2006 essay 彙總

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Duke

You are required to compose three essays. The Admissions Committee considers your responses to the following questions important in the selection process. Please respond fully and concisely to each question. Candidates who applied to Fuqua between September 2004 and April 2005 are considered reapplicants. Reapplicants are asked to complete the three Reapplicant Essays in place of the Applicant Essays. All applicants have the opportunity to submit an optional fourth essay to explain any extenuating circumstances of which the admissions committee should be aware.

Applicant Essays
There is no restriction on the length of your response. Applicants typically use 1,000 words or less for essay number one and between 500 and 750 words for essays two and three.

1. Please discuss your career path, your short and long-term goals and the role the MBA will play in those plans. Why are you interested in The Duke MBA Program? If you are interested in the Health Sector Management concentration or a joint degree program, please address in this essay.

2. How has your personal history and family background influenced your intellectual and personal development? What unique personal qualities or life experiences might distinguish you from other applicants? How will your background, values and non work-related activities enhance the experience of other Duke MBA students and add to the diverse culture we strive for at Fuqua? Note: The goal of this essay is to get a sense of who you are, rather than what you have accomplished.

3. Please state your personal definition of leadership and provide the admissions committee with an example of this definition in action.

Reapplicant Essays
There is no restriction on the length of your response. Reapplicants typically use between 500 and 750 words for each essay.

1. Write an essay describing how you are a stronger candidate for admission compared to the previous year's application.

2. How has your personal history and family background influenced your intellectual and personal development? What unique personal qualities or life experiences might distinguish you from other applicants? How will your background, values and non work-related activities enhance the experience of other Duke MBA students and add to the diverse culture we strive for at Fuqua? Note: The goal of this essay is to get a sense of who you are, rather than what you have accomplished.

3. Please state your personal definition of leadership and provide the admissions committee with an example of this definition in action.

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Wharton

First-Time Applicant Essays (this also includes those who applied for Fall 2003 or earlier)

1.Required: Describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect an MBA from Wharton to help you achieve these goals and why now? (1,000 words)


2.Required: Describe an impact you had on an individual, group or organization. How has this experience been valuable to you or others? (500 words)


3.Required: Please complete two of the following three questions (500 words each):

-Describe when you were part of a team where the group process and/or intended outcome failed. What did you learn?


-Describe a situation where your values, ethics, or morals were challenged. How did you handle the situation?


-Describe a personal characteristic or something in your background that will help the Admissions Committee to know you better.

4.Optional: If you feel there are extenuating circumstances of which the Committee should be aware, please explain them here (e.g., unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance, significant weaknesses in your application).

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Reapplicant Essays (if you applied for Fall 2004 or Fall 2005; all other reapplicants are to complete the first-time applicant essays only)


Reapplicants are required to complete two essays, with the option of a third essay that may be used to address extenuating circumstances.


1.Required: Please describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect an MBA from Wharton to help you achieve these goals and why now? What steps have you taken to improve your candidacy since the last time you applied? (1,000 words)

2.Required: Please complete one of the following four questions (500 words):

-Describe an impact you had on an individual, group or organization. How has this experience been valuable to you or others?

-Describe when you were part of a team where the group process and/or intended outcome failed. What did you learn?


-Describe a situation where your values, ethics, or morals were challenged. How did you handle the situation?


-Describe a personal characteristic or something in your background that will help the Admissions Committee to know you better.

3.Optional: If you feel there are extenuating circumstances of which the Committee should be aware, please explain them here (e.g., unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance, significant weakn-esses in your application).

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Additional Joint Wharton MBA/MA - Lauder Applicant Essays (these essays are in addition to the Wharton application essays above and are required)

1.Describe a cross-cultural experience in your adult life that was challenging to you. How did you meet this challenge and what did you learn from the experience? (1,000 words)


2.Please explain why you are currently applying to Lauder. How do you expect the Wharton/La-uder joint-degree experience to benefit you on both a professional and personal level? (1,000 words)

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Haas

Fall 2006 Essay Questions

Listed below are the supplemental questions, short answer questions, required essays, and optional essays that you will need to provide when completing the Fall 2006 application.

Supplemental Questions:

1. If you have not provided a letter of recommendation from your current supervisor, please explain; otherwise, enter N/A.

2. List in order of importance all community & professional organizations and extracurricular activities in which you have been involved during or after university studies. Indicate the nature of the activity or organization, dates of involvement, offices held, & average number of hours spent per month.

3. List full-time and part-time jobs held during undergraduate or graduate studies, indicating the employer, job title, employment dates, location, and the number of hours worked per week for each position held prior to the completion of your degree.

