[問題]2007MBA Essay 總整理

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Purdue University Krannert School

A.Discuss your long- and short-term career goals, how these goals developed, and what you hope to gain from graduate study at Krannert. Limit your response to no more than 500 words.

B.The Krannert community is comprised of a diverse student body. Describe an aspect of your personality, things you have learned, skills you have acquired, or life experiences you've had that could benefit potential classmates and will help you contribute to Krannert’s diversity. Limit your response to no more than 500 words.

C.In 100 words or less, describe a character-building event or situation in which your involvement made a significant difference.

Ohio State University (Fisher)

A.Shaping Your Vision Every year Fisher College's MBA program admits a select group of talented young professionals with demonstrated potential to become successful business leaders in an increasingly competitive, global environment. Briefly summarize your professional accomplishments to date. Why do you want to earn an MBA degree in general and a Fisher College MBA specifically? Include your goals post-MBA and your plan for achieving them. (maximum 750 words)

B.Focusing on Leadership Another of Fisher College's strengths is its dedication to developing leaders. Below are 10 attributes that characterize great leaders. Please select the two criteria that best describe you, your leadership style or your leadership successes to date and provide us with concrete evidence of your accomplishments. You may submit physical objects, images, photographs or photocopies, along with brief descriptions of how the objects exemplify the leadership qualities (example: to illustrate endurance, you might share a copy of a marathon medal along with a paragraph describing your marathon experience) or you may choose to write an essay for each of the two characteristics you select, describing situations in which you exemplified these leadership traits.
Please note: The Fisher College will not be responsible for returning physical objects to applicants.
•Integrity
•Empathy
•Curiosity
•Endurance
•Creativity
•Global awareness
•Passion
•Vision
•Self-awareness
•Communication and interpersonal skills

C.Discovering You As a Fisher College MBA student you get the best of both worlds: the up close and personal feel of a small program combined with the resources and opportunities offered by a major research university. You as an individual participant will play a key role in shaping our culture. For this reason, we would like to learn more about who you are and what unique characteristics you will contribute to the Fisher College community. Provide an honest description of yourself outside your professional context, stressing the personal characteristics you sense to be your strengths and weaknesses and the factors that have most influenced your development to date.((maximum 750 words)

Michigan State University-Broad

A.Given your chosen primary area of concentration, please describe in detail 2 to 3 careers (or jobs) you may explore and/or pursue upon completion of your graduate management education at the Broad School. Please include how your past experiences and your Broad MBA concentration fits into this plan. This essay should be no more than 750 words.

B.A diverse environment is key characteristic of the Broad MBA academic experience. What special contributions or qualities do you feel you would bring to the program? Please describe in no more than 750 words.
A central them of the MBA program at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management is "hands-on leadership. We expect our students to be future leaders and to begin using their leadership skills while in the program. Please describe what this means to you as a potential student at the Broad School. Limit your response to 750 words or less.

C.Essay Question C (Optional for all applicants)
What other information do you believe is important in the assessment of your candidacy to our MBA program? 400 words or less, please.

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Washington University in St. Louis- Olin
Essay 1
Why are you seeking an MBA and, in particular, an MBA from the Olin School of Business? How will the Olin MBA support both your short-term and long-term professional objectives? (500 word maximum)

Essay 2
Please respond to exactly one of the following essay topics (500 word maximum)
a. Describe your most significant professional accomplishment and why you view it as such?
b. How will you contribute to the diversity of the Olin community?
c. How do you define successful leadership?

Optional
Please provide any additional information about your application that you believe would be helpful to the Admissions Committee. (300 word maximum)


UCSD

Essay 1
Please give an example of a situation when your thinking differed from that of your colleagues or superiors. (500 word maximum)

Essay 2
Please give an example of a time when you added demonstrable benefit to an organization, or to a project you were involved in, by generating a new idea or a creative solution to a problem. (500 word maximum)

Essay 3
What are your intermediate and long-term professional goals? (250 words maximum)

Optional 1
Please provide any information on economic, family or personal circumstances that you believe would help us in understanding the scope of your achievements. (250 words maximum)

Optional 2
Please feel free to provide any additional information you would like us to consider in evaluating your application. If you believe this application already represents you well, do not feel you need to respond to this question. (250 word maximum)


UCI

Essay 1
Upon completion of your MBA, what are your short-term and long-term career goals (be as specific as possible)? What are the compelling characteristics about UCI's MBA program that are relevant to your future goals? (maximum 1 page, double spaced)

Essay 2
Based on your professional achievements, what could you contribute to the MBA community at UC Irvine? What dimensions of your professional experience do you believe will add value to the MBA community at UC Irvine?

