MBA Admissions: Essay Topic Analyses 2024-2025
The essay portion of the MBA application is one of the most crucial and time-consuming aspects of the MBA application process. These essays are designed to learn about an MBA candidate and to determine if the candidate is a good fit for the program. While “goals” essays are common across many top programs, other essays might seek to explore a candidate’s personality, accomplishments, weaknesses, or ethical code, to name just a few attributes that are interesting to business schools.
While we offer general MBA essay writing advice, through our Essay Tips, we also offer specific guidance for each set of essays for the leading MBA programs, as listed below.
2024-2025 MBA Essay Topic Analyses
These schools have released their essay topics for the 2024-2025 admissions season.
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MBA Applywire
Undergraduate: US took 6 years to graduate due to health issues. Took 1 gap year, 6 months of co-op in college + covid.
My path has been unconventional - from AI Engineer to startup founder, I'm now pivoting to Product Management at a global tech leader. The goal? To make technology more accessible and win at distribution, eventually driving impact at a growth-stage startup focused on emerging markets.
MBA LiveWire
Admitted with $$
9/6 - Applied
10/21 - Interview Invite
11/11 - Interview
12/6 - got a call but missed it, email and portal updated by end of day.
No scholarship but beyond excited!
Wishing you all the best!
While the deadline was yesterday, I received email about admission today! Granted full-tuition scholarship via Consortium. Hold on to hope for the folks awaiting decisions!