Stanford GSB MBA 2026 年入学 Deadline & Essays & Essays解析

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2025–26 Deadlines                        

Application Round	Submit your application by …	We will notify you on …
Round 1	09 Sep 2025	10 Dec 2025
Round 2	07 Jan 2026	02 Apr 2026
Round 3	07 Apr 2026	28 May 2026

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Essays

Essays help us learn about who you are rather than solely what you have done.

Other parts of the application give insight into your academic and professional accomplishments; the essays reveal the person behind those achievements.

Essay Questions

We request that you write two personal essays.

In each essay, we want to hear your genuine voice. Think carefully about your values, passions, aims, and dreams. There is no “right answer” to these questions — the best answer is the one that is truest for you.

What matters most to you, and why?

For this essay, we would like you to reflect deeply and write from the heart. Once you’ve identified what matters most to you, help us understand why. You might consider, for example, what makes this so important to you? What people, insights, or experiences have shaped your perspectives?

Why Stanford for you?

Describe your aspirations and how your Stanford GSB experience will help you realize them. If you are applying to both the MBA and MSx programs, use this essay to address your interest in both programs.

Candidates who apply jointly to both the MBA and MSx programs will need to write an additional essay.

How will you enhance the MSx community?
*This essay is only required if you are applying to both the MBA and MSx programs

For this essay, describe how you plan to support and enhance the experience of your classmates and the learning community at Stanford GSB.

Length

You may write up to 650 words for the first essay (“What matters most to you, and why?”) and up to 350 words for the second essay (“Why Stanford for you?”). We often read effective essays that are written in fewer words.

Editing Your Essays

Begin work on the essays early to give yourself time to reflect, write, and edit.

Feel free to ask friends or family members for feedback, especially about whether the tone and voice sound like you. Your family and friends know you better than anyone. If they think the essays do not capture who you are, what you believe, and what you aspire to do, then surely we will be unable to recognize what is distinctive about you.

Feedback vs. Coaching

There is a big difference between “feedback” and “coaching.” You cross that line when any part of the application (excluding the letters of recommendation) ceases to be exclusively yours in either thought or word.

Appropriate feedback occurs when others review your completed application — perhaps once or twice — and apprise you of omissions, errors, or inaccuracies that you later correct or address. After editing is complete, your thoughts, voice, and style remain intact. Inappropriate coaching occurs when you allow others to craft any part of your application for you and, as a result, your application or self-presentation is not authentic.

It is improper and a violation of the terms of this application process to have another person or tool write your essays. Such behavior will result in denial of your application or revocation of your admission.

Additional Information

If there is any information that is critical for us to know and is not captured elsewhere, include it in the Additional Information section of the application. Pertinent examples include:

    Extenuating circumstances affecting your candidacy, including academic, work, or test-taking experiences
    Academic experience (e.g., independent research) not noted elsewhere
    Explanation of why you are not using a current supervisor as a recommender

This section should not be used as an additional essay.

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官网链接：http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/programs/mba/admission
选校宝典：ChaseDream Global Top Business School Guide

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论文解析

核心变化：与往年相比，2025-2026申请文书的核心变化在于新增了一篇“Community”文书，以及调增了 “Why Stanford”文书的定位。

1.  新增必答文书：

The Stanford MSx Community

How do you plan to support and enhance the experience of your classmates and the learning community at Stanford GSB?

新增的Community文书凸显了MSx项目对资深学员相互赋能、共建社区的高度重视。值得注意题目中的措辞：support and enhance，不只是“参与”，而是强调你如何 “支持和提升” 同学和整个学习社区的体验。这要求展现更主动、更具增值性的贡献。

2.  “Why Stanford”文书定位调整：

Why Stanford for You?*

Describe your aspirations and how your Stanford MSx experience will help you realize them. Why is this the right time for you to pursue your master's degree at Stanford GSB?

调整后 Why Stanford 更精准定位：

• 对于纯MSx申请者，考察 Why Stanford 的意图被更巧妙地融入了 Career 短答题和新的 Community 文书中，而不再需要提交 Why Stanford 文书。
• 对于双申者则需通过这篇补充文书清晰阐述对两个项目的兴趣、职业目标与GSB资源的匹配，并强调“Why Now”即当下时机的紧迫性和重要性。
  
  
  

经典文书解析
650 words

What matters most to you, and why? (up to 650 words)

第一个必答Essay是Stanford的经典题目，策略不变，核心要求： 深度反思，真诚表达。追溯塑造你核心价值的人、事、经历、洞见。展现深刻的自我认知和价值观形成过程。确保“What”足够本质且独特，“Why”的剖析足够深入、动人。

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