Yale SOM MBA 2010 Deadlines and Essay Questions
Despite the common assumption that summers are quiet in academia, June came and went with a flurry of activity here in admissions. The month included lots of outreach and events, starting on the 1st with our first Consortium Orientation Program in Charlotte and ending just last Friday when SOM concluded its inaugural two-week Pre-MBA Leadership Program here on campus (the purpose of which is to expose college students and early professionals who are committed to persity and inclusion to the possibilies of an MBA education). In between, there was the GMAC Annual Industry Conference, the Forte Foundation Annual Meeting, and meetings with Womensphere, StartingBloc, and a number of other partner organizations. It was a very busy month, and the Consortium OP and Pre-MBA Program in particular were notable as indicative of the importance of persity here at SOM.
Now that we’ve had a chance to take a quick breath from all these events, I wanted to do a quick post to announce our 2009-2010 application deadlines and essay topics. Here they are:
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Round 1: October 8, 2009 (decisions due by December 18, 2009)
Round 2: January 7, 2010 (decisions due by April 2, 2010)
Round 3: March 10, 2010 (decisions due by May 7, 2010)
ESSAY QUESTIONS
SHORT ANSWERS
Please answer each of the four questions below with a short paragraph of no more than 150 words. This is an opportunity to distill your core ideas, values, goals and motivations into a set of snapshots that help tell us who you are, where you are headed, and why. (600 words maximum)
1.What are your professional goals immediately after you receive your MBA?
2.What are your long-term career aspirations?
3.Why are you choosing to pursue an MBA and why now? (If you plan to use your MBA experience to make a significant change in the field or nature of your career, please tell us what you have done to prepare for this transition.)
4.What attracts you specifically to the Yale School of Management’s MBA program?
PERSONAL STATEMENT 1
Describe an accomplishment that exhibits your leadership style. The description should include evidence of your leadership skills, the actions you took, and the impact you had on your organization. (500 words maximum)
PERSONAL STATEMENT 2
Choose one of the following topics and answer it in essay form. Please indicate the topic number at the beginning of your essay. (500 words maximum)
1.A central premise of our teaching about leadership at the Yale School of Management is that true leadership—leadership that helps to address a significant problem in a new way—is necessarily personal. It is only when personal passion aligns with meaningful aspirations that inpiduals are able to inspire others to act in support of an important goal or cause. What are you most passionate about, and how have you demonstrated a commitment to this passion?
2.What achievement are you most proud of and why?
3.What is the most difficult feedback you have received from another person or the most significant weakness you have perceived in yourself? What steps have you taken to address it and how will business school contribute to this process?
4.Describe a situation in which you devised and implemented a creative or unique solution to a difficult problem. What obstacles did you face and how did you overcome them?
5.Required for reapplicants: What steps have you taken to improve your candidacy since your last application?
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (OPTIONAL)
If any aspect of your candidacy needs further explanation, please provide any additional information that you would like the Admissions Committee to consider. (250 words maximum)
I hope this information’s helpful to anyone who wants to get a jump on their SOM application. We will be posting our summer/fall recruiting schedule shortly and the application itself should be live in early August. We will be sure to let everyone know when those things happen. In the meantime, happy writing!
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Yale SOM MBA校友分享会 - 上海(7/29)
华尔街，很多MBA趋之若鹜，心向往之。但Byron却毅然离开了工作10年的华尔街，来到Yale攻读MBA学位。是什么吸引着他？Yale又给他带来了哪些转变？
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Yale SOM MBA校友分享会 - 上海(7/29)
嘉宾：
Byron Ye
Shanghai JiaoTong University
Yale SOM Class of 2012
Industry: Finance
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GMAT Score: 720
Others: Prior to Yale SOM, Byron worked for KPMG, Morgan Stanley and PWC at New York City
James Wu
Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
Yale SOM Class of 2012
Industry: Corporate Finance
GMAT score: 770
Others: 4 year corporate banking prior to MBA
Vincent Song
Fudan University
Yale SOM Class of 2012
Industry: Finance
GMAT Score: 760
Others: Prior to Yale SOM, Vincent worked for ADP, Accenture and Capgemini at Shanghai