Application Due Dates: Nov. 15, Jan. 15, Mar. 31, Apr. 30
Requirements
Essays: Three essays (two pages each) Interview: By invitation only Recommendations: Two, with one preferably coming from your direct supervisor Résumé Application fee: $100 Essay Questions and Types
What are your reasons for undertaking MBA study at Carnegie Mellon? Please describe how your experience, education, Carnegie Mellon MBA and future career plans relate to each other. Describe your short-term and long-term objectives and how you plan to achieve them. (Future Goals/School Fit)
Because MBA students work closely together, we would like to understand what there is about your background and your experiences that would make a contribution to the diversity of the entering class and enhance the educational experience of other students. (Diversity)
Please answer one of the following two questions:
a) Please describe an ethical issue that you have faced in your professional life, how you dealt with the situation and what the outcome was. (Ethics)
b) Please 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? (Failure)
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作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:25
University of Virginia (Darden Graduate School of Business) 2002-2003
Application Due Dates: Nov. 1, Dec. 3, Jan. 10, Feb. 11, Mar. 25
Requirements
Essays: Four, each of unlimited length Interview: Applicant-initiated until mid-February. After mid-February, by invitation only. Recommendations: Two, work-related recommendations are suggested Application fee: $140 Essay Questions and Types
Specifically address your post-MBA short and long-term professional goals. How will Darden assist you in attaining these goals? (Future Goals/School Fit)
The Darden School seeks a diverse and unique entering class of future leaders. How will your distinctiveness enrich our learning environment and enhance your prospects for success as a leader? (Diversity)
Describe a significant leadership experience, decision-making challenge or accomplishment. How did this experience affect your professional and personal development (Leadership/Initiative)
Pose and address you own essay question (Personal Philosophy) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:26
Dartmouth College (Tuck School of Business) 2002-2003
Essays: Five (four of 100 words, one of unlimited length answering a mini-case question) Interview: Required Recommendations: Two “Confidential Statements of Qualifications,” with one preferably coming from your direct supervisor Application fee: $180 Essay Questions and Types
How would a colleague describe you? (Personal Evaluation)
What is the most important thing you have recently learned? (Personal Evaluation)
Tell us about a personal goal you recently pursued. (Leadership/Initiative)
Why have you decided to pursue an MBA? (Future Goals/School Fit)
An additional mini-case analysis. (Ethics) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:27
Harvard Business School 2002-2003
Essays: Six (five of 400 words, one of 600 words) Interview: By invitation only Recommendations: Three, with one preferably coming from your direct supervisor Résumé Application fee: $190 Essay Questions and Types
Discuss an experience that has had an impact on your development as a leader. (Leadership/Initiative)
What are your three most substantial accomplishments, and why do you view them as such? (Leadership/Initiative)
Recognizing that successful leaders are able to learn from failure, discuss a situation in which you failed and what you learned. (Failure)
Discuss an ethical dilemma that you experienced firsthand. How did you manage and resolve the situation? (Ethics)
Provide a candid assessment of your strengths and weaknesses. (Personal Evaluation)
What are your career aspirations, and how can Harvard Business School help you reach them? (Future Goals/School Fit) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:27
INSEAD 2002-2003
Application Due Dates: Feb. 1, Jul. 1 (rolling admissions)
Requirements
Essays: Eight (200-500 word each ) Interview: By invitation only Recommendations: Two, both should come from people who are familiar with your professional capabilities Application fee: ?200 Essay Questions and Types
Please give a detailed description of your job, including nature of work, major responsibilities, employees under your supervision, size of budget, number of clients/products and results achieved. (Professional)
Please give us a full description of your career since graduating from university. If you were to remain with your present employer, what would be your next step in terms of position? (Professional)
Give a candid description of yourself, stressing the personal characteristics you feel to be your strengths and weaknesses and the main factors which have influenced your personal development, giving examples when necessary. (Personal Evaluation)
Describe what you believe to be your two most substantial accomplishments to date (at least one must be professional), explaining why you view them as such. (Leadership/Initiative)
Describe a situation taken from school, business, civil or military life, where you did not meet your personal objectives, and briefly discuss the effect. (Failure)
Discuss your career goals. What are your alternatives to INSEAD? (Future Goals/School Fit)
Have you ever experienced culture shock? What did it mean to you? (Diversity)
What would you say to a foreigner moving to your home country? (Diversity) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:28
Stanford University 2002-2003
Essays: Two (both of unlimited length) Interview: By invitation only Recommendations: Three, two should come from people who are familiar with your professional capabilities and at least one from a direct supervisor. One letter should come from a peer. Résumé Application fee: $200 Essay Questions and Types
What matters to you most, and why? (Personal Philosophy)
