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Columbia MBA



APPLICATION DEADLINES
January 2011 Intake
Final Deadline:6 October 2010
September 2011 Intake
Early Decision6 October 2010
Final Dealine13 April 2011

Columbia Essays

1. What are your short-term and long-term professional goals? How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals? (Maximum of 750 words)

2. Please tell us about yourself and your personal interests. The goal of this essay is to get a sense of who you are rather than what you have achieved professionally. (Maximum of 500 words)

Writing Tips and Suggestions:

1. What are your short-term and long-term professional goals? How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals? (Maximum of 750 words)

EssayLever Suggestions:

Logically connect your past experience with the short-term goals and the short-term goals with long-term goals. Show how your professional strengths, abilities and interests are ideally suited for the career you have chosen. Identify the skills and experiences you need to build up in order to achieve the goals and show how Columbia will help you acquire them.

2. Please tell us about yourself and your personal interests. The goal of this essay is to get a sense of who you are rather than what you have achieved professionally. (Maximum of 500 words)

EssayLever Suggestions:

You sure can list ten traits as your personal strengths and many many things you are interested in. If you look closely at your list a few strengths and interests are likely to have influenced you more than the others. Talk about the more significant ones and identify experiences, preferably from outside your work, to prove the strengths and the influence of the interests.



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