New York University’s Stern School of Business has recently come out with its deadlines and essay questions for the coming year:
Deadlines
Round One
Deadline: December 1, 2005
Decision: February 15, 2006
Round Two
Deadline: January 15, 2006
Decision: April 1, 2006
Round Three
Deadline: March 15, 2006
Decision: June 1, 2006
Essay Questions
1. Professional Aspirations (2 pages maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)
Think about the decisions you have made in your life. Describe the following:
(a) What choices have you made that led you to your current position?
(b) Why pursue an MBA at this point in your life?
(c) What is your career goal upon graduation from NYU Stern? What is your long-term career goal?
2. Fit with Stern (2 pages maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)
The NYU Stern community is one of our strongest assets. Please answer the following questions about community:
(a) What is your personal experience with the Stern community? What actions have you taken to learn more about us?
(b) How would you contribute to our community as a student?
(c) How will you benefit personally and professionally from the Stern community?
3. Personal Expression
Please describe yourself to your MBA classmates. You may use any method to convey your message (e.g. words, illustrations). Feel free to be creative. If you submit a written essay, it should be 2 pages maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font.
This last question is a particularly difficult one for most applicants, as it’s often tricky to determine what constitutes “creatively.” Some applicants have tried to use some sort of list of attributes, activities or interests to describe themselves, but this is not creative. A better plan would be to use this inventory of your experiences and characteristics as a starting point for something like a poem or a story, a journal entry, or a dialogue. Alternatively, you might describe an ideal or even a typical day – anything that really conveys your personality, interests, values, or passions.
