[推荐]你应该花多少时间来写MBA essay?

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How much time should you invest on them?The B-School essays should be considered a surrogate to an interview. They should reflect your past accomplishments, your future goals, and your motivations. More importantly, they should reflect who you are and the events in your life that have led to your personal and professional growth. Sounds profound? Well, B-School essays are meant to be profound and thought provoking. They should tell a story about you that only you can tell.

Sure, not many of us have thought about our lives in such depth. In fact it is not even easy to recollect events that have had significant impact on our lives. Because, more often than not, these are day-to-day events which teach us important lessons but don’t always register in our minds as events. Invariably, we would draw a blank when we are asked for a failure or a defining moment in our life. This is because most of us have never really thought about these questions, and have not been trained to think on these lines.

If the answers don’t come easily, the only solution is to spend more time on the essay questions. Put the questions in your mind and wait for the answers to come. Give yourself time to ponder, to reflect, to introspect, and to think about what is important to you. We guarantee you, you will come up with situations that are unique to you and that will help you answer the questions with passion and depth.

The essays are unequivocally the most important element of your application package. All things being equal, the essays will be decisive in your admission.

You ideally ought to be spending about 30 to 45 days to write your essays. To write the essays well you need clarity. The clearer you are, the better and more convincing your essays will sound. Think about them, jot down points, go through three to four drafts, and share them with people who can provide you good feedback. Last but not the least, always check them for grammatical errors and flow problems.

Give the essays the attention they deserve and you will be surprised at the results.

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dbearwangs

确实应该多花时间

onemilenorths

QUOTE:

以下是引用foolstar在2004-9-18 22:52:00的发言：
我发现写essay比准备AWA还要头疼多了。准备一个月了，可是连开头都搞不出来。我该怎么办呢？范例也看了，但我也觉得just so so.

真的啊？

whiteeagle

有道理

kuntry

有道理，是该多花些时间在这上面

oddyuibe

wow, it seems I should get down to that right now~

Good point, thanks

vagrant

以下是引用vanillawang在2005-8-4 2:04:00的发言：

I plan to take three months to write the essays as well as re-discover myself.

You've made a wise decision

vanillawang

I plan to take three months to write the essays as well as re-discover myself.