Top MBA Essay Analysis from Jon Frank---P11: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING MBA APPLIC

poppyatlarge

Hey Jon,

My problem is that I almost have no extracurriculum activity to talk about. Neither internship nor other experience. But I finished my undergradate program in 3years instead of 4, with a gpa around 3.5. How could I explain it in my puspose of statement? Do I need to explain the situation of a B- I got from major courses? Thanks!=D

-- by 会员 poppyatlarge (2011/11/7 12:37:48)

sorry I forget to mention the program I am applying for is a master program in business school. Their website said working experience is desired but not required..

JonFrank

Hey Jon,

My problem is that I almost have no extracurriculum activity to talk about. Neither internship nor other experience. But I finished my undergradate program in 3years instead of 4, with a gpa around 3.5. How could I explain it in my puspose of statement? Do I need to explain the situation of a B- I got from major courses? Thanks!=D

-- by 会员 poppyatlarge (2011/11/7 12:37:48)

sorry I forget to mention the program I am applying for is a master program in business school. Their website said working experience is desired but not required..

-- by 会员 poppyatlarge (2011/11/7 12:49:43)

Hey there—there is no need to talk about a grade of B-; it sounds as though your grades all in all are just fine.  So don’t call any extra attention to it, you are juuust fine here.  It is a shame that you don’t have any extra-curricular activities; all schools will want this, especially if you don’t have any work experience to speak of.  Can you come up with…ANYTHING?  Something even informally?  Since you don’t have any work experience, that is even more important, I believe…


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marystars

Hi Jon,

I wonder that if I had GMAT test for 4 times, do I have to explain the reasons and tell the adcom that I am a person never give up? or should I just write down my extracurricular achievements?

Thanks!

JonFrank

Hi Jon,

I wonder that if I had GMAT test for 4 times, do I have to explain the reasons and tell the adcom that I am a person never give up? or should I just write down my extracurricular achievements?

Thanks!

-- by 会员 marystars (2011/11/8 22:55:30)

Hello my friend—there is no need for you to write an optional essay if all you want to cover is your GMAT.  Now, if your GPA is a bit low, or if there is something ELSE worth mentioning, you can write it.  Otherwise dude, you are just fine. Don’t call extra attention to it…


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墨绪人

Hi Jon,
One more question about optional essay...I'm majoring in finance and gonna to apply for MSF 2012 fall. My GMAT and GPA are just fine. But now I am still taking some core courses of finance , such as econometrics, international financial management and central banking, because I was in Germany last year when I should have taken these courses in my home university... It goes without saying that i cannot report my grades of these core courses to adcom before deadlines. I am afraid this gap would make my academic ground "weak".... Should I explain this to adcom in optional essay? Or there is no necessity at all, actually...

Thanks a lot!

好想有个农场

Hi Jon，
Do you know the essays for USC Leventhal's MAcc well? since there is no handbooks for me to understand its program well.
I am kind of questioned about its questions
1.  What is your motivation to study for a MAcc degree at USC?  Describe how you believe a MAcc degree fits with your future career objectives.  (Do not exceed two double-spaced pages).
What are the most important things that i should contain in this short essay? about 500words
2.  Have you applied to any other graduate programs/schools?  If so, please list schools and degrees.
How many should I list? and should I just simply list them or..?
3. Essay for Scholarship Consideration:
Do you believe you should be considered for scholarship?  If yes, please explain why.  (Do not exceed one double-spaced page)
I've never writen any essay like this. What points should I write about and how many words is suggested?

Thanks a lot, Jon

JonFrank

Hi Jon,
One more question about optional essay...I'm majoring in finance and gonna to apply for MSF 2012 fall. My GMAT and GPA are just fine. But now I am still taking some core courses of finance , such as econometrics, international financial management and central banking, because I was in Germany last year when I should have taken these courses in my home university... It goes without saying that i cannot report my grades of these core courses to adcom before deadlines. I am afraid this gap would make my academic ground "weak".... Should I explain this to adcom in optional essay? Or there is no necessity at all, actually...

Thanks a lot!

-- by 会员 墨绪人 (2011/11/10 18:34:45)

Hey there—and yes, you can absolutely explain this in an optional essay.  The trick will be to do it quickly, and confidently.  You aren’t APOLOGIZING for anything—and you shouldn’t apologize.  You are just fine here!  But this situation is worth mentioning, even if only in a couple quick sentences along the way.  Write it, but beware of the optional essay.  It is very tricky, as you likely know…


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JonFrank

Hi Jon，
Do you know the essays for USC Leventhal's MAcc well? since there is no handbooks for me to understand its program well.
I am kind of questioned about its questions
1.  What is your motivation to study for a MAcc degree at USC?  Describe how you believe a MAcc degree fits with your future career objectives.  (Do not exceed two double-spaced pages).
What are the most important things that i should contain in this short essay? about 500words
2.  Have you applied to any other graduate programs/schools?  If so, please list schools and degrees.
How many should I list? and should I just simply list them or..?
3. Essay for Scholarship Consideration:
Do you believe you should be considered for scholarship?  If yes, please explain why.  (Do not exceed one double-spaced page)
I've never writen any essay like this. What points should I write about and how many words is suggested?

Thanks a lot, Jon

-- by 会员 好想有个农场 (2011/11/11 9:33:49)

Yes my friend, our consultants have worked on many of these applications.  The key to the all accounting programs is to somehow convince the adcom that you really ARE passionate about accounting.  Many applicants to masters in finance/accounting programs are simply younger, and unable to get into MBA programs.  NOT YOU!  J  You will need to explain why you LOVE accounting, and why you are such a great fit.  If you can be successful, you will get in!  And generally, assume that 500 words go on a page.  Hope this helps my friend!


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fujyoshi

Hi Jon

I plan to write both optional essays (from Pepperdine), one to talk about international background  (1) and one to mention anything (2).

for 1 i understand i need to highlight my uniqueness and why i am the way i am, i.e. worldview, principals. I am a young applicant (24 years old, undergrad at canada, super low GPA though, with 2 years retail banking working experience) and i do not see my uniqueness beside 'young with enormous potential'...could you enlighten me on this?

for 2, i really struggled. re-wrote the essay and still found it was extremely difficult to put into words on addressing my super low GPA. my GMAT was ok. no quant courses done after undergrad. i did a lot of extracurricular activities during undergrad though. what approach should i take to write 2?

thx so much

SW

小甜菜的宝宝

Hi Jon，
I resigned my last job in June this year in order to prepare well for the MBA apply,for I hadn't  get access to English since five years ago and I needed more time to pick it up. Now I get qualified record of GMAT but I am sure the explanation of my gap year should be included in the additional  essay.
The question is, how can I clarify this situation better? I am expecting for your  advises.
thanks a lot!