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Write an MBA essay that stands out by using unique and descriptive language This is definitely a thorny one, because the only response you can elicit is a “huh, good for you!” Just because it’s personal doesn’t mean it deserves a spot (or multiple) spots on your 25 list.

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Unless you can honestly say “I’m the brilliant hero who personally convinced George R Martin to adapt his bestselling series Game of Thrones into an HBO show watched by millions,” you’re not allowed to say TV (and besides, we all know what they say about HBO not being TV…) Words Associated With “Romance/Love”

C’mon guys, in the Golden Age of Television, Buzzfeed and iPhones, it’d only be remarkable to say you DIDN’T read or watch anything, ever.

Words Associated With “Media Consumption”Īs an editor, nothing brings out the red pen faster than seeing a bullet point about your favorite TV show. My favorite is ‘bungee,’ because, just like photography, it’s meant to stand out, but if you see this once every three apps, well, it certainly doesn’t stop being cool (I mean, bungee-jumping), but it does stop being surprising and unique. And if I’m saying that, just imagine what an MBA admissions committee member is thinking! Words Associated With “Travel” Over the course of my editing career I’ve noticed a few reoccurring themes that really give me the ol’ “here we go again…” reaction. But does this extend beyond that one ‘coincidence’? Sure does! Out of the 9 drafts we sampled, here’s where the topics clustered, based on associative words: 5 separate people used “photography” somewhere in their draft, suggesting a 55.5% occurrence.

Most folks referenced photography at some point in their draft.ĭrumroll please….

Someone uses photography for more than one ‘fact.’ (which is a completely separate boo-boo, to be discussed at a later date).

In a perfect world, where each ‘fact’ is truly distinct from another, we’d only see the word once across 9 drafts. From 9 samples, the word “photography” shows up… 9 times. A Sample Of 9 First Drafts For Fuqua’s “25 Random Things” Essayīecause it started this whole line of inquiry, let’s start with photography. We know what will garner reactions like “sweet, never seen that before!” and more importantly, we know what will garner the opposite, “that’s been done.” So let’s take a look at what we found. They shape our knowledge base for what’s going to wow an admissions officer who has to wade through 3,456 applications.

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How does this happen, you ask? As I say to my clients, let’s crack this open… Using first drafts as data pointsĪdmissionado has thousands of data points, those points being our applicants’ first drafts. Turns out-not a coincidence, but rather, an understandable but all-too-common pitfall that we see on a lot of first tries with the personal essay: in an effort to stand out, you inadvertently end up making yourself look the same as every other MBA applicant. As the new kid on the block, I had assumed it was a wacky coincidence that all of my clients were passionate enough about photography for it to make the cut for their tightly curated lists of 25 facts. The deadline for Fuqua was fast approaching, so we were seeing a lot of “ 25 Random Things” essays come across our virtual desks. We were in the thick of Round 1 and the Admissionado editors were wrapping up a monthly meeting.

“Anyone else notice how… everyone does photography?”