Sample Essays
Berkeley Haas
- Essay 1: What brings you the greatest joy? How does this make you distinctive?
- Essay 2: What is your most significant accomplishment?
- Essay 3: Describe a time when you questioned an established practice or thought within an organization
- Essay 4: Describe a time when you were a student of your own failure
- Essay 5: Describe a time when you led by inspiring or motivating others toward a shared goal
Cambridge Judge
Carnegie Mellon Tepper
- Essay 1: What are your short and long term goals and how will a Tepper MBA help you achieve them?
- Essay 2: Give an example of a time where you made an impact in your professional or academic life
- Essay 3: Describe an obstacle you have faced in your professional or academic life
- Essay 4: Describe a time in your professional or academic life in which your ethics were challenged
- Essay 5: Outside of my professional life, one thing that people would be surprised to know about me is…
- Essay 6: Outside of my professional and/or academic life, I am especially proud of…
Chicago Booth
Darden Virginia
Duke Fuqua
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Kellogg School of Management
- Essay 1: Describe your career progress, future plans and motivation for a graduate degree at Kellogg
- Essay 2: Describe how your background, etc will enhance the experience of other Kellogg students
- Essay 3: Please provide a brief evaluative assessment of your file
- Essay 4: What have been your most significant leadership experiences to date?
- Essay 5: Describe an ethical dilemma that you faced and how it was resolved
- Essay 6: Outside of work I…
- Essay 7: Describe a situation where you were able to persuade others to see things your way
London Business School
- Essay 1: How will the London Business School MBA programme contribute to your goals?
- Essay 2: Where do you see your career progressing five years after graduation?
- Essay 3: Please describe your experience of working in and leading teams
- Essay 4: What type of student club or event do you envisage yourself leading?
- Essay 5: Describe any experiences outside of your home country. What did you gain from these?
Melbourne Business School
Michigan Ross
- Essay 1: Introduce yourself to your future Ross classmates
- Essay 2: Describe your career goals. How will an MBA from Ross help you to achieve those goals?
- Essay 3: What are you most passionate about?
- Essay 4: Describe a personal challenge or obstacle. How have you dealt with it and what did you learn?
Tuck Dartmouth
UCLA Anderson
UNC Kenan Flagler
Yale SOM
NOTE
The sample essays listed here are for educational purposes only. The narratives described are entirely fictitious. Feel free to borrow ideas and inspiration to craft your own essays. However, do not copy content – doing so may amount to plagiarism and could lead to serious consequences to your application. We hope you will find these sample essays helpful. All the best!
The sample essays listed here are for educational purposes only. The narratives described are entirely fictitious. Feel free to borrow ideas and inspiration to craft your own essays. However, do not copy content – doing so may amount to plagiarism and could lead to serious consequences to your application. We hope you will find these sample essays helpful. All the best!