Applying to US Universities

Source: Harvard Business School website: www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/writtenapplication.html

The essay writing is the most challenging part of the MBA application process. The applicant may end up writing anywhere between 10 to 25 essays on different topic. For a non native English speaker the task can be daunting and one may get tempted to ‘look at’ good essays from friends, books or the internet.

Business schools have a high focus on ethics and it is needless to say that the applicant should be honest in writing the essays in their own words. It is ok to look at a few good examples but the essay should be original and should reflect consistency with your GMAT verbal and TOEFL score. If you have a poor GMAT verbal score and have submitted essays which are too good for your proficiency of English, you are headed for trouble.

Here is a very good reason to write your own essays. The essays that you write for the Analytical Writing section of your GMAT Test are available to the admission committee. Although written under intense pressure of GMAT and strict time limits, those essays give a very good idea about your English grammar proficiency and your style of writing. So the essays that you write for the MBA admission should be in your own words.

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