ApexWriters GMAT Scholarships 2010
Second year in the row and ApexWriters is sharing part of its profits with GMAT applicants.
We have again come up with the Scholarship contest for GMAT applicants and business school applicants where we are distributing over 40,000 rupees in prize money. To be eligible, you should be an Indian who is taking/has recently taken GMAT. So, get ready, apply for the scholarship and you could take your GMAT for free! Here is your chance to avail 100% towards your GMAT test fee and up to 10,000 rupees off on our application help packages. We have already started accepting the applications and the last day to submit your entries is September 15th, 2010.
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Quick comparison – ISB and IIM
MBA applicants are today finding it difficult to select between the two of the most prestigious brands in India. It is because both are mighty names, offer excellent learning opportunities and help you bag the dream jobs. Weather you are contemplating applying to these schools or are making that final decision, you need to do a comprehensive comparison between both the schools. For the applicants who want to do a preliminary research on Indian School of Business and Indian institute of Management – Ahmedabad, here is a quick yet comprehensive analysis.
| IIM-A PGPX | ISB PGP | |
| IMPORTANT FACTS | ||
| Year of launch | 2005 | 2000 |
| Class size | 90 for 2011-12. May increase intake to 140-150 | 577 |
| Average age of students | 33 years | 27 |
| Average years of work experience | No minimum requirement of years of work experience. However, typical work exp varies from 5-8 years. Also they count years spent in MS program towards work ex, so for engineering students, this could be a point to take note of. | - 2 years minimum work ex. - Average work ex of Class of 2010 – 5 years |
| Female students | 7% | Approx 25% |
| International experience | -Average months of international exp-50 -91.8% have international exposure in terms of work and studies. | Over 50% of students have some international experience |
| Program start and end dates | April 12, 2010 – March 20, 2011 | April 11, 2010- April 2, 2011 |
| Class profile | -55% engineers -50 % with only Bachelors degree -50% with Bachelors and above qualification | 56% Engineers |
| Faculty | -Over 90 Faculty members, over half of them have obtained their Ph.Ds from leading international universities. -Faculty have written 95 international cases, Presented 459 papers at international conferences, Written 405 papers in international journals, Participated as faculty in international management development programs 75 times | 30 resident faculty, Over 100 Visiting Faculty from some of the leading B-Schools of the world like Wharton, Kellogg, London Business School, Cornell, Chicago, Duke, and UCLA |
| FEES AND FINANCES | ||
| Fees | -Rs. 19.35 lacs for single/married students -Other expenses such as Electricity (Rs.15000 annual approx) and Service charges for TV, Cooking gas etc on actuals (Total above includes cost of international component) | -Rs. 20.2 lacs for single students and Rs. 21.8 lacs for married students. -This amount includes Rs.50k towards laptop charges. If you bring your own, this will reduce the above totals by 50k. - The cost of the international component is above this and varies from 6000-10000 USD (approx Rs. 3-5 lacs) |
| Commitment fee payment schedule | First commitment fee – Rs.4.5 lacs, non refundable payable by Nov 26 -Second commitment fee – Rs. 2.5 lacs, non refundable, payable by Jan 15, -Balance payable on joining the program (both lump sum and installment schemes available) | -Non refundable admission fee of Rs. 2 lacs to be paid along with acceptance decision within 15 days from the date of the admission offer. |
| Financing options | Allahabad Bank Maximum Amount: Rs. 750000; Repayment Period: max of 7 years Andhra Bank Loan Amount: Rs. 1000000; Repayment Period: 5 to 7 years | Credila Financial Services Max Amount : 20 Lakhs; Repayment Period: max of 7 years HDFC Bank Max Amount: Rs. 20 lacs or 95% of cost; Repayment Period: 6 years Indian Bank Max Amount: Rs. 20 lacs or 95% of cost; Repayment Period: 7 years SBI Max Amount: Rs. 20 lacs or 95% of cost; Repayment Period: 7 years. Union Bank of India Maximum Amount: Rs. 20 lacs or 95% of cost; Repayment Period: 7 years |
| Scholarships | No official scholarships | Cognizant – B’izard 3 schols of 3 lacs, 2 lacs, 1 lac available. Apply by August Citigroup –USD12500. 4-6 schols. Apply by May-June C Square Learning Pvt Ltd. - 5 schols of Rs. 1 lacs Novartis -3 schols of Rs. 4 lacs each Tata Motors - 3 schols of Rs. 3 lacs each Nurture India - 1 schol of Rs. 4 lacs Manhattan Review-5 schols, Rs. 1lac International Scholarships ISB –AIESEC 2 schols of Rs. 10 lacs International Schol – 10 of 6000-20000 USD La Caixa and Casa Asia Scholarship- Total expenditure (3-5 schols) Talentia Scholarship – Total expenditure (variable no. of schols) More details at http://www.isb.edu/pgp/Scholarships.Shtml |
