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MBA essays are the most important part of the MBA application. Getting MBA essays right can definitely increase your chances of admission in a business school. In this article I will cover the MBA essay topics for 2010 admission to Stanford Business School. 

Essay 1: What matters most to you, and why?

This is the flagship MBA essay of Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and the most unconventional MBA essay topic for a business school application – a true reflection of the culture and spirit of the school.

1. How to think about it – Brainstorming: This is a very personal and anecdotal MBA essay. So take a sheet of paper and write everything of significance that ever happened in your life, personal and professional. It could be anything from your fond memories of growing up in a hill-station town, or the accident that your dad survived through and the affect it had on your family, or you preparing for your exams under candlelight, or that first job promotion etc. (These will serve as examples to support your claims in the MBA essay). The point is to put together all your life experiences in one place before you start structuring your MBA essay. Remember, it is not an easy task and you will have to strain your brain to bring out all the memories, good or bad. Don’t hold back. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hello Aspirants

Let me start with an inspiring quote:

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” – Christopher Reeve, also famous for playing SUPERMAN

As promised, I am back to share some more admission related experience with you. And this time we dig right in. I had originally planned to talk about GMAT but since Round 1 deadlines for many US Business Schools are very close I thought of giving some quick pointers on “Essay Writing”. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hello aspiring MBA students and world changers!

Does getting an MBA from US and changing the world go hand in hand? As aspiring MBA students and       future business leaders you are soon going to be exposed to the most potent answer in your arsenal of responses: “It depends!” And in the real world, it truly does. There are no straight clear cut answers to business problems, unlike the highly comforting math and physics problems with definitive answers that most engineers are used to solving. For starters, internalize the following three most important lessons:

1. In Business (and life) get comfortable with uncertainty
2. Business (and life) is about making choices and decisions at every step
3. Recognize that you will have to make decisions with partial or incomplete information

Now what does all of this have to do with US MBA admissions? You may wonder, “Why doesn’t this guy tell me all I that I need to know so that: Read the rest of this entry »