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Kellogg School of Management
| APPLICATION | DEADLINES | | | | | | | | R1 | R2 | R3 | Part I
Off-Campus Interview | 2 Oct 2009 | 18 Dec 2009 | 19 Feb 2010 | | | | | Part 2
And Part I
On Campus Interview | 15 Oct 2009 | 14 Jan 2010 | 4 Mar 2010 |
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Kellogg Essays
Essay 1 - Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans and your motivation for pursuing a graduate degree at Kellogg. (600 word limit)
Essay 2 Describe your key leadership experiences and evaluate what leadership areas you hope to develop through your MBA experiences (600 word limit)
Essay 3 Assume you are evaluating your application from the perspective of a student member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Why would your peers select you to become a member of the Kellogg community? (600 word limit)
Essay 4 - Complete one of the following three questions or statements. (400 word limit)
a) Describe a time when you had to make an unpopular decision.
b) People may be surprised to learn that I
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c) I wish the admissions committee had asked me
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Writing Tips and Suggestions:
Essay 1 - Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans and your motivation for pursuing a graduate degree at Kellogg. (600 word limit)
What career are you driven to pursue?What past experiences qualify you to succeed in the career you have chosen?What skills and experiences do you require in order to succeed in your chosen career?How will you gain these skills and experiences through the Kellogg MBA?
Essay 2 Describe your key leadership experiences and evaluate what leadership areas you hope to develop through your MBA experiences (600 word limit)
Choose two to three instances where you made a difference, created an impact, transformed existing ways of doing thingsDefine what leadership means to you.
In terms of the work you wish to be doing in the future, what leadership areas would you like to develop?
How will the Kellogg experience help you develop the identified areas?
Essay 3 Assume you are evaluating your application from the perspective of a student member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Why would your peers select you to become a member of the Kellogg community? (600 word limit)
What aspects of your personal and professional background are unique to you, with which you can contribute in the class?The Kellogg experience is all about student contribution and teamwork. How can you show fit into such a culture?
Essay 4 - Complete one of the following three questions or statements. (400 word limit)
a) Describe a time when you had to make an unpopular decision.
Choose an experience when you had to decide amidst two conflicting view points, both right when looked at from different perspectives.Even though you had to act against popular opinion, how did you manage or diminish the fallout of the decision.How did things pan out of eventually?
b) People may be surprised to learn that I
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This question is a great opportunity to show a different side to you. The question could be read as: People may be surprised to know that despite being ____________, I can __________________.What does this revelation say about you as a person?
c) I wish the admissions committee had asked me
Do not choose this question to summarize your application. Choose this question to talk about something important about your background that you have not had the opportunity to communicate elsewhere in the application.
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