| APPLICATION RELATED FACTS | ||
| Important Application related dates | -Last date for filled in applications :August 10, 2010 -Intimation to shortlisted candidates: by September 10, 2010 -Interviews: September-October, 2010 -Intimation to selected candidates: by October 31, 2010 -Acceptance of offer: by November 25, 2010 | Separate dates for Indian and foreign students Indian students: Round 1 – Application by Aug 30,2010 and offer date – Nov 15,2010 Round 2 – Application by Nov 30,2010 and offer date – Feb15, 2011 -Both rounds acceptance cutoff is 15 days from date of offer Foreign students: Admissions on a rolling basis. |
| Interview | Yes | Yes |
| Evaluation Criteria | -GMAT Scores -Leadership Profiling -Interviews -Intellectual Caliber -Entrepreneurial Spirit -Managerial/Cultural Exposure Application related Essays-First round of screening involves evaluation on the basis of only the GMAT score and candidate profile including work ex. After this, shortlisted candidates are required to submit essays to given questions. The essays require you to - Show why you need an MBA and how it fits your overall career goals - Give evidence of your leadership experience and provide a descriptive analysis of yourself as a candidate suitable for their program | -GMAT Score -Leadership Potential -Diversity -Academic Background and Analytical Ability -Work exp Application related Essays-All applicants have to write 3-4 essays (last is usually optional) The essays require you to have - A clear understanding of why the MBA is needed at this stage in your professional career and what you expect to gain from ISB’s program in particular - An evidence of the kind of professional experience you have had which may require you to describe leadership experience, how you have met significant challenges etc - Factors which differentiate you and strengthen the chances of your acceptance |
| Admission Requirements | - Bachelors Degree - Minimum age of 27 years at the time of joining - GMAT Score | - No minimum age - Bachelors degree - GMAT Score |
| Average required GMAT score | Upwards of 700. Also GMAT should be taken in the last 3 years prior to applying | - GMAT scores in a 5 year period prior to application are valid. - Average GMAT of Class of 2010 – 712 - GMAT range 600-780 |
| PROGRAM DETAILS | ||
| Core courses/ tracks | Marketing, Finance, Supply chain management, Strategic management. Programme Segments: PGPX has six segments: (i) Induction (ii) Building Blocks (iii) Preparing for Top Management (iv) International Immersion (v) Electives (vi) Capstone | (i) Entrepreneurial Venture (ii) Experiential Learning Programme (iii) Independent Study Programme (iv) Corporate Interaction (v)The International Student Exchange Programme |
| International component | - Academic Study: 1 Week - Project: 4 weeks - Group Size: 3 - 5 students - Time: 2nd Week of November | - 2 terms are spent as an exchange student with any of the 26 schools listed below -ISB also offers South East Asia Business Trek |
| Exchange programs and schools partnered with for International component | The International component only involves outbound programs in partnership with the following schools. North America (USA, Canada) -Columbia Business School, New York, USA -The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Europe -ESC Bretagne Brest, Brest Cedex 3, France -Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt, Germany -University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands -University of Leeds, Leeds, UK -Warwick Business School, England, UK Asia-The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China | - Both Outbound and Inbound exchange programs on offer with the following schools in exchange network North America (USA, Canada) -Darden School of Business, University of Virginia - USA -Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley - USA -Fuqua School of Business, Duke University - USA -Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Canada -Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University - USA -Kenan Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina - USA -Judge Business School, University of Cambridge - UK -Leonard N Stern School of Business, New York University - USA -Queen's School of Business, Queen's University, Canada -Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada -Thunderbird School of Global Management ,USA -The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - USA -The Fletcher School, Tufts University - USA Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College - USA Europe -Bocconi University (MSc) - Italy -Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business - China -College of Commerce, National Chengchi University - Taiwan -ESADE Business School - Spain -London Business School - UK -Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, WHU - Germany -Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University - Netherlands -HEC School of Management - France -IESE Business School, University of Navarra - Spain -SDA Bocconi School of Management (MBA),Italy IE Business School - Spain Asia, Africa and Australia -Lahore University of Management Sciences - Pakistan -School of Business and Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Hong Kong -Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong -NUS Business School, National University of Singapore - Singapore -School of Economics and Management, Tsinghu University - China -The China Europe International Business School - China -The Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business, Tel Aviv University – Israel -Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne - Australia -KAIST Graduate School of Business - Korea -University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business – South Africa |
| CAMPUS LIFE | ||
| Professional & Social clubs | -Abacus - Quant Club -Beta - Finance Club -Consult -Consulting Club -Entre - Entrepreneurship Club Forum for Industry Interaction (FII) -Genesys - Systems Club -LSD - Literary Club -Niche - Marketing Club -IIM Ahmedabad Cultural and Theatrical Society (IIMACTS) -Prayaas - Community Service -Prakriti - Nature Club | -Business Technology Club -Consulting Club -Emerging Markets Club -Energy -Manufacturing -Operations Club -Entrepreneurship -VC Club -Finance Club -General Management Club -Healthcare Club -Marketing Club -Media Club -Net Impact Club -Real Estate Club -Retail Club -Women in Business Club -Arts & Creativity Club -Dance Club -Golf Club - Music Club -Photography Club -Radio Club -International Club -Quiz Club -Theatre Club -Sports Club -Spouse & Family Association |
| Accommodation options | - 203 sq ft Single room with attached bathroom for single students - 676 sq ft 2 room with bathroom for married students | Studio apartments and 4 bedroom apartments. |
| Events | -Chaos - Cultural Event -Confluence - Internal Business School Meet -Insight - Marketing Fair The course does not emphasize extracurricular activities as much as the ISB course – this also follows from the fact that the age of participants in this program is significantly higher than ISB’s typical student and the number of years of work ex is also higher. Plus about 70% of students are married compared with only about 30 % of students being married at ISB. | Several events and student participation in these is strongly encouraged -Entrepreneurship Conference -Summer Research Conference 2009 -Media Conclave -Global OD Summit 2009 -21st AIMS Annual Management Education Convention 009 -Retail/ Real Estate Conference -Capital Markets Conference -Healthcare / Pharma Summit - Case Writing & Case Teaching Workshop -Talent Management Conclave -CSR Conclave -Second International Conference on Igniting the Genius Within -Business Technology Conclave -ISB Private Equity Conference -The ISB Energy Conclave -Ikshaa-The Marketing Summit -ISB Leadership Summit (ILS) |
| PLACEMENTS | ||
| Placement Support | -Placement support for non sponsored students. -Rolling placements system. -For class of 2010, breadth of positions offered included: 1 CEO,1 SVP,3 VP 10 GM,1 Director 8 AVP,16 strategic consulting roles, and several senior manager positions. 5 participants started own businesses and opted out of placements. | -Yes for all students. -Students can also seek guidance from the Advisory Board : a six-member team comprising top HR talent management professionals from Indian and international companies that brings an “industry perspective” to CAS (Career Advancement Services) operations. |
| Recruiters (indicative list of companies, not exhaustive) | Consulting – Accenture, McKinsey, PRTM Management Consultants, PWC, Booz Allen, Hewitt IT – Cognizant, Dell, Google, Infosys, iNautix, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, NIIT, Polaris, HCL Opera Solutions, Covansys, Amazon, Retail- Spencer, RPG Group Infra, Energy, Auto etc – Tata Motors, Reliance Energy, Suzlon, Cairn, Hazira LNG, Mahindra & Mahindra, KPIT Cummins, Ceat Tyres, L&T, Marg Infra Finance –ICICI, ICRA, HSBC, Edelweiss Capital, IL &FS Citigroup etc | Consulting – Accenture, McKinsey, AT Kearney, Deloitte Consultants, BCG IT - Infosys Technologies / Consulting/ BPO, DELL INTERNATIONAL SERVICES – ANALYTICS, Google, Amazon, Bharti Telesoft, NIIT Technologies Ltd., Cognizant, Directi, MicrosoftMedia – Gallup, Dainik Bhaskar, Big 92.7 FM Healthcare/ Pharma – J&J Medical, Pfizer, Novartis, TCG Lifesciences Ltd., Biocon, Dr.Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., Fortis Healthcare Ltd Retail & FMCG - Bharti Wal-Mart, Pepsi, HUL, Coke, Colgate Palmolive Financial Services – Citibank, HSBC, Yes Bank, JP Morgan, TVS Capital Funds Limited, Avaya Global About 25% of the companies which recruited in 2009 were international companies. |
