Boston College / Carroll MBA Recommendation Questions
The Carroll School of Management at Boston College requires a single professional recommendation but will accept up to three. Supervisors, managers, or colleagues who are familiar with your day to day work are preferred. You want to choose an individual who can provide an objective appraisal of the your capacity for intensive graduate study and potential for professional success. Recommenders are asked to submit a written letter as well as complete a leadership assessment grid. The Boston College MBA recommendation questions for the 2024-2025 application cycle are as follows.
2024 – 2025 Boston College / Carroll MBA Recommendation Questions
Section 1: Recommender Information
If you are an alum of Boston College, please let us know from which program and year you graduated.
Nature of relationship
- Direct Supervisor
- Other Supervisor
- Advisor / mentor
- Colleague / Peer
- Direct Report
- Indirect report
- Client / Customer
- Business Partner / Investor
- Vendor
- Professor Instructor
- Other
Section 2: Recommendation Letter
For Masters in Business Administration, Masters in Finance, and Masters in Accounting applicants, please comment on the candidate’s achievements, motivation, integrity, and potential to study in a master’s program. In this section, we are requesting that you create a document (Word or PDF format) for your comments. After you create your document, please save it to your desktop and then upload it using the Upload Document function.
Section 3: Short Answers and Leadership Assessment Grid
You have been chosen as a recommender for an applicant to the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. The Admissions Committee’s decision will be based upon an evaluation of the applicant’s capacity for graduate study and his or her potential for professional success. Your candid appraisal of the applicant is appreciated. This recommendation will be used for admissions purposes only.
What are the applicant’s talents or strengths? (Maximum 500 Characters)
In what areas can the applicant improve? (Maximum 500 Characters)
- Superior (Top 5%)
- Excellent (Top 15%)
- Good (Top third)
- Average (Middle third)
- Poor (Bottom third)
- Unable to Judge
Characteristics:
- Analytical Ability
- Integrity
- Maturity
- Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork
- Oral Communication Skills
- Written Communication Skills
- Organization Skills
- Leadership Potential
- Motivation/ Initiative
- Potential for Career Advancement
- Quantitative Ability
- Judgment
- Highly recommend
- Recommend
- Recommend with reservations
- Do not recommend
May we contact you if the Admissions Committee feels that it would be helpful to speak with you regarding the applicant?
- Yes
- No
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I am a 29 yo black brazilian woman. I am civil engineer by the oldest civil engineer school of Brazil with full scholarship. I have been working with data since 2015 and now I am coordinator of a data team I the biggest Latin American Bank. Currently I am studying for toefl and improving my English. My main purposes joining a top tier mba are to improve my leadership skills and to learn with different people from different backgrounds (I am working in the same business since 2017).
I am originally from the UK (now a permanent resident) and went to community college (3.6 gpa), then transferred to a top 25 undergrad and severe health issues due to a disability causing me to get a 3.1 gpa. I then stayed there and did a master’s in finance with a 3.8 gpa. I am very passionate about giving back, especially about the homelessness epidemic. Before college I spent a year in Switzerland volunteering at homeless shelters. During college I led a campus ministry with a focus on helping the unhoused. After my experience with my disability, I started a nonprofit that has consulted with several shelters and foodbanks to help those with similar health issues as myself. I also personally raised capital to purchase and preserve an affordable multifamily property. My career has been in real estate since I graduated, but I have job hopped. My first job was 5 months, then I moved to be closer to family. My next job was for 7 months, but I quit as they were taking actions to make housing unaffordable for first time buyers. My next job was in acquisitions but I was laid off with about half the company due to the rising interest rates that affected the industry. I have been at an impact real estate private equity firm for almost 2 years in an acquisitions, development, and asset management role with a promotion. All my roles have been for REITs or PE firms. My post-mba goal is banking to better learn capital markets and long term to start an affordable real estate investment firm, perhaps in London. I would love to be a wire tap candidate, fingers crossed.
Applying for deferred programs at the mentioned schools. African woman studying Comp Sci and Math. GMAT Focus 98 %tile. Substantial community involvement and some experience at big tech working as a SWE. Thinking of consulting or product management post MBA.
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