Stanford MBAより Essayについてのアドバイス　

7/7付けで「Top 8 Mistakes Applicants Make on Their Essays」と題して発表されました。当たり前のことも含め注意事項が記載されていますが、これらが出願者の最も多い間違いでもあるという点に十分に注意してください。

1. Not making Essay B specific to the GSB.
2. Choosing a topic for Essay 3A, B, C, or D that is NOT within 3 years.
3. Combining your 2 essay C's into 1 essay.
4. Cutting and pasting your essays from essays you've written for other schools. You risk not answering the question we're asking...and big risk of leaving the name of the other school in your Stanford essay!
5. Writing what you think we want to hear, instead of what you genuinely want us to know about you. Be yourself...corny but true!
6. Single-spacing your essays. Please double space--our readers are reading hundreds of applications.
7. Using too small of a font on your essays. Please use 12-point font. Remember, our readers' eyes!
8. Using an alternate font for essays. Use one of the recommended fonts: Arial, Courier, and Times New Roman to avoid legibility problems when your essays are downloaded on our end.

Essay 課題

1: What matters most to you, and why?

2: What are your career aspirations? What do you need to learn at Stanford to achieve them?

3: Answer two of the four questions below. Tell us not only what you did but also how you did it. What was the outcome? How did people respond? Only describe experiences that have occurred during the last three years.

Option A: Tell us about a time when you built or developed a team whose performance exceeded expectations.
Option B: Tell us about a time when you made a lasting impact on your organization.
Option C: Tell us about a time when you generated support from others for an idea or initiative.
Option D: Tell us about a time when you went beyond what was defined, established, or expected.

記事前文はこちら
http://www.stanford.edu/group/mba/blog/2010/07/top_8_mistakes_applicants_make.html