Columbia Business School 2016年入学申请 Deadline & Essays 及 Essay解析（CBS 哥大 哥伦比亚）

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FULL-TIME MBA APPLICATION DEADLINES

JANUARY ENTRY: OCTOBER 7, 2015
EARLY DECISION: OCTOBER 7, 2015
MERIT FELLOWSHIP CONSIDERATION: JANUARY 6, 2016
REGULAR DECISION: APRIL 13, 2016

All deadlines are 11:59 p.m. New York Time on the date listed.

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Applicants must complete one short answer question and three essays.

Short Answer Question:
What is your immediate post-MBA professional goal? (50 characters maximum)

Examples of possible responses:
“Work in business development for a media company.”
“Join a strategy consulting firm.”
“Launch a data-management start-up.”

Essay 1:
Through your resume and recommendations, we have a clear sense of your professional path to date. What are your career goals going forward, and how will the Columbia MBA help you achieve them? (Maximum 500 words)

Essay 2:
Columbia Business School’s location enables us to bridge theory and practice in multiple ways: through Master Classes, internships, the New York Immersion Seminars, and, most importantly, through a combination of distinguished research faculty and accomplished practitioners. How will you take advantage of being “at the very center of business”? (Maximum 250 words)

Essay 3:
CBS Matters, a key element of the School’s culture, allows the people in your Cluster to learn more about you on a personal level. What will your Clustermates be pleasantly surprised to learn about you? (Maximum 250 words)

Optional Essay:
An optional fourth essay will allow you to discuss any issues that do not fall within the purview of the required essays.

Knight-Bagehot Fellows:

Rather than answer Essay 1, current Knight-Bagehot Fellows applying to Columbia Business School should use the space allocated to the first essay (500 words) to complete the Wiegers Fellowship application essay.

Wiegers Fellowship Essay Question:
What are your career goals? How has the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship affected these goals? How will an MBA help you achieve these goals? (500 words maximum)

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官网链接
http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs-admissions/mba/admissions

ChaseDream独家专访：哥伦比亚商学院(CBS) MBA招生副主任Matthew Moll

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[alwayshide]Short Answer Question:
作为CBS经典的“快问快答”，这个题目的字数要求逐年缩减，由此可见学校除了想看到申请人有明确、充满抱负又符合现实的目标以外，更想看到申请人能否用简洁的语言将其表达出来。CBS MBA Admission Associate Director Matthew Moll在接受ChaseDream的独家访谈时就曾说：We want the candidates to be able to be concise, direct, and specific in answering the question.

Essay 1:
尽管越来越多的学校不再问看似“老套”的CG和why school，CBS却将这题延续多年。个人认为这是很重要的，是每位申请人都要深思熟虑的问题。毕竟，MBA schedule is so crazy，何况是在纽约这个资源和机会多到令人眼花缭乱的地方，如果没有明确的方向，很容易迷失。学校不希望看到学生处于FOMO的状态，因为这样无法集中时间精力去安排自己的事情，恐怕很难成功。明白了出题的初衷，申请人可以借这篇文章首先阐述自己goal的由来，最好是一个有始有终、包含个人想法的故事（不要重复赘述简历里那些生硬的facts），然后envision假如你在CBS读书将会有针对性地去做些什么（how）以更好地实现goal，包括选什么课，参加什么活动等等，注意focus在学校提供的而不是NYC的资源（也就是要写纽约其他学校做不到的事情）。此处十分考验申请人对学校的了解程度，当然，也不是光show off对学校了解就可以了，关键还是要写出这些东西对自己来说有什么意义。总之要展示出自己是一个做过详尽research的informed applicant，知道为了追逐自己的目标，“你的”下一步需要些什么efforts。另外，为了让学校对你的CG更有信心，建议你的推荐信里需要让senior的推荐人描述出你清楚的职业路径，连同未来的计划一起加以正面的评价。

Essay 2:
相信很多申请人会试图figure （猜）out（测），某某学校究竟想要什么样的人？也会在很多场合听到官方回复：“最适合我们community的优秀/有潜力的人”。对于CBS来说，其中一个很重要的考量就是能否利用好NYC的easy access to company/people/events。“We seek students who are ready to thrive in New York City”，这是AO的原话。本题中，申请人可以不局限在校内资源（毕竟第一和第二篇不要混为一谈），如果说Essay 1你写的更多是如何去“吸收和学习”，Essay 2则可以谈谈如何将这些课堂知识应用到发生在NYC的大大小小各种实践机会当中，以巩固你的学习成效，强化你的职业技能。

Essay 3:
完成了前面几个关于学习和职业规划的“严肃拷问”，申请人终于有机会在第三题谈谈较为轻松惬意的话题了。往年这个题目还没有加入CBS Matters这个具体的scenario（其实也可以理解为是一个限定）的时候，申请人有比较大的发挥空间去展示自己的talents或unique experience，通常只要确保interesting & value-added就属于on the right track。比如你说：我是一个equity research analyst，但不要以为我是书呆子，其实我有多年舞台表演经验，超会搞笑，以后我可以去参加Follies喔。然而今时不同往日，CBS Matters需要你去做关于你personal story的分享，你的同学们要在百忙之中特地commit 40分钟来听，这种情况下，你的故事最好是走心的，除了让他人更了解你，还要能鼓舞人心，充满正能量，让人听完惊呼：I like this person! I'm inspired! [/alwayshide]

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