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Boring Essays

Increasingly, when the admissions committee is reviewing applications, there is a narrow band around GMAT scores and GPAs.

This makes it harder to distinguish yourself, and more critical that you avoid common mistakes I have seen after assisting MBA candidates for years.

When you express yourself in the essays, a reader can discern some critical things:

  • Can you make logical, supported arguments?
  • Are you dynamic or narrow in your interests and experiences?
  • Are you repetitive?
  • Are you passionate about your life?

Admissions readers make judgments very quickly. They have a stack to get through.

Regardless of your scores, if you fail to engage the reader and sustain his or her interest, you are toast.

So unless your father is a major donor, prepare to spend at least 20 hours on your essays, if not more.

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