Essay 3
Describe a time, preferably work-related, where you exercised your leadership/managerial skills to overcome an obstacle or creatively solve a situation, and as a result, achieved a successful outcome.

Optional
Is there any other information that you believe would be helpful to the Admissions Committee in considering your application? (maximum 2 pages, double spaced)


Georgetown University-McDonough
Essay 1
Please identify the most noteworthy thing you have done in connection with one of the activities listed above and how it has affected your life. (one page or less)

Essay 2
What is the most significant change or improvement you have made to an organization with which you have recently been or are currently affiliated? Describe the process that you went through to identify the need for change or improvement to the organization, how you managed the process of implementing this change, and describe the results. (two pages or less)

Essay 3
In one or two sentences, please state your short-term (immediately after graduation from the MBA program) and long-term career objective(s).
How have your prior academic, personal, and professional experiences influenced your career plans?
Specifically, how will MBA studies and your participation in the Georgetown MBA Program contribute to your career objectives? (two pages or less)

Optional
The Admissions Committee welcomes any additional relevant information you wish to include in support of your application. If necessary, please comment on your academic record as an indication of your potential for graduate management education and/or any unexplained gaps in your work history. If you are currently not employed full-time, please comment and provide information about your current activities. (one page or less)


Rice University
Essay 1
Discuss your post-MBA career goals and how your work experience has influenced these goals. Include in your discussion: “Why an MBA at this time?” and the industry or functional area you plan to pursue at the completion of your MBA. (2 pages)

Essay 2
Describe a team experience where your leadership and interpersonal skills directly affected the outcome of the project. How will this experience impact your contribution as a team member at the Jones School? (2 pages)

Optional
Is there anything else that you would like the Admissions Committee to know about you? (1 page)


Boston College- Carroll
Essay 1
Define long term success in your specific area of interest. How have your previous experiences prepared you for this professional career? What areas of specialization within the Carroll School of Management do you believe will be most valuable in achieving your goals? What specific short-term career objectives have you set to assist you in achieving your long-term career plans? (2 pages)

Essay 2
Why have you selected the MBA or MSF program in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College? (1 page)

Optional
Please provide any additional information that will highlight unique aspects of your candidacy to the Admissions Committee. The Committee welcomes additional comments you may wish to provide in support of your application.


George Washington University (DC)
Essay 1
Discuss your professional objectives, both long- and short-term. Indicate how your past experiences have contributed to the definition of these objectives. Why do you want to pursue an MBA at this point in your career. (Limit 500 words.)

Essay 2
As a manager, you are likely to work with a team in order to accomplish a particular task. Team work is the cornerstone of the GW Full-Time MBA. Describe what your role would be within a group setting, and describe the qualities and characteristics of your ideal teammates. (Limit 250 words.)

Essay 3
Describe your "perfect" post-MBA job. (Limit 250 words.)

