Blog: Archive for the “Essays” Category

Michigan Ross School of Business Essay Tips and Examples

In your first required essay for the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, you need to show the admissions committee that the program’s hands-on learning environment not only appeals to you but is also the best way for you to gain the skills and experiences you need to succeed in your career goals. In … Read More  

MIT Sloan School of Management Essay Tips and Examples

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 … Read More  

London Business School Essay Tips and Examples

London Business School (LBS) has been posing the same core application essay question since 2015—one that largely constitutes a traditional personal statement—so the admissions committee must feel that the prompt elicits what it wants to know when evaluating candidates for the next class. However, this season, the school has added a second, albeit short, required … Read More  

Dartmouth Tuck School of Business Essay Tips and Examples

Applicants to Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business are expected to provide three 300-word essays and have the option to submit a fourth, if anything more about their candidacy needs to be offered or explained. The school’s first prompt broadly covers applicants’ need for an MBA, and specifically a Tuck MBA, as well as why … Read More  

Stanford Graduate School of Business Application Essay Tips and Examples

The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) requires only two essays of its candidates, though its long-standing first essay question—about “what matters most” to applicants—is one we have seen many people struggle with over the years. The largely open-ended nature of the prompt often stymies candidates, who understandably want to avoid making any wrong moves … Read More  


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