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2008 MBA Application Essay Topics

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1. Describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect a Wharton MBA to help you achieve these goals, and why is now the best time for you to join our program? (1,000 words) 2. Describe a failure or setback that you have experienced. What role did you play and what did you learn about yourself? (500 words) 3. Tell us about a situation in which you were an outsider. What did you learn from the experience? (500 words) 4. Pick 1 Option a) Where in your background would we find evidence of your leadership capacity and/or potential? (500 words) b) Is there anything about your background or experience that you feel you have not had the opportunity to share with the Admissions Committee in your application? If yes, please explain. (500 words)

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Describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect a Wharton MBA to help you achieve these goals, and why is now the best time for you to join our program? (1,000 words)

Career Progress • Freshmen Year in SYS U. • Been assigned to Math major which I don’ like. t • I loved programming, hoping to study Computer Science major • I could not see the future in Math (Math teacher?) • Decided to study CS in US • Undergrad in Univ. of M • Experienced hard culture shock. But turn myself from an outsider to an active college student • Good academic score; debating club; book club; ACM programming competition. • Learned how to face tough changes and know that – “change is tough, but change is good” • Grad school in Univ. of M • Passionate on my senior project – developing a programming platform that allows everyone to program • Decided to stay in grad school to make it come true and become the next Larry Ellison • But didn’ know the customer. Didn’ target a clear customer segmentation. t t • Project dropped due to lack of research funding...