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University of Washington (Seattle)
1.Applicants with a plan for the future and a good grasp of what is expected of them as MBA students are the most likely to succeed as MBA graduates. We know plans change and that people often pursue an MBA to create new career options. That said, we ask that you give us a clear statement of your current career plans. Your essay should answer all the following questions: What do you expect to do immediately after completing the MBA program? What steps have you taken to assess the viability of your post-MBA goals given your experience to date combined with your intended MBA study plans? What do you anticipate will be the primary challenges to achieving your career goals? What is your lifetime career goal? What unique aspects of the University of Washington MBA Program would contribute the most to achieving your short term and long term goals? (max 750 words)
2.We consider a high level of involvement in student organizations, networking and career efforts to be a hallmark of the University of Washington MBA experience. Please describe your anticipated level of involvement as an MBA student beyond the MBA course requirements. In what specific organizations or activities will you participate? Where do you expect to make the greatest contribution to the overall MBA experience at the University of Washington? What aspects of your past or current life provide insights into your ability and willingness to consistently deliver more than the minimum effort required?(max 500 words)
3. Answer one of the following:(max 500 words)
a. Describe a situation in a work environment that either severely strained your relationship with co-workers or challenged your personal values. How did you resolve the situation?
b. At this point in your career what do you consider your most significant professional accomplishments? How have these particular accomplishments affected the career choices you have made?
4.Optional Essay (250 words maximum)
Please include any other information that you believe would be helpful to the admissions committee in considering your application. For example, applicants have used this essay to explain a stretch of weak grades in college, an unusual job change, travel or time off not explained in the resume or some particularly interesting or unique characteristic or experience that they were unable to discuss elsewhere in this application.
Indiana University
Mandatory
1. Please discuss your post-MBA short-and long-term professional goals. How will your professional experience, when combine with Kelley MBA degree, allow you to achieve these goals?
Choose two of the next three
1.Describe the ethical dilemma you faced in your professional career. How was it resolved and what did you learn from the experience?
2.Suppose you have to choose three people-people alive now or people from another era-to travel with you on a cross-country automobile trip. Who would you choose and why? What would you hope to learn from them? (Think about the company you want to those long stretches through Nebraska or Kansas)
3.Describe what there is about your background and your experience that will contribute to the diversity of the entering class and enhance the educational experience of other students.
Optional
Is there anything else that you think we should know as we evaluate your application? If you believe your credentials and essays represent you fairly, you shouldn’t feel obligate to answer this question.
University of Michigan
Required questions
1.We believe one of the keys to effective leadership is the ability to transform ideas into action. Describe a time within the last three years which you exercised such leadership. What did you learn about your leadership strength and development needs?
2.What are your career goals? How will a Ross MBA help you achieve your goals? How might the action-based learning aspects of Ross curriculum make a difference?
3.Describe the initiative you have taken over the past two years to develop professionally and personally. What motivated you to take those initiatives?
Optional
4.Is there anything else you think the Admission Committee should know about you to evaluate your candidacy? (500 words maximum)
University of Texas-Austin
1.Discuss your intermediate and long-term career goals, as well as a current vision of your desired employment upon graduation. Your explanation should include, but is not necessarily limited to the following: how you will leverage your professional and personal experiences in pursuit of these goals; why an MBA is necessary to achieve them; and why McCombs is the right MBA program for your career path. (Limit 1000 words).

2.Please choose one of the following (Limit 500 words):

A.What non-professional accomplishment are you most proud of and why?

B.What special contributions do you feel you would bring to the McCombs Community? Please include contributions beyond your professional skills and talents.

3.Please choose one of the following (Limit 500 words):
A.Discuss a time when you were faced with a professional disappointment. How did you handle the disappointment and what did you learn from the situation?

B.Are there any aspects of your application which you feel require further clarification that are not addressed here?

UIUC
1. Discuss the goals that you have set for yourself immediately following an MBA. Explain why an MBA is necessary, and why the Illinois MBA is the right program for you. In addition, what is your backup plan if this goal is not realized?
2. Upon your retirement, the editor of Business Week contacts you to write a cover story on your business career. Write the story.
3. What activities and hobbies do you pursue outside of work?
Optional
4.(Optional) Please provide any additional information that you would like to bring to the attention of the Admissions Committee. If you feel that your credentials and essays represent you adequately, you should not feel obligated to answer this question.
Emory University
1. List one of your most significant professional or organizational accomplishments. Describe your precise role in this event and how it has helped to shape your management skills.
2. Please complete/address two of the following statements.
A. I have always wanted to...
B. My most memorable cross-cultural experience...
C. My family background is unique because...
D. The person who has had the greatest influence on my leadership style is...because...
E. The greatest lesson I have ever learned...
F. Of Goizueta’s core values (courage, integrity, accountability, rigor, diversity, team,
community), which value resonates most with you and why?
3. What do you expect to accomplish in the Goizueta Business School MBA program?How will your participation in the MBA program fit in with your experiences and responsibilities as well as your short and long-term career goals?