4. Please explain all gaps in your employment since earning your university degree.

5. If you have ever been subject to academic discipline, placed on probation, suspended or required to withdraw from any college or university, please explain. If not, please enter N/A. (An affirmative response to this question does not automatically disqualify you from admission.)

6. (Optional)Please provide the occupation of, and highest degree obtained by, your parent(s) or guardian(s).

Short Answer:

1. What is your favorite quote, and why is it meaningful to you? (250 word maximum)

2. Tell us about your most significant accomplishment. (250 word maximum)

3. At Haas, we value individual differences. Beyond nationality or citizenship, what makes you unique compared to other MBA applicants? (250 word maximum)

4. If you have visited Haas, please let us know what about your visit made the most lasting impression on you. If you have not visited Haas, what steps have you taken to familiarize yourself with our MBA program? (250 word maximum)

Required Essays:

1. Give us an example of a time when you displayed leadership. (500 word maximum)

2. What are your short-term and long-term career goals? How do your professional experiences relate to these goals? Why do you want an MBA from Berkeley at this point in your career? (1000 word maximum)

Optional Essays:

1. (Optional) Please feel free to provide a statement concerning any information you would like to add to your application that you haven’t addressed elsewhere. (500 word maximum)

2. (Optional) If you wish to be considered for the Haas Achievement Award (for individuals who have achieved success in spite of significant economic, educational, health-related and/or other obstacles), please use this space to address the obstacles you have overcome. (750 word maximum)

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Darden

2005-2006 MBA Application Questions

Use your best judgment in determining the appropriate length of the following essays.

1. What led you to pursue an MBA? How do you plan to leverage your MBA in meeting your short- and long-term goals?

2. How does Darden fit with your background, personality, and learning style?

3. Describe how your experiences have shaped your leadership philosophy and style.

4. (Optional) Please use this opportunity to present any pertinent information not previously addressed.

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Kellogg

2006 Application Essay Questions

1. All applicants must complete A, B, or C 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 the Kellogg School. (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)

C. Joint-degree applicants only. Briefly assess your career progress to date. How does the joint program meet your educational needs and career goals? (one to two pages double-spaced)

2. Each of our applicants is unique. Describe how your background, values, academics, activities and/or leadership skills will enhance the experience of other Kellogg students. (one to two pages double-spaced)

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)

4. Complete three of the following six questions or statements. (two to three double- spaced paragraphs each)

A. What have been your most significant leadership roles to date? What was the most valuable lesson learned?

B. Describe an ethical dilemma that you faced and how it was resolved?

C. Outside of work I…

D. In your professional experience, what do you consider to be the area of greatest growth?

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? **

** Question 4F must be answered by all re-applicants as one of the required three questions.

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HBS

Application materials submitted online by 5 p.m. EST: Notification date of the Board's decision:
Tues., October 11, 2005 Wed., Decision by January 18, 2006
Tues., January 3, 2006 Wed., Decision by March 29, 2006
Tues., March 7, 2006 Wed., Decision by May 10, 2006


Essay Questions
Essays should be single-spaced. Limit your response to the length indicated.

Essay questions for the MBA class entering in the fall of 2006 are:

1. What would you like the MBA Admissions Board to know about your undergraduate academic experience? (400-word limit)

2. What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do you view them as such? (400-word limit)

3. Discuss a defining experience in your development as a leader. (600-word limit)

4. In your career, you will have to deal with many ethical issues. What are likely to be the most challenging and what is your plan for developing the competencies you will need to handle these issues effectively? (400-word limit)

5. What are your strengths and weaknesses as a leader? (400-word limit)

6. What are your career aspirations and how can an MBA help you to reach them? Why now? (400-word limit)

7. What do you wish the MBA Admissions Board had asked you? (400-word limit)

Dual and concurrent degree candidates:

How do you expect the joint or concurrent degree experience to benefit you on both a professional and a personal level? (400-word limit)

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Cornell

Essay Questions: To ensure the depth and dynamism of the Johnson School education, we seek to enroll a class composed of students whose insights are distinct and whose actions are penetrating. The essay portion of your application gives you the opportunity to candidly demonstrate your attributes and your compatibility with our rich and vibrant program.

MBA -Online Essays 1 and 2 are required essays. Essay 3 is optional. Complete essay 4 if you are applying to the Park Leadership Fellows Program. If you are a reapplicant, you must complete essay 5. Applicants must observe the 400 word maximum limit of each essay.

Please respond to each question below by following its respective link.

Required - (400 words)
Describe your greatest professional achievement and how you were able to add value to your organization.

