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The two required
essays provide an opportunity for you to tell the Admissions Committee
about your life, your career, and your goals. Because we are interested in
learning as much as possible about you, your essays must be entirely your
own work. Although you may ask others for general feedback on your essays,
you may not allow anyone else to edit them for you. We suggest that anyone
reviewing your essays do so without a pen in hand.
Yale Essay 1.
Why a Yale MBA? – What is the impact that you wish to have on the world? How
will your previous experiences and a Yale MBA enhance your ability, in the
short-term and long-term, to pursue a career that will allow you to achieve
this impact? (500 words maximum)
Yale Essay 2.
Leadership Example – Describe a professional accomplishment that exhibits
your leadership style. The accomplishment should include evidence of your
leadership skills, a description of the actions you took, as well as the
impact you had on your organization. (500 words maximum)
Yale Essay
3.
Personal Statement 1 – Choose one
of the following topics and answer it in essay form. Please indicate the
topic number at the beginning of your essay. (500 words maximum)
(1) A
central premise of our teaching about leadership at the Yale School of
Management is that true leadership – leadership that helps to address a
significant problem in a new way – is necessarily personal. It is only when
personal passion aligns with meaningful aspirations that individuals are
able to inspire others to act in support of an important goal or cause. What
are you most passionate about, and how have you demonstrated a commitment to
this passion?
(2) What
personal achievement are you most proud of and why?
(3)
Describe a situation in which your values were challenged. How did you
respond to the situation and what did you learn from it?
(4) A
phrase often heard among SOM graduates is that they aspire to lead a life
that is an “SOM Story” – that of a broadly engaged, values-based leader who
owns and solves hard problems that matter. How will you create your own SOM
Story? Describe a situation in which you devised and implemented a creative
or innovative solution to a difficult problem. What obstacles did you face
and how did you overcome them?
(5) The
Yale School of Management is a community of individuals with diverse
backgrounds and interests. What unique attributes would you bring to the
Class of 2011?
(6) What is
the most difficult feedback you have received and how did you address it?
Looking forward, what skills are you most eager to build or improve upon in
business school?
(7)
Required for reapplicants: What steps have you taken to improve your
candidacy since your last application?
Yale Essay
4.
Personal Statement 2 – Choose one (1) of the other topics listed in Personal
Statement 1, or create a topic of your own about a subject that is
meaningful to you, and answer it in essay form. Please indicate the topic
number (or state the topic if it is not one of the ones listed) at the
beginning of your essay. (500 words maximum)
Yale Optional Essay:
If any aspect of your candidacy needs further explanation, please provide
any additional information that you would like the Admissions Committee to
consider. (250 words maximum)
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