AIM MBA Application Essays 2008-2009:

Please answer each of the essay items in an 8.5 x 11 size paper with your name on top of each page.  Your response to the following questions are important factors in the selection process.  Our objective is to know you better.  Please be concise in responding to each of the questions.

AIM MBA Essay 1. Describe a major extra-curricular activity in college that you feel is very important to you. Explain why you consider it so.

AIM MBA Essay 2. Describe a major community activity that you feel is very important to you. Explain why you consider it so.

AIM MBA Essay 3. What recognition (distinction, honors, awards etc.) have you received in your academic, extra curricular, business community and other activities? Which among these do you value most? Why?

AIM MBA Essay 4. Aside from the present and the last two organizations that you have worked for, what other work experience do you believe will help you during your studies in AIM?

AIM MBA Essay 5. Describe your interest and hobbies.

AIM MBA Essay 6. Evaluate yourself as a person, discussing in order of importance, the present characteristics you feel are your weakness.

AIM MBA Essay 7. Describe what you believe to be your three most substantial accomplishments and explain why you believe them to be such.

AIM MBA Essay 8. Describe a situation (in family, school, business, community etc.) where you felt you had some responsibility. Describe how this situation developed you and what have you learned from such experience.

AIM MBA Essay 9. As briefly and explicitly as possible, explain why you would like to attend the MBA program

AIM MBA Essay 10. Having decided to attend the MBA program, what steps have you taken to prepare yourself for the course?

AIM MBA Essay 11. Your organization is facing a major crisis, and you are tasked to write to your poorest performing staff. What would you say?

AIM MBA Essay 12. What are the plans after graduating from AIM

AIM MBA Essay 13. Rank, in order of importance, the reason for choosing AIM

a. Contacts of career development

b. Presence of overseas participants

c. Reputation

d. Influence of referred colleagues.

Others (please specify)