Ep 55 | Strategies for Nailing the HBS Application Essays

The mbaMission Podcast

Last year Harvard Business School changed it's MBA application essays for the first time in nearly a decade. The changes were significant, and caused anxiety for many business school hopefuls. After working with applicants on the new HBS essays for the last year, we're sharing what we've learned. In our latest episode of the mbaMission podcast, Harold Simansky, Jeremy Shinewald, and Gatehouse Admissions founder Liza Weale share their reactions to the essay changes and discuss effective strategies for tackling each of the Harvard Business School essay prompts.
00:00 How to write the new HBS application essays
01:28 Our reactions to the new essays
02:13 How the HBS essays changed
03:54 HBS Business-Minded essays
07:21 Approaching the essays as a collection
09:34 HBS Leadership-Focused essay
17:47 HBS Growth-Oriented essay
24:41 How should your essays fit together?

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Chapters

1. How to write the new HBS application essays (00:00:00)

2. Our reactions to the new essays (00:01:28)

3. How the HBS essays changed (00:02:13)

4. HBS Business-Minded essays (00:03:54)

5. Approaching the essays as a collection (00:07:21)

6. HBS Leadership-Focused essay (00:09:34)

7. HBS Growth-Oriented essay (00:17:47)

8. How should your essays fit together? (00:24:41)