Columbia MBA Essays
Columbia MBA Essays
2010 - 2011
You must complete two essays. An optional third essay will enable you to discuss any issues that do not fall within the purview of the required essays. Applicants who are reapplying within 12 months of a previous application for admission are required to write only a single reapplicant essay. Please note you may only apply once to a given term of entry. Knight-Bagehot Fellows: Please use the space allocated to the first essay for the Wiegers Fellowship Application essay.
Required Essays
Essay 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)
Essay 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)
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Current Essay Questions!
The essay
questions that appear on this page are for candidates
who plan to apply during the fall of 2010 or the winter
of 2011 and start classes in the fall of 2011.
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Application Deadlines
HBS has four
application deadlines:
The deadlines below are for the full-time MBA
program.
- Round
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Deadline
- October 6, 2010*
- January 5, 2011**
- April 13, 2011