Corenll Johnson Essays and tips

Essays

1. Describe your greatest professional achievement and how you were able to add value to your organization. (Required; 400 word limit)
2. What career do you plan to pursue upon completion of an MBA degree and why? How will the Johnson School help you achieve this goal? (Required; 400 word limit)
3. Complete this essay if there is other information you would like to add regarding your candidacy. For instance, if you believe one or more aspects of your application (e.g., undergraduate GPA or test scores) does not accurately reflect your potential for success at the Johnson School. (Optional; 400 word limit)
4. Describe the measures you have taken to strengthen your application since you last applied to the Johnson School. (Required for all re-applicants; 400 word limit)

TIPS

Essay 1 : All four essays of Cornell Johnson and pretty straight forward and regular. This can be a even bigger challenge because you have limited room for creativity. For this essay you have to pick one strong professional achievement like a 1 million $ deal, a patent, new client, great support initiative or Tsumani fund raising. If you don’t have achievement which sound as big as these are then you need to make your achievements sound big. Obviously you cant be lying blatantly. Also stress on how your achievement benefited your organization.

Essay 2: This is a post MBA short term career goal essay. Makes sure that you articulate them clearly. Research about Cornell and tell your expectations from Cornell which will help you achieve your goals. Make sure that your expectation and knowledge about Cornell is right. Don’t land into a situation saying “I want to pursue my career in healthcare sector when Cornell will be the last school on earth for healthcare” – This is just an example.

Essay 3: Many applicants feel that optional essays have to be written to get admitted. That’s not true. Make sure that you have great stuff to write in an optional essay because you are Cornell making admission committee read more pages, so it better be good. Don’t just write for the sake of writing.

Essay 4: Before writing this essay, Re-applicants need to sit and write “What has changed from last time”. Then they need to read last year essays to see what all they wrote and how they presented the facts etc. Then decide which all new points, success stories, achievements, career progression and other things do you want to highlight which was not there last year. Also, limit your response with 3 new points explained well and not a laundry list.