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Personal Statement Guide davechen333@gmail.com David Chen About mbaMission Since Ambassadorial Speechwriter and MBA Jeremy Shinewald founded mbaMission in 1999, we have worked closely with business school candidates from around the world, successfully guiding them through the entire admissions process (“from start to finish”) and ensuring that each of their unique attributes is showcased in a creative, compelling, and focused way. We are professional authors with elite MBA experience who work one-on-one with clients to discover, select, and articulate the unique stories that will force admissions committees to take notice. We assist with all aspects of the application process, helping to reduce candidates’ stress levels and maximize applicants’ chances of gaining admission to top American and international business schools. mbaMission offers all aspiring MBAs a free half-hour consultation with one of our Senior Consultants. Visit www.mbamission.com/consult/ to sign up. 2 davechen333@gmail.com David Chen About the author Often quoted in major media outlets (including the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, and Bloomberg Businessweek) on MBA admissions–related matters, Jeremy Shinewald is the founder and president of mbaMission, the world’s leading business school admissions consulting firm. mbaMission is the only MBA consulting firm recommended by Manhattan GMAT and Kaplan GMAT, the two largest GMAT test prep providers in the world. Shinewald is a highly sought after speaker on business school admissions topics, addressing audiences in New York, Dubai, London, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, and other major cities on a regular basis. Before founding mbaMission, Shinewald was chief speechwriter for the Ambassador of Israel to the United States, for whom he wrote more than 70 speeches. He was admitted to several top domestic and international MBA programs himself and ultimately became one of the youngest members of his class at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, where he was an admissions interviewer, wrote a business ethics case, and was chosen by his peers to be Class Graduation Speaker. Shinewald is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants, an organization committed to upholding the highest standards of ethical practice in MBA advisory services. He is also a founding board member of Venture for America, a nonprofit organization committed to providing talented undergraduates with positions in the “trenches” at start-ups. 3 davechen333@gmail.com David Chen The following guides are also available from mbaMission (online at www.mbamission.com/guides/), and more are being added regularly: Admissions Guides mbaMission Complete Start-to-Finish Admissions Guide mbaMission Brainstorming Guide mbaMission Essay Writing Guide mbaMission Interview Guide mbaMission Letters of Recommendation Guide mbaMission Long-Term Planning Guide mbaMission Optional Statement Guide mbaMission Personal Statement Guide *free* mbaMission Resume Guide mbaMission Selecting Your Target MBA Program E-Book *free* mbaMission Waitlist Guide mbaMission What Can I Do with My MBA? White Paper *free* Insider's Guides mbaMission Insider’s Guide to Columbia Business School mbaMission Insider’s Guide to Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley mbaMission Insider’s Guide to Harvard Business School mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the Indian School of Business mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the MIT Sloan School of Management mbaMission Insider’s Guide to New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the Stanford Graduate School of Business mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the UCLA Anderson School of Management mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business Administration mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania mbaMission Insider’s Guide to the Yale School of Management 4 davechen333@gmail.com David Chen Interview Primers *free* Chicago Booth School of Business Interview Primer Columbia Business School Interview Primer Dartmouth Tuck Interview Primer Duke Fuqua Interview Primer Haas School of Business Interview Primer Harvard Business School Interview Primer Michigan Ross Interview Primer MIT Sloan School of Management Interview Primer Northwestern Kellogg Interview Primer NYU Stern School of Business Interview Primer Stanford GSB Interview Primer The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Interview Primer UCLA Anderson Interview Primer UVA Darden Interview Primer Yale School of Management Interview Primer 5 davechen333@gmail.com David Chen Preface After more than a decade of helping hundreds of MBA applicants get into top American and international business schools, we have learned a thing or two about how to compel an admissions committee to send that coveted letter of acceptance. While we always work closely and meticulously with our clients to ensure their unique stories and qualities shine through in their applications, some of our advice can be boiled down to the key fundamentals. Now, via this e-book, we offer you some selected guidance so that you can advance on your journey toward the MBA of your dreams. Many applicants are terrified at the prospect of applying to business school, and some approach the application process in a haphazard and ill-advised manner. As a result, the process often becomes extremely stressful, and results can be disappointing. We truly believe that with some basic organization, a simple strategy, and helpful professional guidance, applying to business school can actually be enjoyable and rewarding, not to mention successful! We encourage you to visit our Web site, www.mbamission.com, which includes complete and detailed analysis of the top American and international business schools’ essay questions, as well as a free weekly essay-writing tip. Explore our blog and site frequently—we are constantly updating and adding new, free resources. Of course, the information in this guide and the analysis and tips on our site are no substitute for working with a dedicated mbaMission professional. Each MBA candidate is unique. We all have distinct personal stories to tell, and we all face challenges in telling them. mbaMission’s Senior Consultants are specifically trained to ensure that you share your stories in the most interesting and compelling way—and that you take advantage of even the tiniest opportunity that might help you gain admission to your ideal MBA program. We hope you enjoy this guide. If you need any advice at all with respect to any element of applying to business school, please feel free to contact us for a free consultation. Jeremy Shinewald info@mbamission.com www.mbamission.com 646-485-8844 Skype: mbaMission 6 davechen333@gmail.com David Chen Introduction Virtually every top-ranked business school asks its applicants to submit a personal statement in which they discuss their goals and ambitions as they pertain to the MBA degree and, often, to the target school’s particular program. As you approach this essay, be sure to place appropriate emphasis on the “personal” aspect of what you plan to write, because you will need to take ownership of and truly tell your story in a way that is not only clear and compelling, but also reveals your personality and individuality. You cannot afford to be generic or vague when stating your goals or the reasons you want to attend a certain school. Instead, you must write with confidence and purpose to convince the admissions committee that you have the maturity and vision to see your goals through. In practically all personal statements, you must discuss—to varying degrees—your past (work experience), present (need for an MBA and the school’s ability to facilitate your academic and professional objectives), and future (career goals) with insight and focus. However, you will see that in this guide, we actually recommend a past, future, present sequence for this essay, because the most logical approach in this case is to first give context and background about yourself, then describe your goals, and lastly, explain why you need the particular school’s resources to achieve those goals. To convincingly argue why a school’s resources are uniquely suited to helping you attain your objectives, you must first clearly state what those objectives are. 7 davechen333@gmail.com David Chen Past: Context and work experience In recent years, many of the leading MBA programs have been somewhat lessening their emphasis on work history in their personal statement prompts. Most schools’ personal statement essay questions used to read a lot like this: Discuss your work history. Why do you need an MBA to achieve your goals? Why do you want an MBA from our program? Our conversations with numerous admissions officers have revealed that many feel the résumé, recommendations, other essays, and interview provide enough information about a candidate’s background that a specific focus on work history in the personal statement is increasingly unnecessary. However, some schools still take a traditional approach in their personal statement prompts, as the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, did during the 2015– 2016 application cycle: Tell us about your path to business school and your future plans. How will the Berkeley-Haas experience help you along this journey? 8 davechen333@gmail.com David Chen Meanwhile, other programs’ prompts, such as the following, do not explicitly ask about your uploads/Industriel/ personal-statement-guide 1 .pdf