| Employment by Function (approx % to show the breadth of roles taken up by candidates – 2009) | About 30% - General Management 25%- Consulting 22% - Sales and Business Development 11% - Operations 7 %- Strategy 5% - HR, Project Management | 29%- Consulting 11% - Finance 8% - General Management 9% - IT 17% - Sales and Business Development 11% - Operations 15% - Others including Business Research |
| Employment by Industry (approx %) | IT & ITES – 21%Consulting (Non IT) – 20% Conglomerates – 13% Telecommunication – 11% Energy/Infra – 11% Finance – 7% Healthcare – 4% Others -5% | Consulting – 18% FMCG– 5% IT/ Telecommunication – 20% Manufacturing – 8% Financial Services – 11% Pharma – 11% Others -27% including media, real estate and diversified companies |
| Avg Domestic Salary | Upwards of Rs. 20 lacs annually (based on avg over 2008-9) | Approx Rs. 15 lacs annually (based on avg over 2008-9) |
| Avg Intl Salary | Above USD 120,000 | Approx. USD120,000 |
NYU Stern essay questions 2010-2011
Q1.Think about the decisions you have made in your life. Answer the following: (a) What choices have you made that led you to your current position? (b) Why pursue an MBA at this point in your life? (c) What is your career goal upon graduation from NYU Stern? What is your long-term career goal?
Trace your professional experience until now explaining key roles held and the attendant skills and knowledge you picked up. Why did you choose these roles/career path -your academic background influenced your choices, or was it special kind of responsibilities you were seeking which affected your career moves? Now that you have reached this stage, where do you see yourself going next and to get there, what role does the MBA play? What gap will it fill in your skills portfolio or what additional knowledge will it give you? Outline clearly your immediate post MBA goal in terms of specific industry and role. For the long term you could mention a broad direction for your career.
Q2.We take great care to shape the Stern community with individuals who possess both intellectual and interpersonal strengths. We seek individuals who are highly intelligent, collaborative and committed to flourishing as Stern leaders. Please answer the following questions: (a) What is your personal experience with the Stern community? Tell us what actions you have taken to learn about us. (b) Describe what most excites you about Stern from both an academic and extracurricular perspective. (c) How do you anticipate making your mark on the Stern community? Be specific about the roles you will take on and the impact you hope to achieve.
The Adcom wants to know if you are serious about choosing Stern to have done your homework on this thoroughly enough. So don’t try to bluff on this one- what have you done to know more about Stern-attended Stern talks, made campus visits, met current and former students, taken sample classes. What you mention here will also set the stage for the answer to part b. Among the things you have learnt about Stern from the above actions, which ones have you most identified with or felt strongly positive about e.g. excellent alumni networking and access. Finally, based on your research, where do you think you fit into the Stern community and what steps will you take to strengthen your involvement with this community e.g. participation in clubs, events, volunteer service etc. Limit your answer to 2-3 points and develop them clearly.
Q3. Please describe yourself to your MBA classmates. You may use almost any method to convey your message (e.g. words, illustrations). Feel free to be creative.
A prompt much like Booth’s open ended question – but dont be tempted to copy that essay here. This is not an autobiography, nor is it aimed at impressing the Adcom- remember, the prompt says ‘describe to your classmates’. So keep the tone light and balanced – as if you were at a social gathering of peers, how would you break the ice and introduce yourself? How about being creative and caricaturing yourself playing your favorite sport or if you prefer writing, do you have a favorite character/song that you identify with. Anyway, if creativity is just not your cup of tea, no worries – keep it straight and simple, like perhaps you would talk about your interests and your background briefly when meeting new colleagues.
