[Essay] New York University (Stern) MBA 2020年入学申请Deadline & Essay 及Essay解析（NYU 纽约大学）

Full-time MBA

*You will receive one of three initial notifications: invitation to interview, waitlist offer, or denial of admission.

Your application must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline.

Essays

Our Stern essay questions give you the opportunity to more fully present yourself to the Admissions Committee and to provide insight into your experiences, goals, and thought processes.

Your essays must be written entirely by you. An offer of admission will be rescinded if you did not write your essays.

• Essay 1: Professional Aspirations
• Essay 2: Personal Expression (a.k.a. "Pick Six")
• Essay 3: Additional Information (optional)

Essay 1: Professional Aspirations
(500 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)

• What are your short and long-term career goals?
• How will the MBA help you achieve them?

Essay 2: Personal Expression (a.k.a. "Pick Six")
Describe yourself to the Admissions Committee and to your future classmates using six images and corresponding captions. Your uploaded PDF should contain all of the following elements:

• A brief introduction or overview of your "Pick Six"; (no more than 3 sentences).
• Six images that help illustrate who you are.
• A one-sentence caption for each of the six images that helps explain why they were selected and are significant to you.

Note: Your visuals may include photos, infographics, drawings, or any other images that best describe you. Your document must be uploaded as a single PDF. The essay cannot be sent in physical form or be linked to a website.

Essay 3: Additional Information (optional)
(250 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)

Please provide any additional information that you would like to bring to the attention of the Admissions Committee. This may include current or past gaps in employment, further explanation of your undergraduate record or self-reported academic transcript(s), plans to retake the GMAT, GRE, IELTS or TOEFL, or any other relevant information.

If you are planning to attend the Langone Part-time MBA program and do not currently live in the NYC Metro Area or the Westchester area, please indicate your plans to pursue the program. If you are planning to relocate to the NYC area, please indicate your plans for employment. 

Karen’s Essay Analysis （个人观点仅供参考，转载请注明出处）

Essay 1: Professional Aspirations
简单直接的CG essay。一个完整的career goal通常包含industry, function, location这三方面的信息，写完这个后要提供必要的context让别人理解，你的goal和你的经历、兴趣、性格、价值观是如何产生关系的。首先

可以walk through过去的工作经历，解释清楚几段工作/role之间的联系是什么，你做决定背后的逻辑是什么，是什么引导着你这样一路走来，总结一下你从中分别掌握了什么skill。然后解释goal对之前而言extension/progression体现在哪里，让读者看清你的整个职业的big picture。

接着写why school。看上去学校好像问的只是“Generally” MBA如何帮你bridge gap and realize goals，但

详细到Stern的资源也是蛮有必要的（given没有其他地方写这个了，而没有学校愿意当备胎）。写Why School不能泛泛而谈，而应该充满令人信服的细节，要写出课堂内外各种资源对你而言有什么具体的意义，和你的goal有什么关系，对你胜任未来工作的responsibilities有什么帮助。另外要注意personalize，保证写出来的内容是别人难以复制的。比如，你是如何得知关于学校的这一切的？是campus visit，info session，或者跟哪些校友在什么场合聊过？

Essay 2: Personal Expression (a.k.a. "Pick Six")
继续沿用去年的题。在Social Media如火如荼的今天，简洁生动的展示方法对于个人或组织非常重要。这就像

让你在Instagram发帖，选择合适的图片，配上精准的台词。这6张图片可以有某种顺序也可以没有，但交代清楚地点，人物，事件，why it’s meaningful to you，可以帮助读者了解你想表达的意思。Again，时刻谨记这是用来sell你自己、说明MBA candidacy的presentation。