense of Inclusion Essay

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Tuck MBA Essay: Describe a time you meaningfully contributed to someone else’s sense of inclusion in your professional or personal community. (300 words) 

Background Information: The applicant proactively offered guidance and mentorship to a junior analyst who was struggling to interpret contracts in an M&A deal

Theme: Inclusion, Mentorship

Theme (Explained): Mentorship to make a peer or a subordinate feel included is the best way to demonstrate your sensitivity to the person’s struggles. 

Profile: Investment Banker

Industry: Finance 

MBA Essay Strategy: A variation of this example is the most widely used narrative when applicants talk about inclusion.
If you have only such an example to cite, make sure that you build up the story with the right background information. 

For the example of an M&A due diligence process, the applicant is working with consultants, IB associates, lawyers, and accounting persons both from the client and the internal team.

Deadline and what was at stake should be clearly narrated before your intervention is mentioned. When the supervisor sought the team’s opinion on replacing the accountant, she objected and led the mentorship.

Opener: The opening line builds up the scale of the deal by citing the multiple stakeholders present for the due diligence.

Sample Tuck Meaningfully contributed to someone else’s sense of inclusion in your professional or personal community (Mentoring a Junior Teammate in a Once in a Lifetime Deal) (296 Words)

While working for the <X> M&A deal, I worked with consultants, investment banking associates, lawyers, and accounting persons for both the client and our internal team. Among the 15, a junior colleague stood out for his earnestness.

Although our culture was collaborative, the high transactional value of the deal forced everyone to work in silos, engaging with others only when clarification was required. This put tremendous pressure on the Junior Analyst, ..


Read the Complete Essay on how the Applicant helped the Junior Analyst 

 

Tuck MBA Essay Guide

 

Essay 1 (required):  Your professional goals are described elsewhere in your application. What led you to those goals and to your understanding of where you need to grow? Why is Tuck the right environment to support that growth and help you achieve your ambitions?    

Essay 2 (required): People are often shaped by experiences that are not fully reflected in their resume. Tell us about an important aspect of who you are that has shaped you as a person. How will your perspective enrich the Tuck community?    

Essay 3 (required): Describe a time when supporting another person was not easy or straightforward. What made it difficult, how did you respond, and what did you learn?    

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