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Carnegie Mellon – CMU Tepper has announced the MBA application deadlines for 2010-2011 admission cycle. Here are the deadlines:
Round 1
Deadline: October 25, 2010
Notification: December 20, 2010
Round 2
Deadline: January 03, 2011
Notification: March 14, 2011
Round 3
Deadline: March 7, 2011
Notification: April 29, 2011
Round 4
Deadline: April 25, 2011
Notification: May 27, 2011
Round 5
Deadline: June 1, 2011
Notification: Rolling
(Reference: Tepper Website)
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IE Business School essay questions 2010-2011
Q1. If you had the opportunity, what would you ask the president or leader of your country, and why?
IE students are expected to be socially responsible business leaders and the school emphasizes the role of business in driving social change.With this in mind, what issue do you find pertinent to both your future professional role and to your country’s social and economic environment, which you think you could discuss with the country’s leader? Explain how this issue impacts you and your country. You could also state your position on the same issue.
Q2. Cite the most difficult situation you have faced in your professional life and how your input helped to resolve it.
The Adcom wants to get a sense of what you consider challenging and how you respond to it. From a difficult work related experience, explain what combination of factors made it especially so e.g. tough client, recessionary environment, new team etc. What was the impact of all these upon you and others who might have been involved in the experience? What steps did you proactively take to work around these complexities, and how did they help in solving the problem?
Q3. Cite at least one example in which your leadership impacted or changed a situation and discuss how you think IE Business School will help you refine, focus, or enhance this skill.
From your bank of leadership experiences, which one stands out in terms of organizational impact and where you think a certain positive aspect of your leadership played an overwhelming role in helping you succeed? Perhaps, you played a key role as a leader in bringing about an understanding among rather divergent stakeholders -your negotiating and persuasive skillswere at the forefront. Describe the incident highlighting how you applied this quality. At IE what factors such as the tremendous diversity -by requiring you to understand and reconcile so many diverse viewpoints, will help you refine this skill?
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MIT EMBA essay questions 2010-2011
1. A statement of purpose, indicating your qualifications and why you are pursuing the MIT Sloan MBA for Executives. (500 words or less, limited to one page)
The part on your own motivation to pursue an EMBA and your professional background and qualifications is straightforward to answer. Highlight strengths such as leadership, global business experience and also show how you are prepared to handle the rigor of being back to academics and a demanding curriculum e.g.your past performance in high level training programs within your organization itself.
Given the next stage of your career goals, why do you think you need an MBA to get to these goals? For e.g. you may have acquired significant exposure and experience in a specific functional area in your industry, but lack the breadth of experience or general management exposure to be considered for top management roles. Considering that MIT EMBA program has just been launched, you have mostly their website to research regarding why you want to pursue this program. But bear in mind that the program will draw on the expertise of MIT Sloan’s well known faculty and their extensive real world business knowledge- plus how do you plan to utilize linkages such as MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership.
2. The educational mission of the MIT Sloan School of Management is to “develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world.” Please discuss how you will contribute toward advancing this mission. (500 words or less, limited to one page)
The answer to this prompt must emphasize your commitment to innovation, improving global business and the leadership role you will play in doing this. It sort of asks you about your long term goals in an indirect way, such that your goals are expected to bring about all of the above. Therefore, lay out the general direction for your career in the long term – how do you propose to encourage ethical business and innovation in getting to this goal? What kind of leadership role will you assume e.g. as an entrepreneur who sets up a solar energy company or as an investment banker who will champion new regulatory norms etc.
3. Please describe a time when you changed your opinion, and why. (500 words or less, limited to one page)
The Adcom wants to evaluate your analytical abilities through this -from the position where you held a certain opinion, because of particular reasons, how did you evaluate the situation which finally prompted you to change your opinion. Your answer must therefore, explain your earlier position and also the course of reasoning you followed which made you change your opinion. What were some compelling points which motivated you to do so? You could end by briefly stating what impact this had on you – how you felt when you had to change your opinion and what you learnt about how such a change affected you.
4. Please discuss an occasion when your resources and time were limited and you needed to achieve a significant organizational goal. What did you do, and how did you do it? (500 words or less, limited to one page)
All MIT EMBA candidates are expected to have at least a decade of professional experience, so selecting one such instance which fits the essay prompt should not be difficult. Describe the goal and what kind of resources you needed to achieve the given goal. What factors made such resources scarce e.g. you were setting up business in a new country and you needed to assemble a team very quickly. How did you meet the challenge – did you think laterally and come up with innovative ideas to beat the resource and time crunch? Finally, you could summarize your learnings in a line or two.
