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2011/2012 ESSAY QUESTIONS

  1. What brings you the greatest joy? How does this make you distinctive? (250-word limit)
  2. What is your most significant accomplishment? (250-word limit)
  3. Describe a time when you questioned an established practice or thought within an organization. How did your actions create positive change? (250-word limit)
  4. Describe a time when you were a student of your own failure. What specific insight from this experience has shaped your development? (250-word limit)
  5. Describe a time when you led by inspiring or motivating others toward a shared goal.(250-word limit)
  6. What are your post-MBA short-term and long-term career goals? How have your professional experiences prepared you to achieve these goals? (1000-word limit)
  7. How will an MBA from Haas help you achieve these goals? (1000-word limit)
  8. (Optional) Please feel free to provide a statement concerning any information you would like to add to your application that you haven't addressed elsewhere. (500-word limit)
  9. (Optional) If not clearly evident, please discuss ways in which you have demonstrated strong quantitative abilities, or plan to strengthen quantitative abilities. You do not need to list courses that appear on your transcript. (250-word limit)

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