Goizueta Business School - Emory University, Atlanta - USA
Emory Goizueta MBA 2011-2012 Application Essays
Four essays must be completed and submitted for your application to be considered complete. (Only two essays are required for re-applicants.) Remember to review each question carefully. We consider essays to be a very important part of the application process and your opportunity to show the Admissions Committee a bit about yourself beyond the application.
Please address the following questions and submit all essays in one complete PDF file. Essays should be written in 12pt. font and double-spaced. On the top of each page, indicate your full name as listed on your application and the question to which you are responding. The application system requires that you convert your document into PDF format prior to uploading it to your application.
Answer all essays (numbers 1 through 4), following the directions indicated in the questions.
Essay 1. Complete each of the following questions. Please limit your response to 150 words each.
Why have you decided to pursue an MBA at this time?
What are your short term post MBA goals?
What are your long term professional aspirations?
Essay 2. Share one of your most significant professional accomplishments. Describe your precise role in this activity and how it has helped to shape your management skills. Please limit your response to 500 words.
Essay 3. The Business School is named for Roberto C. Goizueta, former Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, who led the organization for 16 years, extending its global reach, quadrupling consumption, building brand responsibility, and creating unprecedented shareholder wealth. It is his legacy and the strength of his character that gives rise to our vision: Principled Leaders for Global Enterprise. We encourage you to watch this short video for inspiration in answering the question.
What sort of impact do you hope to have as a Goizueta Business School student OR business leader and what attributes do you possess that will assist you in achieving this goal? Please limit your response to 300 words. The transcript of the video can be found here.
Essay 4. Complete two of the following statements. Please limit your response to 150 words each.
I am unique because...
My most memorable cross-cultural experience...
I am passionate about...
The most surprising thing about me is...
The best piece of advice I've ever received is...
Optional Essay. If you have additional information or feel there are extenuating circumstances which you would like to share with the MBA Admissions Committee (i.e. unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, academic performance issues, areas of weakness in application), please complete this optional essay in 250 words or less.
Reapplicant Essays. Applicants who have applied to Goizueta Business School in the past are required to answer two questions:
Complete each of the following questions. Please limit your response to 150 words each.
Why have you decided to pursue an MBA at this time?
What are your short-term post-MBA goals?
What are your long-term professional aspirations?
Explain how you have improved your candidacy for Goizueta Business School’s MBA Program since your last application. Please limit your response to 250 words.
You may also submit the optional essay if you wish.
Application Deadline Early: 16 Sep 2011; Round 1: 21 Oct 2011; Round 2: *09 Dec 2011; Round 3: **27 Jan 2012; Round 4: 09 Mar 2012
* Recommended International and One-Year Program Deadline; ** Scholarship Deadline
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Emory Goizueta MBA 2010-2011 Application Essays
Essay 1. Please answer each of the following four questions in a short paragraph of no more than 250 words each.
a. Why have you decided to pursue an MBA at this time?
b. What interested you in Goizueta Business School’s MBA program?
c. What are your short term post MBA goals?
d. What are your long term professional aspirations?
Essay 2. Share one of your most significant professional accomplishments. Describe your precise role in this activity and how it has helped to shape your management skills. Please limit your response to 1000 words.
Essay 3. Goizueta Business School takes pride in our Core Values: Courage, Integrity, Accountability, Rigor, Diversity, Team, and Community. These ideals drive principled, effective leaders in business, and are the values we seek to instill in all of our students, both during their education at Goizueta and beyond. Provide a specific example of how you have demonstrated one of these values in your professional experience. Please limit your response to 500 words.
Essay 4. Complete one of the following statements. Please limit your response to 500 words.
a. I am unique because...
b. My most memorable cross-cultural experience...
c. I am passionate about...
d. My personal brand is...
e. I took a risk when I...
Optional Essay 4. If you have additional information or feel there are extenuating circumstances which you would like to share with the MBA Admissions Committee (i.e. unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, academic performance issues, areas of weakness in application), please complete this optional essay in 250 words or less.
Emory Goizueta MBA 2009-2010 Application Essays
Essay 1. List one of your most significant professional or organizational accomplishments. Describe your precise role in this event and how it has helped to shape your management skills. Please limit your response to two, double-spaced, typed pages.
Essay 2. Please complete/address two of the following statements. Full-time candidates (Two-Year and One-Year Programs) must complete/address choice F as one of the two options. Please limit each response to one, double-spaced, typed page.
A. I have always wanted to....
B. My most memorable cross-cultural experience....
C. My family background is unique because....
D. The person who has had the greatest influence on my leadership style is... because...
E. The greatest lesson I have ever learned....
F. Of Goizueta’s core values (courage, integrity, accountability, rigor, diversity, team, community), which value resonates most with you and why?
Essay 3. What do you expect to accomplish in the Goizueta Business School MBA program? How will your participation in the MBA program fit in with your experiences and responsibilities as well as your short and long-term career goals? Please limit your response to two, double-spaced, typed pages.