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 appeal to you? (Future Goals/School Fit) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:28
University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School) 2002-2003
Essays: Four (two of 1000 words each, two of 500 words each)
Interview: By invitation only
Recommendations: Two, at least one should come from a direct supervisor
Résumé
Application fee: $175 online, $200 paper Essay Questions and Types
Describe how your experiences, both professional and personal, have led to your decision to pursue an MBA at the Wharton School this year. How does this decision relate to your career goals for the future? (Professional Experience)
Describe a situation where leadership and teamwork were critical to the outcome of a project in which you were directly involved. What did you learn from the experience and how have you applied what you learned to other situations? (Leadership/Initiative)
Describe a personal achievement that had a significant impact on your life. Give specific details. What did you learn from this experience? How did it help shape your understanding of yourself and the world around you? (Personal Philosophy)
Please tell us something else about yourself that you feel will help the Admissions Committee know you better. (Personal Philosophy)
作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:29
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan School of Management) 2002-2003
Application Due Dates: Oct. 29, Jan. 21 (for online apps)
Requirements
Essays: Five (four of 500-800 words each and a cover letter of unlimited length)
Interview: By invitation only
Recommendations: Two letters of recommendation Résumé
Application fee: $175 U.S., $200 international Essay Questions and Types
Please give an example of when you exhibited creativity in a personal or professional setting. Please describe your thoughts and actions. (Leadership/Initiative)
Please give an example of when you had an impact on a person, group or organization. Please describe the situation, your actions, and the results. (Leadership/Initiative)
Please give us an example of a difficult interaction you had with someone. Please describe the situation, what was difficult about it, and how you resolved it. (Teamwork)
Please write your own recommendation following our template on the recommendation form. You should use the third person and answer all questions except for #1. (Personal Evaluation)
作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:29
University of California Los Angeles (The Anderson School) 2002-2003
Essays: Four (500 – 1000 words each) Interview: Recommended Recommendations: Two, both should come from people who are familiar with your professional capabilities and one preferably from your direct supervisor
Résumé
Application fee: $150 Essay Questions and Types
Please provide us with a summary of your personal and family background. Include information about your parents and siblings, where you grew up, and perhaps a highlight or special memory of your youth. (Diversity)
Discuss a situation preferably work related, where you have taken a significant leadership role. How does this event demonstrate your managerial potential? (Leadership/Initiative)
Discuss your career goals and why you want an MBA degree. How will the skills you have developed to date contribute to your effectiveness in fulfilling your post-MBA career objectives? (Future Goals/School Fit)
Why specifically, are you applying to The Anderson School and what in particular, is most compelling about our program relative to your goals? (Future Goals/School Fit) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:30
Columbia Business School 2002-2003
Application Due Dates: Oct. 15, Mar. 1, Apr. 20 (rolling admissions)
Requirements
Essays: Four essays (one of 1000 words, two of 500 words each and one 250 words) Interview: By invitation only Recommendations: Two, with one preferably coming from your direct supervisor Résumé (professional résumé and activities résumé) Application fee: $180 Essay Questions and Types
What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals? How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals? (Future Goals/School Fit)
Please cite and explain a specific situation in which you demonstrated initiative. (Leadership/Initiative)
Describe an experience in which the relationships you developed enhanced the outcome of a team effort. (Teamwork)
If you were given a free day and could spend it anywhere, in any way you choose, what would you do? (Hobbies) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:30
University of London (London Business School) 2002-2003
Application Due Dates: Nov. 8, Jan. 3, Feb. 28, May 2
Requirements
Essays: Seven (three short essays, three 500 of words) Interview: By invitation only Recommendations: Two, both should come from people who are in a position to comment on your suitability for the LBS program. LBS values both professional and educational recommendations Résumé Application fee: £120 or US $180 Essay Questions and Types
Is your academic performance to date an accurate predictor of your potential success at London Business School? If so, why? If not, why not? (Personal Evaluation)
Describe any significant experiences outside of your home country. What did you gain from these? (Diversity)
Please explain if you have been involved in charity/volunteer and/or entrepreneurial activities, giving examples of your involvement, the amount of time you gave to each activity and why you chose to get involved. (Hobbies)
Why do you want to do an MBA at this point in your life? What will you do if you are not offered a place on the London Business School MBA or any other MBA? (Future Goals/School Fit)
Why did you choose your current job? What is your most notable achievement and most notable failure in your current job? How do you hope to see your career progress over the 5 years following the MBA Program? (Professional)
