...W. P. Carey MBA Admissions Essay Questions – Evening MBA and Online MBA MBA Applicants are required to submit answers to essay questions during the online application process. Essays may be typed in the document below, saved and uploaded in one document when requested during the online application. Responses to each essay question should be no more than two pages using 1.5 line spacing. Please begin each question on a new page. Essay Question #1 Explain how your past accomplishments have prepared you for the W. P. Carey MBA. “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” A famous saying from the movie Forrest Gump pretty much describes my situation. In my earlier life, I never thought I would come to US for my master of engineering, work as an electrical engineer at Force10networks (it was acquired by DELL recently), and now pursue an MBA. My past accomplishments that have prepared me for the W.P. Carey MBA include teaching mathematics in Taiwan, coming to US to improve myself, earning my engineering masters at the University of Arizona, and working as electrical design engineer at force10networks. Before I came to US, I had taught mathematics from high school level to college calculus for seven years. The reason that I like teaching is I like to sense students’ issues of learning mathematics. I like to communicate with them, and to help them succeed in achieving...
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...A Former Harvard Business School Admissions Board Member Reveals the Insider Keys to Getting In • Prepare your resume and professional record • Discover the differences between business schools • Top essay and interview strategies • Behind the scenes of the admissions process • Qualitative factors that can make you stand out • Application insights from insiders Chioma isiadinso, M.ed. former Admissions Board Member of Harvard Business School The Best Business Schools’ Admissions Secrets A Former Harvard Business School Admissions Board Member Reveals the Insider Keys to Getting In Chioma Isiadinso, M.ED. © 2008 by Chioma Isiadinso Cover and internal design © 2008 by Sourcebooks, Inc. Cover photo © Punchstock Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. —From...
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...Construc and Support an Argument Paper Construct and Support an Argument Paper Amanda Wilson University of Phoenix Construct and Support an Argument Paper Deciding to pursue a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) degree is an important decision which should not be taken lightly. The master’s program is challenging and will take time from an individual’s personal life. An MBA can further a career, begin a new career, or fulfill a personal goal. This paper will construct and support an argument on my decision to pursue an MBA while considering the Jungian Personality self-assessment on how others perceive me. I completed a Bachelor of Science Business Management (BSBM) degree in 2009. Upon completion of my BSBM, I began looking for employment. I currently work for Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO) and believe that once I complete my bachelor’s degree that a promotion would become available. I have not been offered a promotion and told that maybe something will become available Is this essay helpful? Upgrade your account to read more and access more than 650,000 just like it! GET BETTER GRADES in a couple of years. I have sent my resume out to numerous prospective employers and have only interviewed for one position. I was one of 50 eager interviewees. The individual who was offered the job was over qualified but was recently laid off from his previous job. He needed a job and took the position for which I applied. He took this position making...
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...Essay One: Answer both Part A and Part B Part A - What is your short-term goal following graduation from the Georgetown McDonough MBA Program? What skills are you seeking to develop or improve upon in order to reach your goals? (500 words or fewer) Part B – What is your long-term career goal? (100 words or fewer) Essay 1 - Part A I was like a sinking ship, with no chance to develop the ocean. Four years ago, I started a clothing trading company named DREAMIX with a close friend who majored in art design. He had a dream of becoming fashion designer and I majored in international business with hopes of establishing an international trading company. The name of the company, DREAMIX, symbolized a mixture of our ambitions and dreams for the success of a company that we spent many hours in university planning. Our plan of action was simple; we researched laws required to build a company in Taiwan, talked to several professors, and asked entrepreneurs who had worked in similar areas for advice. Both my partner and I had successful careers in the army and felt fully capable and confident that our success could be achieved through DREAMIX. We were enthusiastic about building our own brand, “Welcome A Board”, as I had been a sponsored skateboarder and had been successful in helping to lead our college skateboarding team. Soon after discussing our plans of making clothes with a friend, we realized we didn’t have the budget to launch a successful marketing strategy...
