UVA Darden MBA 2020年入学 Deadline & Essay 及Essay解析 （Virginia 弗吉尼亚 达顿）

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Deadlines

All applications for the full-time MBA are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on the deadline day.

	Early Action	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Deadline	03 Sept. 2019	04 Oct. 2019	06 Jan. 2020	06 Apr. 2020
Interviews	Schedule Your Own	By Invitation	By Invitation	By Invitation
Decisions	09 Oct. 2019	11 Dec. 2019	18 Mar. 2020	06 May 2020

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Essay Questions

For the 2019-20 application cycle, Darden will again offer multiple short answer questions. We want to get to know all of the various facets of your background and personality.

1. Darden strives to identify and cultivate responsible leaders who follow their purpose. Please provide an example of a situation in which you have made a meaningful impact. (200 words)
2. Diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission, and they work best when they are an integral and celebrated part of our community. Read University of Virginia’s Diversity & Inclusion Vision Statement. Share a time in which you engaged with a perspective, identity, community or experience that was different from your own and how it impacted your worldview. (200 words)
3. The Batten Foundation Worldwide Scholarship provides all Darden students in our full-time MBA program with an opportunity to participate in a Darden Worldwide Course. If you could choose any location in the world, where would you want to travel, and why? (50 words)
4. Tell us what you would want your learning team to know about you – personally, professionally, or both? (100 words)
5. What is your short-term, post-MBA goal and why? (150 words)

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官网链接：https://www.darden.virginia.edu/mba/admissions

选校宝典：ChaseDream Global Top Business School Guide

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

Darden增加了EA的轮次，某种程度上反映了商学院之间人才pipeline的竞争已更加白热化。

4：这题其实是往年藏在网申系统里的mini essay，只不过现在明确拎出来让大家早点开始准备。写之前要先明确一下，

learning team是你第一年一起上课讨论case的小伙伴，通常五六个人一组，学校会刻意将背景经历不同的人放到一起。你向他们做自我介绍，要想：为什么我的同学要care这个？我擅长啥？以后能在组里担任什么角色？做点什么贡献？单纯重复简历肯定很boring，比如我来自中国，我是做什么工作的。要说亮点，比如“I am an admission consultant. I elicit the strengths that people may not have seen themselves”. 如果你来自一个大家不熟悉的公司，可以说一些在公司做的很酷很有意思的事情。此外，personal的可以多说一些，这方面是比较容易被记住的。总之我觉得这篇不适合在最开始下笔，大家可以先准备其他材料，多准备几个draft讲给别人听，慢慢完善。

5：一个完整的career goal通常包含industry, function, location这三方面的信息，应该是和你过去的经历相关，有进步，又可实现的。要讲清楚

这个“why”可以先walk through过去的经历，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transferable skill。然后说future goal，要解释这对之前的经历而言extension/progression体现在哪里，让读者看清你的整个职业的big picture。

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天天向上 发表于 2019-11-27 19:36
本帖最后由 天天向上 于 2019-11-27 19:40 编辑 Karen’s Essay Analysis （个人观点仅供参考，转载 ...

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