Following up on the announcement of their application deadlines last week, Yale School of Management Admissions Director Bruce DelMonico has released the Yale SOM Essay Topic for 2016-2017.

Describe the biggest commitment you have ever made. (500 words maximum)

In his blog post announcing the topic, DelMonico commented that the Yale MBA adcom developed this “seemingly simple and straightforward question” essay prompt in collaboration with a professor of organizational behavior at SOM.

DelMonico shared some additional news items in his post. He let applicants know that Yale SOM’s sliding admissions fee scale will remain in place for the coming year.