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Dartmouth-Tuck essay questions 2010-2011
Q1 Why is an MBA a critical next step toward your short- and long-term career goals? Why is Tuck the best MBA program for you? (500 words)
Why is an MBA important to you at this stage – how will it add value to your professional experience and assist you in following the career direction you have chosen for yourself? In the short run, how will the MBA lead you to fulfil your career goals – here you need to be specific on your immediate post MBA career plan. And in the long term, what direction do you seek for your career, for which the MBA will be useful? On the Tuck MBA itself, Tuck is the only Ivy League school to offer only a full time MBA program, with a small class size and an emphasis on general management and a strong team based approach to learning. How do these factors make it the best choice for you?
Q2 Discuss your most meaningful leadership experience. What did you learn about your own individual strengths and weaknesses through this experience? (500 words)
The MBA program is based on the premise that everyone can learn leadership and particularly through real leadership experiences. Therefore, describe a time where you were either a formal/informal leader – what was your and your team’s deliverable. Mention briefly your role vis-a-vis the team’s e.g. you were leading a sales team in a new territory -how you extensively worked in the market with them, trained them on selling techniques etc. Why was the experience meaningful-e.g. team members gave you a resoundingly positive feedback making the experience very satisfying etc. In the course of leading, what did you right, which you found to be your leadership strengths, and what could you have done better, which were your weaknesses as a leader?
Q3 What is the greatest challenge or hurdle you have overcome, either personally or professionally, and how did you manage to do so? (500 words)
The Adcom will evaluate you for both the challenging incident you choose, and on your description of how you overcame the hurdle. Therefore select a situation which hasnt been written about in any other essay – explain how different factors combined to make the situation very challenging and why this was the greatest challenge ever e.g were you thrown into a new team/business without any training and expected to deliver a critical project etc. How did you respond to the challenge – outline the action steps you took and your mental response, such as drawing on past stressful situations to find your reserves of strength to handle this one.
Q4 Tuck seeks candidates of various backgrounds who can bring new perspectives to our community. How will your unique personal history, values, and/or life experiences contribute to the culture at Tuck? (500 words)
This essay gives you the opportunity to showcase your unique experiences and attributes, going beyond the professional and academic realms. So, without making this read like a mini-biography, pick up some important ‘life’ experiences -which have perhaps significantly affected your development and shaped your personality e.g having seen your dad, establish a business from scratch, you have a personal view on entrepreneurship and practical experience of having assisted him. Remember to connect the experiences/values you talk about to how they will help you contribute at Tuck – e.g. through participation in particular student clubs, classroom courses etc
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Cornell Johnson MBA essay questions 2010-2011
Q1 Describe your greatest professional achievement and how you added value to your organization. (400 words)
As you describe your significant professional achievement, you need to bring out why it was personally significant as well as how it made a measurable impact on your organization. Was this achievement one that came in the face of several obstacles, making it special for you? Or was it a new initiative/idea which had remarkable results? What new potential/skills did you find in yourself after achieving this? What kind of difference did you make to your organization e.g. you saved huge expenses to the company through your idea -try to be specific and provide facts here.
Q2 What career do you plan to pursue upon completion of an MBA degree and why? How will the Johnson School help you achieve this goal? (400 words)
The Adcom wants to know if you are clear about your post MBA career goals and the role of the Johnson MBA in helping you get there – so answer these two parts pointedly. Briefly summarize your past professional experiences and the bank of skills/knowledge you have acquired through these. Now, to get to your short term career goal, what else is required-new skills, conceptual knowledge, leadership experience, exposure to global business etc- how does the Johnson School fill these gaps. Research the school’s offerings thoroughly e.g if you want to be an entrepreneur, then you will benefit from Cornell’s Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program (EPE). In general, Johnson has a smaller MBA class compared with some other Ivy League programs-how could that benefit you?
Q3 You are the author for the book of Your Life Story. Please write the table of contents for the book. (400 words)
What do you consider important stages in your life story so far – these will form the table of contents of your book. Don’t be creative at the cost of getting your point across, therefore, your content/chapter captions shouldnt be too cryptic. Also, you could be chronological about your life story or group your experiences in terms of how they developed specific attributes of your personality and accordingly write a few lines following each caption. Try not to be plain biographical and factual – rather use the essay to show who you are as a complete individual and this includes how uniquely you can describe your life story.
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