Penn State University
1.What do you want to accomplish in your professional life? How do you see the Smeal MBA helping you achieve those goals?(required)
2.Identify someone you know professionally or personally whom you consider to be a great leader. Describe why, then provide a specific example of how you’ve used a leadership lesson learned from that person in your own experience. (required)
3.Choose ONE of the following essay questions
Describe something you’ve done to make the world a better place.
Describe an experience in your life when you acted upon a strong sense of purpose or passion about what you were doing.
What would you consider as the biggest disappointment or failure of your life and why? What was your greatest lesson learned from it?

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Northwestern

Essay Question 1
If you are uploading your essay, please include at least a one inch top margin on each page and re-state the question at the beginning of the essay. 1. All applicants must complete A or B as appropriate: A. Master of Business Administration applicants only. Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans and your motivation for pursuing a graduate degree at Kellogg. (one to two pages double-spaced)B. Master of Management and Manufacturing applicants only. Briefly assess your career progress to date. How does the MMM program meet your educational needs and career goals? (one to two pages double-spaced)
Essay Question 2
If you are uploading your essay, please include at least a one inch top margin on each page and re-state the question at the beginning of the essay. 2. Each of our applicants is unique. Describe how your background, values, academics, activities and/or leadership skills will enhance the experiences of other Kellogg students. (one to two pages double-spaced)
Essay Question 3
If you are uploading your essay, please include at least a one inch top margin on each page and re-state the question at the beginning of the essay. 3. You have been selected as a member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Please provide a brief evaluative assessment of your file. (one to two pages double-spaced)
Essay Question 4
If you are uploading your essay, please include at least a one inch top margin on each page and re-state the question at the beginning of the essay. 4. Complete three of the following six questions or statements. (two to three double spaced paragraphs for each question) A. What have been your most significant leadership experiences to date?B. Describe an ethical dilemma that you faced and how it was resolved.C. Outside of work, I... D. Describe a professional situation in which you were able to successfully persuade others to see things your way.E. I wish the Admissions Committee had asked me...F. Since your previous application, what are the steps you have taken to strengthen your candidacy?**In addition to essay the first three major essay questions, all re-applicants must answer question 4F and two of the other essays from this grouping.


Georgetown

GeorgetownEssay OneAffiliations, Personal Interests, and Community Contributions1. In list form, please provide information about your professional affiliations, memberships in academic societies, publications, community or campus volunteer activities, hobbies, and interests. Include dates of affiliation and leadership roles you have held in the organizations or activities. 2. One page or less. Please identify the most noteworthy thing you have done with the activities in Attachment II and how it had affected your life.



Essay Two
Two pages or less. (double space is preferred)What is the most significant change or improvement you have made to any organization which you have recently been or are currently affiliated? Describe the process that you went through to identify the need for the change or improvement to the organization, how you managed the process of implementing the change, and describe the results.



Essay Three
Two pages or less. (double space is preferred)A. In one or two sentences, please state your short-term (immediately post-MBA)and long-term career objective(s). B. How have your prior academic, personal, and professional experiences influenced your career plans? C. Specifically, how will MBA studies and your participation in the Georgetown MBA Program contribute to your career objectives?





Optional Essay
One page or lessThe Admissions Committee welcomes any additional relevant information you wish to include in support of your application. If necessary, please comment on your academic record as an indication of your potential for graduate management education and/or any unexplained gaps in your work history. If you are currently not employed full-time, please comment and provide information about your current activities.
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BERKELEY-COLUMBIA EXECUTIVE MBA APPLICATION:
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS AND ESSAYS
We encourage you to prepare this section with great care as it is one of our principal means of gaining insight about you. In addition to substance, short answers and essays are evaluated for writing ability, skill in organizing and presenting thoughts, and the relevance of your answers to the questions posed.




If you are reapplying, and do not wish to answer some or all of the questions, please click on the Reapplicant button. Please note that only Question 4 is required.



Essays
1. Please tell us about yourself and your background. Include information about your family, where you grew up, your interests, and any other people or things that have influenced who you are today (750-1000 words). Post Response

2. What are your future career goals, and how will the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program help you achieve them? (250-500 words) Post Response

3. What professional accomplishment are you particularly proud of? (250-500 words) Post Response

4. REAPPLICANTS ONLY: Please submit a statement explaining how you have improved your candidacy since your last application. (1000 words or less) Post Response