Jobs And Interview

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Don’t repeat information from your file. Use the essays to develop, explain and positively frame the information that is already there and develop the reader’s insight into it.

Be personal. Give Adcom real insight into your character, passion, personality and self-understanding. Don’t think you can escape with the standard platitudes.

Be unique. How do you know if a statement is not unique? Easy: if what you say could be said by the next applicant or the one after that, it’s generic. If what you say could only have been said by you, it’s unique.

Be yourself. Forget what MBAs are supposed to be like and supposed to want. Talk about who you are what you want. Talk about your real goals, motivations, dreams and fears. Give voice to your own values and your real ethical or personal struggles.

Don’t say too little. Seize the opportunity the essays present. If you give more than a muttered safety-first statement, you’ll get more back. The reader can only get out what you put in.