CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1
Business School Admissions: A Brief Overview
Chapter 2
The Importance of the Essay
Chapter 3
How to Craft Your Essays
Chapter 4
Case Studies
Chapter 5
Common Essay Questions (and What They’re Really Asking)
Chapter 6
The (Optional) Personal Statement: How, If, and When to Use It
Chapter 7
In Case You Slept through English Class
Chapter 8
Straight From the Mouths of Experts: Interviews with Students
Chapter 9
Straight from the Mouths of Experts: Interviews with Admissions Officers
Chapter 10
The Essays
Babson College, Olin Graduate School of Business
Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead
   School of Management
Claremont Graduate University,
   The Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management
Dartmouth, Tuck School of Business
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan
   School of Management
Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey,
   Rutgers Business School
Tulane University, A. B. Freeman School of Business
University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business
University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie School of Management
University of Michigan Business School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
   Kenan-Flagler Business School
University of Rochester, William E. Simon
   Graduate School of Business Administration
University of Texas, McCombs School of Business
Chapter 11
Essays From the Student Side

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