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AI & Admissions: How Authenticity Trumps Perfection In MBA Essays (NEWS)

By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: March 4, 2024

AI And Admissions: Why Authenticity Trumps Perfection In MBA Essays With the rise of AI tools such as ChatGPT, authenticity is more important than ever in MBA admissions. Dr. Marlena Corcoran, founder of Athena Mentor and contributor at Forbes, recently discussed the importance of authenticity and why a “perfect” application essay can actually hurt your…

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Personal MBA Coach’s Chicago Booth Essay Tips (NEWS)

By: Personal MBA Coach | Last Updated: December 18, 2023

https://vimeo.com/896006707 Applying to Chicago Booth? Don't miss Personal MBA Coach's expert advice on how to tackle each of Chicago Booth's essay questions!

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Columbia Business School Essay Questions And Strategic Guidance, 2023-2024 (NEWS)

By: dgutierrez | Last Updated: December 14, 2023

Columbia Business School (CBS) asks three essay questions as part of its application process. Through your essay responses, the school hopes to better understand your experiences and career goals, as well as your rationale for wanting to pursue your MBA at CBS specifically. We at Gatehouse appreciate the program’s range of essay topics because it allows applicants…

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MIT Sloan School Of Management Essay Questions And Strategic Guidance, 2023-2024 (NEWS)

By: Gatehouse Admissions | Last Updated: December 14, 2023

MIT Sloan seeks individuals with confidence but not arrogance. The atmosphere on campus is considered “scrappy” and humble, never stuffy or competitive. The school wants people who are eager to learn and willing to help others do so as well. Sloan also prioritizes innovation, showing a preference for applicants who go against the grain, develop…

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Harvard Business School Essay Questions And Strategic Guidance, 2023-2024 (NEWS)

By: Gatehouse Admissions | Last Updated: December 14, 2023

Harvard Business School (HBS) announced its essay question for the 2023–2024 application season today. The good news is that this essay prompt is not new; in fact, HBS has used this exact question every year except one since the 2012–2013 application season, with the only notable change being the addition of an official word limit…

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Northwestern Kellogg School Of Management Essay Questions And Strategic Guidance, 2023-2024 (NEWS)

By: Gatehouse Admissions | Last Updated: December 14, 2023

MBA students at Northwestern Kellogg often mention the strength of the community, with classmates dedicating themselves fully to both their own professional development and that of their peers. Kellogg is committed to producing capable leaders who are as thoughtful and driven as they are empathetic and inclusive. According to Kellogg’s website, the school seeks candidates…

Tips For Your Chicago Booth Application Essay (NEWS)

By: Stratus Admissions Counseling | Last Updated: December 14, 2023

Chicago Booth, while well-known for its quantitative approach and highly flexible curriculum, continues to use the application process to identify strong qualitative thinkers who offer a broad diversity of experiences that will bring variety to class discussions and add complexity to the team dynamics the school emphasizes. Indeed, through this attempt to “play against type”…

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A Successful Stanford GSB Essay Example (NEWS)

By: Jeremy Shinewald, Founder of mbaMission | Last Updated: December 14, 2023

“What matters most to you, and why?” This is a huge question and one that requires a great deal of thought before answering. How do you approach this essay prompt that the (GSB) poses in its application? To help you, we have recorded a video offering guidance on this topic! Be sure to subscribe to mbaMission’s YouTube channel for…

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Stanford GSB Essay Questions And Strategic Guidance, 2023-2024 (NEWS)

By: Gatehouse Admissions | Last Updated: December 12, 2023

The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) holds the title of being the world’s most discriminating MBA program. With an acceptance rate that hovers around 7%, the business school has the enviable position of curating a class of amazing stars. Yet, there is an unenviable side to this as well:  so many of the GSB’s…

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Four Tips For Displaying Teamwork In Your Application Essays (NEWS)

By: Accepted | Last Updated: April 9, 2025

Teamwork and its close cousin leadership are highly prized by graduate programs and universities. But if you haven’t worked in teams on any regular basis, don’t worry! You’ve probably got a number of examples of teamwork in your back pocket that you didn’t even realize were there. Consider the following four ideas when you are writing an…

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Tips For Your Wharton Application Essays (NEWS)

By: Sophie Hilaire, Stratus Admissions | Last Updated: December 12, 2023

  For its application essays, Wharton doubles down and asks two questions that require you to present your knowledge of its program. In short, Wharton really wants to know that you want to be at the school. So, thoroughly do your homework before you start writing—talk to students and alumni and attend online or (if…

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Personal MBA Coach: CBS Full-Time MBA Essay Tips (NEWS)

By: Scott Edinburgh, Personal MBA Coach | Last Updated: September 19, 2023

https://player.vimeo.com/video/866055472 Planning to apply to CBS? Do not miss this quick tips video in which Personal MBA Coach Founder, Scott Edinburgh, gives advice on how to develop winning CBS essays.

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HBS Full-Time MBA Essay Tips (NEWS)

By: Scott Edinburgh, Personal MBA Coach | Last Updated: September 11, 2023

Dreaming of getting into HBS? Watch this quick tips video with Scott Edinburgh, Personal MBA Coach Founder, to find out how to approach the open-ended HBS MBA application essay question!  

