MBA Admissions Guide Summary
Below is a summary in bullet points of the main points in this guide:
- At the very fundamental level, business schools are looking for individuals who are destined to become successful alumni, build great businesses and create opportunities for people that will ultimately better our society. They are looking for great business leaders.
- Business schools tailor the application to find out if you have been successful and accomplished great things already. The belief is that if you have done great things before, you are more likely to do great things in the future.
- In order to evaluate your abilities, the admissions committee asks for the great things that you have done (successes) around 4 external areas of focus: leadership, teamwork, integrity and impact. By looking at your past successes in these 4 areas, the admissions committee can evaluate your ability to become a great business leader.
- To improve your successes in the 4 areas of focus, you need to first focus on your internal attributes for success. I have determined 6 attributes that when used together, empower you be become successful in whatever thing you put your mind to. These 6 attributes are: passion, motivation, energy, perseverance, flexibility and renewal.
- After you have internalized these 6 attributes for success, you need to apply them to the areas (realms) that are important to business schools. The 4 realms that I have identified are: personal, professional (work related), professional (non-work related) and community.
- As you spend your time working on doing extraordinary things in the realms, make sure you always keep in mind the 4 external areas of focus: leadership, teamwork, integrity and impact. Remember that your successes in these 4 areas of focus will be reflected in your answers to the application questions.
Finally, as you go through these steps think about why you want to get an MBA. Try to apply a theme to your actions and how an MBA might help take you beyond where you are now.
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