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...PORTFOLIO COURSE FOR MBAs Course Information & Syllabus for Online MBA Course Purpose The Portfolio Course has two main purposes: (1) Program evaluation for continuous improvement and (2) Professional development for you as you near graduation from the online MBA program. Most students report that the entire process takes only 2-4 hours. This zero-unit course contains your insights, which allow the online MBA faculty to evaluate the effectiveness of its program. It also requires you to reflect on and write about the way in which your selection of courses achieves the goals of the online MBA program. As the online MBA program collects and assesses student portfolios produced over a period of years, the faculty will be able to adjust the mix of electives and requirements that make up each major to more fully meet program goals. Other matters, such as grading standards or individual course requirements may also come up for discussion during the review of student portfolios. Thus, your particular portfolio will help shape the future of the online MBA program as well as help you review your own education. This course will also develop your career and professional aspirations via a career workshop and advisement session to prepare you for the next step in your professional life, which varies from student to student. ADMIN 995 Course Overview There are four components to the course which you must complete: 1. Portfolio of Academic Work 2. Reflective Essay 3. Career Development...
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...SAMPLE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE MBA EXAMPLE ESSAY Write a candid description of yourself, stressing those personal qualities, assets, and liabilities that you feel will influence your graduate work. Describe what you consider to be your most important professional and / or academic achievement to date. If one were to ask my friends to describe me they would describe me as a very pleasant, diverse, active and intelligent woman. I think one of my most distinguishing characteristics is the diversity of experiences I possess. I am a science student with a flair for the arts. I am a woman with technical aptitude and an interest in management. I also have a passion for traveling and understanding different cultures of the world. All these elements have given me a very broad outlook, with varying degrees of knowledge in a range of topics. I strongly believe that although some are not related directly, all these qualities will influence my graduate work. My Engineering degree has given a strong foundation to my analytical skills since civil designing involves a lot of long, complex and intricate calculations and the application of basic math skills. Over the past four years, I have been working part-time with my family firm, SnMTech Systems. I am also the co-founder and active member with FOE - Friends of the Environment. I have assisted in the installation of Enterprise-wide Resource Planning (ERP) System at Blotech, a major Engineering Company. More than what I have studied in...
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...说明 1. 本资料来源于英文版《How to get into the top MBA programs》,作者为Don Martin. 2. 第一部分为115份真实的ESSAY, 分别来自于17个不同背景的申请人. 3. 第二部分为对21个常见ESSAY问题的分析，包括问题的关键，常见错误，正确的回答方式. 个人认为这一部分比真实的ESSAY更重要. 4. 由于文件采用扫描和文字识别方法输入, 可能存在一些错误. 5. 此文件仅供CHASEDREAM网友参考使用, 请尊重原书版权, 切勿用于商业用途. Xiearmyxiearmy 零四岁末于美国穷乡僻壤 Chapter I Application Essay Examples INTRODUCTION This appendix contains 115 actual essays written, by 17 different applicants, for leading MBA programs. They address dozens of different essay topics. The applicants and their essays have been selected to give you the widest possible range of materials from which to profit. The first four applicants all applied to the University of Chicago. They were chosen by Chicago’s admissions director, Don Martin, according to my desire that they be from four very different people and of average quality for those admitted. In other words, these essays will show you exactly what you are competing against. They are of perfectly acceptable quality, but they should not discourage you. If you follow the lessons of this book you should be able to surpass each of these efforts. The second set of three applicants—Melissa, Doreen, and Carol—is taken from Columbia University’s files. Columbia’s admissions director, Linda Meehan, was asked to supply several applications, again from people of widely differing backgrounds, but this time of superior quality. I think that this group’s applications...
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...I believe that an MBA is vital for both my current and future endeavors. As the world’s population is getting more educated and challenges are becoming more complex it is pivotal for one to possess a well respected and extremely useful advanced degree. I feel that gaining my undergraduate degree and working for some years after has prepared me for the challenge and privilege of working towards acquiring my MBA. I would greatly utilize, honor, and respect the award of a graduate degree from The University of Maryland. My short term aspirations after receiving my MBA are to acquire a managerial or more senior level position within a large, international organization similar to where I now work. In the current business environment those making important decisions and being entrusted with greater responsibilities must have the prerequisite experience, education, and background to succeed. The Smith MBA will inspire confidence in potential employer’s that I can handle the myriad of possibilities that must be dealt with on a daily basis. In order to be confident of your upward mobility within an organization or as a business owner you must be someone who is prepared for current and future challenges that you will face. My colleagues at the World Bank have demonstrated to me the advanced educational background and constant desire to learn that is necessary to thrive in today’s competitive business environment. Most of those in leadership positions within large organizations...
