IESE’s application includes one required essay, one optional essay, and video essays. IESE Business School, based in Barcelona with campuses in campuses in Madrid, Munich, New York and Sao Paulo, is forward-focused and career advancement-driven. Likewise, the IESE MBA application aims to understand your career development and growth, your career aspirations and how the MBA […]
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The 2024-2025 application cycle brings some significant changes to the University of Michigan Ross MBA essay prompts. Gone are the concise 100-word replies to open-ended prompts such as “I was aware that I was different when….” The new Michigan Ross essays offer more generous word counts and are seemingly more focused on eliciting a demonstrated
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Articulating your career vision is one of the most critical elements of your entire business school application. A strong career vision not only helps you stand out in the MBA application process, but it’s also essential for your admissions interviews. It will also help you hit the ground running when you actually begin your MBA,
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In a new essay prompt introduced in its 2024-25 application, the University of Texas McCombs School of Business declares that it “does things a little differently.” Indeed, McCombs has shifted its application format in recent years, first introducing videos, and then replacing its required essay with a cover letter. This year, the essays are back.
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The University of Texas McCombs School of Business does not issue invitations for selected candidates to interview with alumni or the admissions team. Rather, the school requires each student to complete McCombs video assessment questions after their application is submitted. McCombs introduced the video interview as a more accessible, personal alternative to traditional essays and
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The application for the MBA program at University of Cambridge Judge Business School is essay-intensive. Judge requires your thoughtful response to no less than four required questions. In addition to a 500-word career objective, the school asks applicants to respond to three essay prompts. The three Cambridge Judge essays are limited to 200 words, providing
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Kellogg MBA essays have been released for the 2024–25 application cycle, with a new prompt for Essay 1 and revised language for Essay 2.As in the past, the Kellogg essays explore applicants’ approach to leadership and their value system. Based on my years of experience evaluating and selecting candidates for Northwestern’s full-time MBA program, I’ve put together
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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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To craft the best career vision for the MBA, you must present a coherent narrative that persuasively links your personal reasons for pursuing an MBA with your past experiences as well as your short- and long-term goals. As you explore and develop your career vision (see part 1 in this series, How to Create a
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IE’s International MBA application asks you to “express yourself” in a single personal essay. IE states that this essay is a way for them to understand who you are, not just as a student but also as a person, and to help them grasp the value that you could add to their program. The assignment
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