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Essay topics for HARVARD asked for falled winter 2008 admission

All applicants must submit answers to five essay questions. The first two questions are required of all applicants. The remaining three essays may be in response to your choice of the next six sub-questions.

Joint program applicants for the Harvard Medical School, Harvard Law School, and Kennedy School of Government must provide an additional essay.
MBA Essays:

1. What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do you view them as such? (600-word limit)
2. What have you learned from a mistake? (400-word limit)
3. Please respond to three of the following (400-word limit each)
1. Discuss a defining experience in your leadership development. How did this experience highlight your strengths and weaknesses?
2. How have you experienced culture shock?
3. What would you like the MBA Admissions Board to know about your undergraduate academic experience?
4. What is your career vision and why is this choice meaningful to you?
5. What global issue is most important to you and why?
6. What else would you like the MBA Admissions Board to understand about you?

Joint degree applicants:

1. How do you expect the joint degree experience to benefit you on both a professional and a personal level? (400-word limit)

Stanford MBA Essays

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Essay A: What matters most to you, and why? (Recommended length is 3 pages, double-spaced)
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Essay B: What are your aspirations? How will your education at Stanford help you achieve them? (Recommended length is 2 pages, double-spaced)

As a Stanford MBA student, you will be assigned a team of advisors who will guide both your academic experience and your personal development. Your team will include a faculty advisor, a career counselor, and a leadership coach. Use Essay B to help you prepare for your first conversations with these mentors.

* Essay C: Short Essays—Options 1-4 Answer two of the questions below.
o Option 1: Tell us about a time when you empowered others. (Recommended length is 1 page, double-spaced)
o Option 2: Tell us about a time when you had a significant impact on a person, group or organization. (Recommended length is 1 page, double-spaced)
o Option 3: Tell us about a time when you tried to reach a goal or complete a task that was challenging, difficult, or frustrating. (Recommended length is 1 page, double-spaced)
o Option 4: Tell us about a time when you went beyond what was defined, established, or expected. (Recommended length is 1 page, double-spaced)

In answering both questions, tell us not only what you did, but also how you did it. Tell us the outcome, and describe how people responded. Describe only experiences that have occurred within the last three years.

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