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Describing Leadership in MBA Essays When You’re Not the Boss

May 14, 2021

[caption id="attachment_3657" align="alignright" width="300"] Ex-Marine Angie Morgan[/caption] The MBA essay questions are coming out, and students are already pondering how they can make themselves stand out and show leadership in MBA essays. It's no secret that admissions readers want to read about an applicant's personal leadership experience. But what...

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How to Convey Authentic Leadership in MBA Essays and Interviews

Oct 29, 2020

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Many aspiring business school applicants wonder how to present themselves as authentic leaders before an admissions committee. They worry they don’t have a fancy title, they don’t have direct reports, or they haven’t thrown themselves in front of a land mine to save their fellow...

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Why a Liberal Arts Education Is What You Need for Business School

Apr 04, 2018

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When it comes to business school admissions, liberal arts get a bad rap. Too often applicants think that they have to have an undergraduate degree in business, engineering or hard science to be successful in the application process. Nothing could be further from the truth. Consider...

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The Growth Mindset and the MBA Leadership Essays

Mar 31, 2017

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I am not a very good athlete, so you can imagine everyone's surprise when I decided to pick up a new sport. I decided to learn to row – not in a traditional rowboat, but in a long skinny shell with two 10-foot oars. It...

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Some Introspection in Advance of Your Application Essays

May 31, 2016

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The business school essays can be intimidating. The questions, ranging from open ended --Stanford’s “What is most important to you, and why?” to specific “What are your short and long term goals?” These essays are hard because admissions officers are looking for the story behind your story....

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The Best MBA Resume Advice Ever

Aug 02, 2015

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You can find countless articles on general resumes all over the web, but very little on the perfect MBA resume. I did write about it, walking through a template I've crafted after working with Stanford GSB first year students. But my colleague Candy LaBalle, who runs...

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Describing Leadership in MBA Essays When You’re Not the Boss

How to Convey Authentic Leadership in MBA Essays and Interviews

Why a Liberal Arts Education Is What You Need for Business School

The Growth Mindset and the MBA Leadership Essays

Some Introspection in Advance of Your Application Essays

The Best MBA Resume Advice Ever

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