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MBA Essay Tips That Get You In – Straight Talk From A Former Adcom Insider (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 19, 2025

Not sure how to make your MBA essays stand out? In this candid and tactical conversation, Poets&Quants’ John Byrne sits down with Fortuna Admissions Director Emma Bond to unpack exactly what it takes to write standout essays that resonate with the admissions committee. Emma - former Senior Admissions Manager at London Business School and a…

INSEAD Revamps Its MBA Application Essays (NEWS)

By: Caroline Diarte Edwards, Former Director of Admissions, INSEAD & Co-Founder at Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: March 14, 2025

INSEAD has just introduced its most substantial refresh of the MBA application essays in years. The structure has shifted, the wording has evolved, and the underlying expectations are more clearly articulated. As someone who spent years in the Admissions Director’s seat, I see this evolution as a thoughtful recalibration - one that streamlines the process,…

How To Write Stellar Wharton MBA Essays (NEWS)

By: Admissions Gateway | Last Updated: February 6, 2025

The Wharton School is famously known for its highly collaborative culture, where while you push your intellectual boundaries in the rigorous academic environment, you also stand your ground and support your peers to reach the same heights. So, if you’re someone who thrives in an environment that prioritizes collaboration over competition, then this is the…

How To Write Stellar Booth MBA Essays (NEWS)

By: Admissions Gateway | Last Updated: February 6, 2025

Chicago Booth is one of the M7 business schools, quite famously known for its flexible curriculum. The curriculum is customizable to the point that there’s only one compulsory class that’s called LEAD: Leadership Effectiveness and Development course. Apart from this, you bid for classes and customize your curriculum as you go along with the MBA. …

How To Write Stellar Columbia MBA Essays (NEWS)

By: Admissions Gateway | Last Updated: February 6, 2025

The CBS MBA application includes two short-answer questions and three essays. The essays and short answers form a crucial part of the application, helping the admissions committee gain a deeper understanding of who you are – your professional experience, future aspirations, unique personality, motivations, and fit with CBS/program. Preliminary Steps Before Drafting Essays and Short…

How To Tackle The Stanford GSB Essays (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: December 17, 2024

https://youtu.be/oJinBVyfEN0 Join John A. Byrne of Poets&Quants and Fortuna’s Maren Savage, former Stanford GSB admissions file reader, for invaluable advice on tackling the Stanford GSB application. Learn how to craft compelling essays, including the iconic "What Matters Most and Why," navigate the admissions process, and showcase your authentic story. For further advice from Fortuna Admissions,…

The ‘Do This, Not That’ MBA Essay Checklist (NEWS)

By: Atish Chattopadhyay and Suraj Commuri | Last Updated: November 27, 2024

You have heard the rules: Be authentic, tell a story, distinguish yourself. But no amount of engineering an essay can work without the fundamental elements — understanding the prompt and understanding what your reader is expecting in response. Here is your definitive “do-this-not-that” checklist for the MBA essay. 1. Understand the Prompt — Don't Just…

AI Detection Tools On MBA Essays: False Positives? Fakes? (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: September 4, 2024

Blame Adam Markus. The veteran MBA admissions consultant urged us to look into the accuracy of AI detection systems being used on MBA application essays. He had a good reason for his request. "It is my guess based on anecdotal evidence that Grammarly and other such tools might be generating a lot of false positive…

Personal MBA Coach’s Tips For “Choice” Essays (NEWS)

By: Scott Edinburgh, Personal MBA Coach | Last Updated: September 11, 2024

Analyzing essay questions, including speaking with admissions directors to get an inside perspective on what they are looking for from their essays, is a crucial process for Personal MBA Coach and informs the detailed essay guides we develop for our clients. Over the past few years, this process has become increasingly challenging as top business…

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The ‘Introduce Yourself’ MBA Essay (NEWS)

By: Judith Silverman Hodara, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: August 27, 2024

With round one MBA deadlines just around the corner, thousands of applicants again face crunch time with a common but perplexingly broad application requirement: the introduce yourself essay. Some schools use the introduce yourself essay simply and directly. MIT Sloan asks you to respond to introduce yourself in video format — with one minute to…

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Top Tips To Nail The New Harvard MBA Essays (NEWS)

By: Stacy Blackman Of Stacy Blackman Consulting (SBC) | Last Updated: August 13, 2024

For the first time in over a decade, Harvard Business School updated its application essay requirement for the Class of 2027. Given its pinnacle position as the world's most coveted MBA program, the change naturally generated tremendous buzz in admissions circles. SBC consultant Yvette recently joined co-host Chandler Arnold to offer her expert insights on…

MIT Sloan School Of Management Essay Tips And Examples (NEWS)

By: Jeremy Shinewald, mbaMission | Last Updated: January 28, 2025

Rather than framing its required application essay as a traditional “essay,” the MIT Sloan School of Management instead requests that applicants submit a “cover letter,” including even the standard formal correspondence elements of an address and opening salutation. Writing cover letters will undoubtedly be a large part of students’ career development efforts at Sloan, after…

Harvard Business School’s NEW 2024-2025 MBA Application Essays (NEWS)

By: Liza Weale, Gatehouse Admissions | Last Updated: July 9, 2024

After over a decade of using the same application essay prompt, Harvard Business School has just announced brand new essay prompts for its 2024-2025 MBA application! In this video, Gatehouse Admissions Founder Liza Weale gives her tips for writing your very best HBS essays.