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...ISB DEADLINE | DATE | 1ST Deadline | 15th September 2014 | 2nd Deadline | 30th November 2014 | Essay - 1 (300 words max) Innovation or doing things differently it is said is a key to future success. Could you substantiate or negate this idea based on your experience. Please provide examples from your own experience – either examples of your own innovation or examples of others whom you have worked with. (300 words maximum) Essay - 2 (300 words max) Applying to and enrolling in a Business Scholl is an important career decision. Critically look at your career to date, the choices you have made, the key influences behind those choices, your goals for the future and how you expect to benefit from the ISB experience in achieving your goals. (300 words max) Essay – 3 (200 words Max.) One of the following * This experience completely changed my way of thinking * An instance when you went out of the ordinary to achieve something significant, but in hind sight feel you could have done better * Tell us about your role in a team that made a significant contribution to the organization * Contribution to peer learning and engagement with the ISB student body are important aspects of the ISB experience. What contribution do you expect to make in this direction during the one year at ISB OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS 1. They have a separate format for recommendations. 2. Have to submit 2 recommendations. 3. Application fee 50 USD 4. Total expenses...
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...Self-Assessment Tasks Plan MBA6004 Foundational Skills for Business Leaders Unit 1 Assignment 1 Introduction This report is a self-assessment of the written and Excel skills evaluation that is required by Capella. Based on the results from the assessment, the student is required to create an action plan for improving those skills in this course and future courses. The self-evaluation consists of three components. The first assessment consists of 20 multiple-choice questions. The second assessment instructs the student to write an essay on a given topic. The final assessment consists of 20 multiple-choice questions to determine the student proficiency and competency with Microsoft Excel. Once the self-assessment has been completed, the outcome of each assessment is made available to the student. This paper will discuss the steps that will be taken while pursuing my MBA degree. Learner Action Plan The Action Plan tab is designed to help students organize and manage key academic courses, structure professional and life tasks to support the students through the program to ensure overall academic success. The Skill Enhancement tab provides an extensive list of tutorial and self-paced courses to improve both your writing skills and Excel skills. Figure 1: Skills Enhancement Based on my assessment results, an action plan was developed that involved improving my writing and enhancing skills in Excel. My action plan does show that the dates that have been set to complete...
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...MBA ADMISSION ESSAY My career aspirations are to be given the opportunity to be accepted and graduate from Pepperdine University. These aspirations are of three folds: First, to be able to work for a brokerage firm that will allow me to gain the necessary experience to fulfill my goals. Second, I wish to gain enough capital to establish my own brokerage firm in India. Third, start a retirement home to help elderly people and attach the retirement home to an orphan center. I would really like to give back to the people who are less fortunate and assist those in need of help. My immediate goal after receiving my MBA is to work for a brokerage firm that will allow me to gain enough exposure to the brokerage business prior to me establishing my own firm in India. I believe that this move would help me further enhance my learning of the necessary management concepts I will need to succeed. Attending the university will prepare me for the actual situations I will face in the corporate world. After which, my experience being an employee would then give me further experience and knowledge to help me in building my own firm. I am overly impressed with the quality education offered in your MBA program at Pepperdine University. I have completed several finance classes that have given me the understanding, insight and perspective of the modern financial market. Compared to the other universities offering similar MBA programs your school in unique in many ways that are important...