On the basis of your experience of working in and leading teams (either in your professional or personal life), please reflect on how you plan to contribute to your study group and the wider school community. (Teamwork) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:31
University of California Berkeley (Haas School of Business) 2002-2003
Application Due Dates: Nov. 1, Dec. 13, Jan. 31, Mar. 14
Requirements
Essays: Eight (seven short essays, one of 500 words)
Interview: By invitation only Recommendations: Two; both should come from people who are familiar with your professional capabilities
Résumé
Application Fee: $150 Essay Questions and Types
Describe something you feel passionate about. (Personal Philosophy)
What is your most valued tangible possession? What is your most valued intangible possession? (Personal Philosophy)
If you could have dinner with one individual, past or present, who would it be? What would you order? (Personal Philosophy)
Briefly state what you view as your most significant accomplishment? (Personal Philosophy)
If you could change one characteristic about yourself, what would it be? (Personal Evaluation)
If you had 4 extra hours each day (i.e., a 28-hour day), what would you do with them? (Personal Philosophy)
Do you feel that your academic record (i.e., grades, course load, etc.) is an accurate reflection of your ability and potential? In comparison to your college friends and classmates, do you feel that you were particularly advantaged or disadvantaged? Please explain. (Personal Evaluation)
What are your professional goals? How do your past and present experiences relate to those goals? (Future Goals/School Fit) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:32
University of Western Ontario (Richard Ivey School of Business) 2002-2003
Recommendations: At least one letter of recommendation is encouraged
Application fee: $125 online, $150 paper (Canadian currency) Essay Questions and Types
Describe the unique contribution that you can make to the educational experience of the other members of the MBA class. (Diversity)
Describe the most significant lesson you have learned in your full-time employment and how this influenced your personal development and career aspirations. (Professional Experience)
Describe a situation in which you used your leadership skills to assist a team in successfully completing a project or achieving a goal. (Leadership/Initiative) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:33
Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management) 2002-2003
Essays: Six (three of two pages, three short essays) Interview: Required Recommendations: One "Career Progress Survey" to be completed by the applicant's direct supervisor Résumé Application fee: $185 Essay Questions and Types
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. (Future Goals/School Fit)
Each of our applicants is unique. Describe how your background, values, academics, and/or leadership skills will enhance the experience of other Kellogg students. (Diversity)
You have been selected as a member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Please provide a brief evaluative assessment of your file. (Personal Evaluation)
Complete three of the following six questions or statements
a) Through the course of life, what would you identify as your most valued accomplishment? (Leadership/Initiative)
b) What is the most valuable lesson you have learned in a leadership role? (Leadership/Initiative)
c) Describe your most challenging professional relationship. (Teamwork)
d) Outside of work I... (Hobbies)
e) Describe an ethical dilemma that you have faced and how it was resolved. (Ethics)
f) I wish the Admissions Committee had asked me... (Personal Philosophy) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:33
Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management) 2002-2003
Essays: Six (three of two pages, three short essays) Interview: Required Recommendations: One "Career Progress Survey" to be completed by the applicant's direct supervisor Résumé Application fee: $185 Essay Questions and Types
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. (Future Goals/School Fit)
Each of our applicants is unique. Describe how your background, values, academics, and/or leadership skills will enhance the experience of other Kellogg students. (Diversity)
You have been selected as a member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Please provide a brief evaluative assessment of your file. (Personal Evaluation)
Complete three of the following six questions or statements
a) Through the course of life, what would you identify as your most valued accomplishment? (Leadership/Initiative)
b) What is the most valuable lesson you have learned in a leadership role? (Leadership/Initiative)
c) Describe your most challenging professional relationship. (Teamwork)
d) Outside of work I... (Hobbies)
e) Describe an ethical dilemma that you have faced and how it was resolved. (Ethics)
f) I wish the Admissions Committee had asked me... (Personal Philosophy) 作者: Shuzhen 时间: 2003-7-21 09:34
New York University (Stern School of Business) 2002-2003
Essays: Three (two of two-pages, one "creative" piece involving words, illustrations, etc.)
Interview: By invitation only
Recommendations: Two, with at least one preferably coming from a supervisor or co-worker Résumé Application fee: $150 Essay Questions and Types
Think about the decisions you have made in your life. Describe the following: (Future Goals/School Fit) Past: What choices have you made that led you to your current position?
Present: Why is a Stern MBA necessary at this point in your life?
Future: What is your desired position upon graduation from the Stern School? What was the most difficult constructive feedback you have received, and what did you do as a result of it? (Personal Philosophy)
Creatively describe yourself to your MBA classmates. You may use any method to convey your message: words, illustrations, etc. (Diversity) 作者: Jeremy 时间: 2003-7-21 22:22
Marvellous. Where did you find them? You are so great.
