Personal Personal Statements (back to contents)

Business schools are not all business.

More than ever before, schools want to develop a class of individuals with solid values, committed either to family or to a familial community. Where did you come from? What did you learn along the road to B-school? What can you bring from your life experience that will be an advantage to this class, as well as to future employers or employees?

The MBA program is intense: two power-packed years that can result in a high-profile job and a starting pay that exceeds many other degree areas. The better schools want to know something more about what makes you tick, and a personal personal essay, one that reveals something about your family or your background, gives the admissions officers one more link to knowing who you really are.

The three essayists in this section represent different approaches and experiences, but each invites the reader into a private space, at least for the moment.

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