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...Applicants with a plan for the future and a good grasp of what is expected of them as MBA students are the most likely to succeed as MBA graduates. We know plans change and that people often pursue an MBA to create new career options. That said, we ask that you give us a clear statement of your current career plans. Your essay should answer all the following questions: 1. What do you expect to do immediately after completing the MBA program? 2. What steps have you taken to assess the viability of your post-MBA goals given your experience to date combined with your intended MBA study plans? 3. What do you anticipate will be the primary challenges to achieving your career goals? What is your lifetime career goal? 4. What unique aspects of the Foster MBA Program would contribute the most towards achieving your short term and long term goals? (750 words max) I was exposed to the world of finance when I first came to the United States, back in 2002. After finishing my Marketing program at Berkeley, I was hired as an unpaid intern at the now defunct investment bank, Bear Stearns, & Co. It was there, that my interest in finance soon turned into fascination at how the world financial markets worked. The fast-paced yet organized environment was unlike anything I had experienced and something, I decided then, that I wanted to be a part of. Over the last 5 years, I have worked at Bear Stearns (in their Private Bank and Institutional Equity Sales departments),...
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...Sample Statement of Purpose: MBA The term “globalism” has become overused, and often misused. In fact, we might say that it has actually been devalued to the level of the everyday language of buzzword-brandishing marketing pundits. Such freewheeling usage has perhaps prompted many a CEO (or future CEO) to launch into a global plan or strategy without proper consideration of the demands and dynamics of the international marketplace. Many would-be globetrotters neglect the acquisition of language skills, knowledge of foreign trade and tax laws, accounting standards, etc., all of which are necessary to effectively “go global.” Superficial knowledge only leads to failure. This has, indeed, happened, and while there is no doubt that neglecting to capture the gains achievable in overseas markets is equally suicidal, misguided attempts at competing globally (along with rapidly developing opportunities in the global marketplace) have placed a dramatic premium on individuals who take the time to properly train themselves in international business. For me, the Columbia MBA is a significant component of this training. I foresee my own career moving in the direction of European/American business, initially from an advisory perspective (i.e. investment banking or consulting) and ultimately from a leadership role within a manufacturing entity, preferably a start-up venture. This prophecy, in part, has evolved from my past experiences in western and eastern Europe which, in turn, have formed...
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...Goals Essay It is critical in the goals essay found in almost every MBA application to show that you have clear direction and purpose based on experience and planning. Business school is not another opportunity to "find yourself." 8:00 AM. July 1, 2030. The 23rd floor of the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. A woman sitting behind the mahogany desk calls a Shanghai trader to buy 200,000 shares of Alibaba stock. Moments later, she dashes into a videoconference with Tokyo analysts. When the conference finally concludes two hours later, the woman rushes down the stairs, hails a taxi to the Hong Kong International Airport, catches a flight to Thailand, and ends her day with a meeting with the CFO of Asus Computers. I look forward to maintaining this busy schedule as a portfolio manager of an international equity fund about ten years after obtaining my MBA. The Top School academic experience can build on my public accounting training and my multi-cultural and multi-lingual background to prepare me for work first as an equity analyst in the mutual fund industry and ultimately as a portfolio manager specializing in Asian Pacific equities. As a CPA and staff accountant with Big 4 for the past two and a half years, I have developed a solid foundation in teamwork, analytical, and problem-solving skills. As a bilingual associate of the Asia-Pacific Business Group, I specialize in auditing the financial statements of in-bound Asian businesses. However, while Big 4 provides...
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...Essay With the drive, determination and passion in management since the earlier days when I step into the tertiary education, I am geared up to join the high quality and internationally recognized MBA program at X. Interested in acquiring the management and business skills to become as a Manager in five years time which is my career goal, the X MBA program will be the platform to become a successful manager in future. As a computer science student in college, I had acquired problem solving and analytical thinking skills in the areas of software development and programming, but I never had the opportunity to learn skills in management like managing a team of people in software development projects. To fulfill my career goal, I must develop and enhance my capabilities to become a manager. I believe, the X MBA program will provide the essential skills of management in key areas of communicating, decision making, motivating, problem solving and self managing. Let me explain the key areas starting from communicating which is essential for me to express myself concisely, clearly, regularly and persuasively as a manager. Besides, decision making will develop my confidence level and analytical skills enabling me to make timely, incisive judgments as a manager. Furthermore, as a manager, motivating is crucial to know what your staff can do, making it clear what you can get from them, enthusing them to maximX effort and rewarding them according to their contribution. Problem solving...
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