Great Applications for Business School, Second Edition PDF

Get into the elite professional school of your dreams with a college application that will capture the attention of admission boards!

Business school essays and admissions interviews are perhaps the most challenging parts of being an MBA candidate. With competition to the nation's top business schools being so fierce, you must stand out. Great Applications for Business School helps you play up strengths and talents to distinguish yourself from the rest of the competition.

The 8 most common admissions essay topics--and how to answer them

22 actual essays by successful applicants to top schools

Self-marketing strategies to highlight your talents

Candid insights from admissions officers at top-ranked business schools

Getting Started, Scoring the Goals Essay, Getting to Know You: The Non-Goals Essays, The Required Optional Essay, Credible Enthusiasm: Letters of Recommendation.

Chapter List (75 chapters):

Chapter 1: Cover Page
Chapter 2: Great Applications for Business School
Chapter 3: Copyright Page
Chapter 4: Contents
Chapter 5: Acknowledgments
Chapter 6: Introduction
Chapter 7: Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 8: Know Thy Audience
Chapter 9: Finding Your Self-Marketing Handle
Chapter 10: Data Mining Your Life
Chapter 11: From Raw Material to Essay Content
Chapter 12: Writing Your Essays
Chapter 13: Revising and Editing
Chapter 14: Admissions Essays: What Not to Do
Chapter 15: Sample Outlines
Chapter 16: Chapter 2: Scoring the Goals Essay
Chapter 17: What Schools Ask
Chapter 18: Writing the Goals Essay
Chapter 19: Organizing the Goals Essay
Chapter 20: The Lead Paragraph
Chapter 21: The Professional Experiences/Career Progress Section
Chapter 22: The Goals Section
Chapter 23: The Whys
Chapter 24: The Conclusion
Chapter 25: Goal Essays: What Not to Do
Chapter 26: Sample Goals Essays
Chapter 27: Chapter 3: Getting to Know You: Impact, Leadership, Teamwork
Chapter 28: One Good Deed: The Accomplishment Essay
Chapter 29: Accomplishment Essays: What Not to Do
Chapter 30: Leading and Following: Leadership and Teamwork Essays
Chapter 31: Leadership and Teamwork Essays: What Not to Do
Chapter 32: Sample Essays
Chapter 33: Chapter 4: Getting Personal: Self-Revelation Essays
Chapter 34: The Real You: “Who Are You?” and Passion Essays
Chapter 35: Who Are You? and Passion Essays: What Not to Do
Chapter 36: Vive la Différence: Diversity and Cross-Cultural Essays
Chapter 37: The Diversity Essay: What Not to Do
Chapter 38: Analyze This: Self-Evaluation and Strength/Weakness Essays
Chapter 39: Pretty Pictures: Creative, PowerPoint, and Multimedia Essays
Chapter 40: Creative, PowerPoint, and Multimedia Essays: What Not to Do
Chapter 41: Nobody’s Perfect: Failure/Mistake Essays
Chapter 42: Failure/Mistake Essays: What Not to Do
Chapter 43: The Evolving You: Growth, Challenge, and Learning Essays
Chapter 44: Sample Essays
Chapter 45: Chapter 5: The Required Optional Essay
Chapter 46: What Schools Ask
Chapter 47: To Write or Not to Write?
Chapter 48: What Should You Write About?
Chapter 49: Optional Essays: What Not to Do
Chapter 50: Sample Essays
Chapter 51: Chapter 6: Credible Enthusiasm: Letters of Recommendation
Chapter 52: What Do Recommendation Letters Do Anyway?
Chapter 53: Length
Chapter 54: Selecting Recommenders
Chapter 55: First Letter: Direct Supervisor
Chapter 56: Subsequent Letters
Chapter 57: The Delicate Art of Approaching Recommenders
Chapter 58: Writing Your Own?
Chapter 59: Recommendation Letter Questions: Examples and Specific Questions
Chapter 60: Letters of Recommendation: What Not to Do
Chapter 61: Sample Letters of Recommendation
Chapter 62: Parting Thoughts
Chapter 63: Appendix 1: In the Flesh: Admissions Interviews
Chapter 64: The Core Questions
Chapter 65: Résumé-Keyed Core Questions
Chapter 66: Behavioral Questions
Chapter 67: Tough Questions
Chapter 68: Questions for the Interviewer
Chapter 69: Appendix 2: Still Alive: Wait-List Letters that Work
Chapter 70: Wait-List Procedures
Chapter 71: Wait-List Letters: What to Do
Chapter 72: Wait-List Letters: What Not to Do
Chapter 73: Two Case Studies
Chapter 74: About the Author
Chapter 75: Backcover