MBA Round 2 Essays: The Story a Committee Remembers

Round 2 essays are due in early January, and most drafts tell the committee what it already knows from the rest of the file. In this live workshop we look at how to choose the story only your essays can tell, and how to test every sentence before you send it. You’ll leave with: • How to find what your essays must reveal that your résumé and scores can’t • One test to run on every sentence: could you defend it out loud? • Why specific beats grand, from an essay’s first line to its last Who it’s for: Round 2 applicants to top MBA programs who have a draft, or a blank page, and about seven weeks to go.