Harvard Business School Essay Tips And Examples (NEWS)

By: Jeremy Shinewald, mbaMission | Last Updated: January 28, 2025

Harvard Business School (HBS) has introduced brand new essay prompts for the 2024–2025 application season. In doing so, it has stepped away from the single open-ended essay question it has consistently posed since 2016 in favor of three questions that are far more direct. The previous prompt—which could be summarized as “What else would you…

NYU Stern Prof Calls Harvard’s New MBA Essays ‘Ridiculously Vague’ (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 9, 2024

Harvard Business School’s new essay prompts have come into a fair bit of criticism since their release two weeks ago. MBA admission consultants have judged the changes "regressive," "formulaic," and "Frankenstein-like." One leading consultant, who works closely with many HBS applicants, believes the school has "lost gravitas" because the consultant believes the essays do not require…

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‘Tricky.’ ‘Regressive.’ ‘On Brand.’ ‘Frankenstein-like.’ MBA Consultants On Harvard Business School’s New Essays (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 10, 2024

Tricky. Regressive. On brand. Formulaic. Very traditional. Those are just some of the words MBA admission consultants are using to describe this week's updated Harvard Business School application for MBA candidates. After joining HBS as the new admissions chief nine months ago, Rupal Gadhia shook things up by abandoning the one required essay of nearly…

Stanford GSB Application Essays Advice (NEWS)

By: Greg Yang | Last Updated: June 28, 2024

Stanford GSB Application Essays Advice With a 1,000-total word count, the application essays for the Stanford Graduate School of Business are among the longest for business schools. Stanford GSB’s essays offer applicants an opportunity to paint a complete picture of their candidacy beyond grades and test scores. Melisa Prevost, an admissions consultant at Stratus Admissions…

P&Q’s Must Reads: Harvard Business School’s New MBA Essays For Applicants (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: December 17, 2024

Hello everyone — Welcome back to Poets&Quants’ Must Reads, a quick, digestible recap of the top business school news, sponsored by CentreCourt, P&Q's virtual admission events. I’m your host, Kristy Bleizeffer, and I’ll be highlighting the most important P&Q stories you might have missed. So, let’s get to it. No. 1: Harvard Business School’s New…

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What Harvard Business School Really Wants: How To Ace The HBS Essay (NEWS)

By: Karla Cohen, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: August 21, 2024

In the biggest change from Harvard Business School admissions in a decade, in late June the school released new essay questions for the 2024–25 MBA application. Gone is the longstanding wide-open prompt with a generous limit of 900 words. Applicants are now asked to respond to a series of three much shorter essays. As a Fortuna Admissions…

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Revealed: Harvard Business School’s New MBA Essays For Applicants (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 25, 2024

With just 10 weeks before its first application deadline on Sept. 4th, Harvard Business School today (June 25) revealed a newly revised application for MBA candidates, including a new set of three short essays along with a refresh on how it will evaluate applicants for future classes. The new prompts? Business-Minded Essay: Please reflect on…

Wharton Launches New AI for Business MBA Major + Undergrad Concentration

Wharton, NYU Stern & Michigan Ross Release MBA Application Deadlines and Essays (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: June 13, 2024

Application deadlines are coming out fast and furious. Harvard Business School posted their deadlines for the Class of 2027 last week. Before that, you’ll find admissions timelines for Columbia Business School, Yale SOM, INSEAD, UC-Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, and many more. Today, more big names unveiled their application deadlines for the 2024-2025 application cycle: Wharton,…

Harvard Business School Will Now Update Its MBA Essay (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: June 7, 2024

A full month later than its normal release of application deadlines, Harvard Business School today (June 5) posted its cutoff dates for MBA applicants to the Class of 2027. The application opens Tuesday, June 25. Though a change in essays had been expected and sources confirmed that a proposed change went before the dean, Harvard…

How To Structure Your MBA Essays (NEWS)

By: Stacy Blackman Of Stacy Blackman Consulting | Last Updated: May 31, 2024

A lot of people think they are not great storytellers. It’s true that some of us come by it more naturally than others. But with the proper structure and mindset, anybody can become a great storyteller. That’s why we’re diving deep into how to structure your MBA essays to tell your unique story. Remember, the…

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Why Everyone Should Answer Stanford GSB’s Iconic Essay (NEWS)

By: Matt Symonds, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: January 28, 2025

Stanford GSB’s iconic (some call it notorious) admissions essay endures. For about 20 years now, the school continues to ask: What matters most to you, and why? This elegant question epitomizes the sweet spot of ‘simple but not easy.’ It exacts the kind of profound self-awareness and fearless authenticity that can tie the most excellence-driven…

In Poll, Most MBA Candidates Say They Want To Use AI To Craft Essays, But They’re Wary Of The Tech (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: May 8, 2024

Warren Buffett is not a fan of AI — yet. The 93-year-old founder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway told the company's shareholders at their annual meeting May 4 that “we let a genie out of the bottle when we developed nuclear weapons” and “AI is somewhat similar — it’s partway out of the bottle.” Though…

So How Did ChatGPT Fare In MBA Essays? (NEWS)

By: Petia Whitmore | Last Updated: May 8, 2024

When ChatGPT first exploded into the scene, some MBA candidates considered it a gold mine. “No more paying $400/hr for a consultant!” Did that promise come to fruition? The MBA admissions consulting industry’s first response was pretty lame. No one should be surprised that if you simply ask ChatGPT to write a Harvard MBA essay,…

HBS Deferred MBA: Top Tips For The 2+2 Essays (NEWS)

By: Judith Silverman Hodara, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: March 21, 2024

Application season for deferred entry programs is heating up, with deadlines coming up in April. Early admission, deferred entry programs like the HBS 2+2 program are a terrific opportunity if you know that you are destined for business and want an early start on acquiring the solid skills of an MBA. Business-bound college and master’s…

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