Chicago Booth Essays and Essay Tips 2007-2008:

Chicago Booth MBA Essay 1

Why are you pursuing an MBA at this point in your career? Describe your personal and professional goals and the role an MBA from the University of Chicago GSB plays in your plans to reach these goals. (1500 word maximum)

Chicago Booth MBA Essay 1 Tips

YOUR objective remains as clear as ever. Describe, specifically and at length, your career progression, and the reasons that connect Chicago GSB with your past, present and future. The question clearly expects you to delve into the Pre-Chicago, Chicago and Post-Chicago phases of your career (and life). This whopper of an essay is equal to 2-3 essays from another Business School; so endeavor to push yourself to look beyond a straightforward career narration - explore and reveal your personality to the Chicago GSB admissions committee in a manner that incites an interview invitation.

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Chicago Booth MBA Essay 2

If you could step into someone else's shoes for a day, who would it be and why? (500 word maximum)

Chicago Booth MBA Essay 2 Tips

This is the kind of question that makes the Chicago GSB essay package a challenge and a joy.

You will not lack for people whom you admire or whose position you covet: a famous personality from any field of human  endeavor from any time in history, or even a lesser known personality whom you have good reasons to admire. Given the multitude of choices, the decision making process about who to choose would be crucial.

Even more critical, will be the last word of the question - WHY? The why hides the truth about why you are writing this essay in the first place. It can reveal your personality, passions, vision and strengths, in ways that might not be fully possible in Chicago GSB Essay 1. Since the hero of the story in both essays 1 and 2 (and also in the following PowerPoint presentation) is actually the same person - YOU - it is essential to consider the essay package as a whole and use elements in this essay that complement stories, examples and ideas elsewhere in your Chicago GSB application package.

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Chicago Booth MBA Essay 3

We have asked for a great deal of information throughout this application. In this portion of the application, we invite you to tell us about yourself using a non-traditional application format - a PowerPoint presentation. In four slides or less, please provide readers with content that captures who you are.

Chicago Booth MBA Essay 3 Tips

You can use the PPT to portray yourself from a different angle, to highlight different aspects of yourself or even to re-emphasize what makes you tick. Of course if you can show creativity, humor and insight through the presentation style you might score more - and have some fun too. Since the slides might be printed out for viewing, use clear text and bold pictures - and check the output in monochrome before finalizing the work.

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