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Columbia MBA Essay Tips (2025-26)

Jun. 5th, 2025 | by: Cassandra Pittman

The Columbia MBA essays ask you to explore your career goals, your leadership style, and your commitment to the CBS community. As a CBS alum, a former Adcom and now admissions coach, I love seeing how candidates use these essays to showcase not just what they’ve done, but who they are and how they’ll show […]

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INSEAD MBA Essays: Strategy and Tips for Conquering All the Prompts

Jul. 8th, 2024 | by: Cassandra Pittman

With six questions ringing in at nearly a collective 2,000 words, the INSEAD MBA application essays are among the longest of any top-tier school’s application. And that’s not including the optional career essay and the “anything else?” question. This can seem daunting when you’re first starting out and staring at a blank screen. But what […]

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