Required - (400 words)
What career do you plan to pursue upon completing the MBA and why? How will the Johnson School help you achieve this goal?

Optional Essay - (400 words)
Complete this essay if there is other information you would like to add regarding your candidacy. For instance, if you believe one or more aspects of your application (e.g., undergraduate GPA or test scores) do(es) not accurately reflect your potential for success at the Johnson School.

Required for Park Applicants - (400 words)
Roy H. Park Leadership Fellows are an outstanding group by all measures - work experience, community service, leadership, and past academic achievement. Describe why you believe you would make a good park leadership fellow.


Re Applicant Essay
Describe the measures you have taken to strengthen your application since you last applied to the Johnson School.

Required
Proceed using the following link to indicate the area on which you expect to focus the most during the MBA program.

Required
Proceed using the following link to indicate your interest in the Johnson School's Immersion Courses....

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Chicago GSB

Essay 1: To complete, we require that you answer all parts of A, B, and C below. (1500 words maximum total):

1.Explain the path that has led you to pursue an MBA as the next step in your professional/ personal development. What steps did you take and how did you reach your decision?

2.What or who has influenced your choice of schools? What criteria will you use to decide where you will attend? What is it specifically about Chicago GSB that is going to help you succeed?

3.Describe your short and long term post-MBA career goals. What steps will you be taking in order to achieve your goals?


Essay 2: Choose one of the following two questions to answer (500 word maximum for this essay)

1.Describe the most challenging team environment in which you have been involved. What role did you play? What impact did you have? What did you learn from this challenge?

2.Describe a time when you exhibited leadership skills even though you were not the designated leader. What was the situation? What skills did you utilize?


Essays 3 & 4: Choose two of the following five questions to answer (500 word maximum for each).

1.How have you used your personal characteristics and resources to improve the lives of others?

2.Describe a time when you felt a strong sense of purpose in your life. What motivated you? What changes did you make personally and professionally to achieve that purpose?

3.What would you consider the biggest failure or disappointment in your life? How did you adapt your plans or move past that failure or disappointment?

4.If you can spend one day as someone else, who would it be? Why? What would that you provide an explanation in the additional essay.

5.To be successful in life, you must be able to distinguish between a fleeting trend and a permanent development. Tell us of a time when you had to make such as a distinction. What, if anything, would you have done differently?


Notes: The full application will be available in August. The following essay questions will be required of each applicant. Please contact the admissions office at admissions@chicagogsb.edu or at 773-702-7369 should you have any questions.

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COLUMBIA

1. What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals? How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals? (Recommended 1000 word limit)

2. For January 2006: Discuss what led you to apply for the accelerated MBA at Columbia, and how it best fits your needs?
For September 2006: What has been the greatest challenge to your value system that you've faced and how did you handle it? (Recommended 500 word limit)

3. In discussing Columbia Business School, Dean R. Glenn Hubbard remarked, "We have established the mind-set that entrepreneurship is about everything you do." Please discuss a time in your own life when you have identified and captured an opportunity. (Recommended 500 word limit)

4. Please select and answer one of the following essay questions. (Recommended 250 word limit)

a. Please tell us what you feel most passionate about in life.
b. If you were given a free day and could spend it anywhere, in any way you choose, what would you do?

5. (Optional) Is there any further information that you wish to provide to the Admissions Committee?
(Please use this space to provide an explanation of any areas of concern in your academic record or your personal history.)

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Indiana University - BLOOMINGTON

Your essays will give us an idea of your personality, perspectives, and opinions and will let us know how closely your professional objectives match the objectives of the MBA program.

Below you’ll find five essay areas. All applicants must answer number 1. You must also choose two of the next three essay questions (2 through 4). Number 5 is optional. Type each essay on a separate sheet of paper.

Please limit each essay to no more than two double-spaced pages. Finally, please include the essay number, your name, and your social security number (optional) at the top of each sheet.
We encourage you to be informative, creative, and concise.

Mandatory:
1 Please discuss your post-MBA short- and long-term professional goals. How will your professional experience, when combined with a Kelley MBA degree, allow you to achieve these goals?

Choose two of the next three:
2 What is the most significant change or improvement you have made to an organization with which you have recently been affiliated? Describe the process you went through to identify the need for change and manage the process of implementing change. What were the results?

3 Suppose you had to choose three people—people alive now or people from another era—to travel with you on a crosscountry
automobile trip. Who would you choose and why? What would you hope to learn from them? (Think carefully about the company you want on those long stretches through Nebraska or Kansas.)

4 Describe what there is about your background and your experiences that will contribute to the diversity of the entering
class and enhance the educational experience of other Students.