Georgetown Opens 2023-2024 MBA Applications With 3 New Essay Prompts (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: August 29, 2023

Fall is upon us, and with it, MBA application season. The latest leading U.S. business school to open their 2023-2024 app season is Georgetown McDonough School of Business, which announced significant changes to its process this year, including three new essay prompts. Accepting applications to its full-time MBA, Flex MBA, and Flex MBA Online program…

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Stanford GSB: How To Write A Compelling Essay (NEWS)

By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: September 7, 2023

Stanford Graduate School of Business is one of the hardest B-schools to gain admission into with an acceptance rate of just 6%. Stacy Blackman, founder of Stacy Blackman Consulting, recently offered insight into what exactly the B-school looks for in applicants and why the essay plays an important role in your admissions decision. TELL YOUR…

Harvard, Stanford & Wharton: Three MBA Essays That Got Candidates Admitted (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 31, 2023

If you're applying to an elite MBA program, the odds are already stacked against you, even when you have the stats to get admitted. Consider this: Last year, Stanford, Harvard, and Wharton--the holy trinity of the world's most elite MBA programs--together received nearly ten applicants for every available seat. That's 20,735 MBA applications for little…

Should Chat-GPT Write My MBA Application Essays? (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 28, 2023

https://youtu.be/TkJkcHJFjcU Join Poets&Quants editor-in-chief John A. Byrne along with two veteran admissions consultants Alex Min and Seth Gilmore from The MBA Exchange. In This Webinar, you will learn, whether Chat-GPT should be used for MBA application essays, what top business schools (really) look for, and why a methodological approach to MBA applications works

Ace Your Stanford GSB, HBS, and Wharton Application Essays With Fortuna (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: May 2, 2024

Looking for inspiration for Harvard’s open-ended essay? Need insights to tell Stanford what matters most to you? Want guidance for your meaningful contribution at Wharton? Join Poets&Quants and the experts from Fortuna Admissions for an exclusive webinar on how to hone your H/S/W MBA admissions essays to a brilliant sheen.

Top HBS Essay Questions Answered

Top HBS Essay Questions Answered (NEWS)

By: Jennifer Jackson, Stratus Admissions Counseling | Last Updated: September 1, 2023

For many years, HBS has asked applicants to its MBA program to answer only one essay question: 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? (900 words) For such a simple question, it certainly produces a lot of…

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Top Tips To Tackle the Berkeley Haas Video And Goals Essay (NEWS)

By: Sharon Joyce, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: September 12, 2024

The University of California -Berkeley Haas School of Business has added a video essay as one of the required MBA application components for 2023–24. The video essay asks about leadership, so Haas has also revised its Essay #2, formerly on that topic. They also simplified its recommendation letter by moving to the common format. We’ve …

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Tips For Conquering The New Columbia Business School Essay (NEWS)

By: Karen Hamou, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: September 1, 2023

Columbia Business School has released its 2023–2024 application and has replaced one of its essay topics — or, rather, reverted back to one in use a few years ago.  CBS is once again asking applicants to describe a time when they were challenged around one of five skills essential to becoming an inclusive and ethical…

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Ace Your MBA Video Essays in Three Easy Steps (NEWS)

By: Cassandra Pittman, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: January 28, 2025

By now, most of us are Zoom masters, well-practiced at talking into our computer screens. But if you think that your Zoom experience makes MBA video essays — now a common component in many top-tier business school applications — an easy win, think again. Delivering your message feels much harder when there is a clock…

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Should You Use AI To Draft Your MBA Admissions Essays? (NEWS)

By: Caroline Diarte Edwards, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: September 1, 2023

By now, you have read and heard all about ChatGPT and fast-emerging successors. You may have experimented a bit to see what these AI-driven natural text processors. If so, you’ve probably been amazed at the quality of the content they churn out in a matter of minutes. You’re thinking about what tasks it can take…

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How ChatGPT Answers MBA Essay Questions (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: March 23, 2023

Curious about all the hoopla over ChatGPT, the admissions director for Emory University's Goizueta Business School fed the artificial intelligence chatbot the school's MBA essay prompts. What came out, within seconds, surprised Admissions Director Melissa Rapp. "It can pump out a pretty good essay," she marvels. "But it's not necessarily personalized and feels a bit…

Video MBA Essays And Social Media (NEWS)

By: Alex Min, The MBA Exchange | Last Updated: September 11, 2023

  Video Essays As Part of MBA Applications Some business schools – such as MIT Sloan, Kellogg, INSEAD, and Yale – include video essays as a component of their MBA applications. Broadly speaking, there are two types of video essays: 1) Real-time answers to impromptu questions 2) Pre-recorded answers to published questions Admissions committees (“adcoms”)…

MBA Essays That Worked At Harvard & Stanford (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: August 11, 2023

What does a successful MBA essay look like at Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business? The answers will vary greatly from applicant to applicant, just as the essay prompts for these two schools differ dramatically. Harvard asks applicants the following: As we review your application, what more would you like us to…

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How To Write A Powerful MBA Essay (NEWS)

By: Sharon Joyce, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: January 28, 2025

Your business school essays are about bringing your story to life and providing context to your application by connecting the dots. You’ll want to capture an admissions reviewer’s attention with your story and authenticity, persuading them to learn more by inviting you to interview. To get there, your essays should convey a strong sense of…