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Essay 1: MBA Program applicants – Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans and your motivation for pursuing an MBA. (600 word limit) We’ve analyzed versions of this question a dozen times, and even this exact one… still, it doesn’t hurt to add some flesh to previous analysis. Before we launch, what’s the purpose of a question like this? Is it to get to know the applicant? Sort of. Is it to be impressed …
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We cover them all here: Complete one of the following three questions or statements. (400 word limit) Re-applicants have the option to answer a question from this grouping, but this is not required. 400 words isn’t a lot. Get in, get out. a) Describe an instance where you encountered resistance in a professional team setting. How did you address the situation? What is resistance? It’s not just… any challenge or obstacle. Resistance implies some type of human-inspired challenge. Someone didn’t …
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Assume you are evaluating your application from the perspective of a student member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Why would you and your peers select you for admission, and what impact would you make as a member of the Kellogg community? (600 word limit). Think “DODGEBALL.” [Hopefully for our international friends, this concept isn’t toooo alien. Dodgeball is a classic grade school gym class game where two teams face off any to nail each other with large-ish balls, and the …
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Gonna roll these suckers out bit by bit over the course of the next few days. Kellogg week. Let’s dig. Essay #1 a) MBA Program applicants – Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans and your motivation for pursuing an MBA. (600 word limit) They use the word “assess” and it’s worth paying attention to. Notice they didn’t say “describe” or “tell us about.” It’s a minor, but important distinction. When you ASSESS something, …
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Essay #3 – Assume you are evaluating your application from the perspective of a student member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Why would your peers select you to become a member of the Kellogg community? (600 word limit) Hallelujah. Awesome question. Very hard, but very awesome. They are HANDING you an opportunity to write something that showcases your personality. Never more has the WHO YOU ARE piece been teed up on a silver platter. Do not squander this opportunity and …
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