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Yale SOM

2011-2012 Yale SOM Essay Analysis

Short Answers Please answer each of the four (4) questions below with a short paragraph of no more than 150 words. This is an opportunity to distill your core ideas, values, goals and motivations into a set of snapshots that help tell us who you are, where you are going professionally, and why. (600 words total) Any time a school restricts you to 150 words – schools like LBS, etc. – they are telling you very plainly that they want …
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2009-2010 Yale SOM Essay Analysis (and Sex)

A central premise of our teaching about leadership at the Yale School of Management is that true leadership—leadership that helps to address a significant problem in a new way—is necessarily personal. It is only when personal passion aligns with meaningful aspirations that individuals are able to inspire others to act in support of an important goal or cause. What are you most passionate about, and how have you demonstrated a commitment to this passion? [500 words] First of all, let …
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