Optional:
5 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 obligated to answer this question.

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Thunderbird

* Essays and answers to the questions demonstrate the thoroughness of your career planning and preparation. A clear articulation of how the Thunderbird program can facilitate the attainment of your professional goals should be included in your essay.

* Your essay should provide concise and specific insights into your decision to apply to Thunderbird.

* An optional additional essay may be included if you think there is anything else that the Admissions Committee should know in evaluating your application.

* Each essay should be no longer than 1,500 words (3 pages), and no shorter than 500 words (1 page).

1. What international/cross-cultural background will you bring to Thunderbird and how will those past experiences add value to your classmates and to your future management assignment?

2. What are your short- and long-term career objectives; how and why will the MBA in International Management or MIM degree, combined with your past educational and professional experiences, enable you to achieve these objectives?

3. Describe a situation you've experienced while in a professional situation that you define as an "ethical dilemma." Define the "ethical conflict," how you resolved the situation and what you learned from the experience.

4. OPTIONAL: Is there anything that you think the admissions committee should know which you feel has not been covered? If your credentials and essays represent you clearly and fairly, do not feel obligated to answer this question.

origin: http://www.thunderbird.edu/students/adm ... ission.htm

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Carnegie Mellon - Tepper

Required Essays (Suggested length – 2 double-spaced pages per essay.)

A. What are your short-term and long-term goals? How will a Tepper MBA help you to achieve these goals?

B. How will your academic and professional background, personal characteristics and life experiences contribute to the diversity of the Tepper community?

C. Please answer three of the following five questions or statements (for a maximum of two pages to answer all three questions).

1. Describe an ethical dilemma that you have faced in your professional life, how you dealt with the situation, and what the outcome was.

2. Describe a failure or setback in your professional or academic life. How did you overcome this setback? What, if anything, would you do differently if confronted with this situation again?

3. What do you consider to be your greatest achievement and why?

4. Describe your most challenging experience while working in a group.

5. Of what skill or talent are you especially proud?

Additional Essays
D. Is there anything additional that you think we should know as we evaluate your application? Note: if you believe your credentials and essays represent you fairly, you should not feel obligated to answer this question. This essay is intended to provide a place for you to add information that you think is important but is not covered elsewhere in the application.

origin: http://business.tepper.cmu.edu/default.aspx?id=141590

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Babson College

REQUIRED ESSAYS
All candidates for an MBA at the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business should respond to questions 1, 2, and 3. You may provide additionalinformation by answering question 4. Suggested length is 2 double-spaced pages per essay.

(1) Please describe your short-term and long-term career goals. How will your past professional experience, background, and interests combined with a Babson MBA position you for success in attaining these goals?

(2) Identify a current business trend and predict its impact 10 years from now. How will the results of this trend impact your ability to attain your goals as described in essay number one?

(3) What unique contributions will you bring to the Babson community that will enhance the value of the classroom experience for your classmates?

(4) (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 should not feel obligated to answer this question.

For Two-Year MBA Applicants Only:
(5) (Optional) The Frederic C. Hamilton Entrepreneurial Scholarship (a merit-based award) and Price-Babson Fellowship (a need-based award)

Essay. Write a 250-word essay that answers the following questions: What are your specific entrepreneurial accomplishments, and how will these accomplishments add value to the Babson MBA?

origin: http://www3.babson.edu/MBA/admission/up ... 4-2005.pdf

timetable: http://www3.babson.edu/MBA/admission/TimeTable.cfm

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Rochester Simon Business School Admission Essays

Describe your post-M.B.A. or post-M.S. career plans. How will a degree from the Simon School help you to achieve these goals? How does your past education and experience support your career objectives? (500 word maximum)

Discuss 3 professional accomplishments which demonstrate your potential for a successful managerial career. (500 word maximum)

Answer one of the following three questions: (500 word maximum)

- Please cite and explain a specific situation in which you demonstrated initiative.

- Please describe a failure or setback in your professional or academic life. What, if anything, would you do differently if confronted with this situation again?

- Based on the six styles of leadership at Simon, please relate how you would exemplify one of these styles of leadership.

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Stanford Business School

Please answer both Essays A and B. The length of your responses is up to you. You should feel free to take the space you need to answer the questions fully; most applicants find that the equivalent of three to seven typed, double spaced pages per essay is appropriate.

Essay A: What matters most to you, and why?

Essay B: What are your short-term and long-term career aspirations? How will an MBA education further your development? Why does the academic experience offered at the Stanford GSB, in particular, appeal to you?

Note on Essay B: If you are applying for either of the joint degree programs, Essay B should support your rationale for pursuing this direction.