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Answer all 3 of the short answer questions below. Each response should be no more than 40 words.
- What are your short-term post-MBA career goals?
- How will your professional experience and the Goizueta MBA help you to achieve those goals?
- What’s a fun fact about you that you would like the committee to know?
Goizueta Business School’s mission is to prepare principled leaders to have a positive influence on business and society.
Identify a personal account of a time you effectively demonstrated your leadership skills. Respond to one of these two prompts:
-What about this experience made you feel proud of your leadership abilities? (300 words)
-What did this experience teach you about leadership? (300 words)
Our lived experiences shape who we are and the aspirations we have. As a values-driven community, we care about what has shaped your life. Please share what or who has had the biggest impact on your life.
Still have more to share? This optional essay is your opportunity to share something you couldn’t find a place for on your application. This is also where you should address anything the committee may question (e.g., gaps in employment, academic challenges, choice of recommender). You can use essay format or bullets. Please identify topics if more than one is addressed.
1. Define your short-term post-MBA career goals. How are your professional strengths, past experience and
personal attributes aligned with these goals? (300 word limit).
2. Explain how you have improved your candidacy for Goizueta Business School's MBA Program
since your last application. (250 word limit)
Telling your story through written essays is an important part of the application, but the video essay lets us hear your words in your own voice. In the required video essay, every candidate will answer a “small talk” question to help the MBA Admissions Committee get to know you. The video essay instructions and link are located in your application portal. MBA video tips
A one- or two-page résumé containing your employment and education background must be uploaded to your MBA application. The typical MBA resume format consists of employment, education, and extracurricular details. MBA resume tips
In your Emory application, you will be asked to provide two MBA letters of recommendation. Emory prefers that these recommendations are professional in nature and suggests that you are thoughtful when selecting your recommenders, and make sure that you choose at least one person who knows you well in your current position such as a direct supervisor, project manager, or client.
Like many top business schools in the US, Emory accepts letter of recommendation questions from the GMAC MBA letter of recommendation template.
As is the policy with most top business schools, Emory MBA interviews are conducted only by invitation. Students typically would recieve an invite 4-6 weeks after submitting their MBA applications.
Emory MBA team says that the MBA admissions interview offers you the opportunity to explain more in depth your educational and career experiences to date, and to elaborate on your post-MBA career plans.
The interviewer is interested in both your professional accomplishments as well as your leadership and community achievements.
The interview is similar to a professional job interview, and as such you should dress in business attire and bring an updated copy of your résumé. Interviews last approximately 30 minutes.
MBA interview tips