MBA Essay Editing
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Admissions officers cite MBA essays as the most critical part of the application.
MBA essay themes usually cover career goals, community involvement, ethical dilemmas, personal growth, leadership ability, managerial potential, or school fit.
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MBAPrepAdvantage views the business school application as a marketing package. Consequently, we leverage our direct knowledge of how admissions committees evaluate candidates to help you construct powerful MBA essays that best convey your unique skills, experiences, and values. We also review your entire application package (essays, resumes, data sheets, short answers, etc.) to ensure all essential admission criteria are met.
Editing essays includes oral critiques, extensive comments and line-by-line edits that improves content and language while preserving the integrity of your distinct writing style.
MBA Essay Content
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Does your essay directly answer the question?
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Does your essay use specific examples and numbers to substantiate every claim?
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Is your essay logically constructed?
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Does your essay present you as accomplished and multi-dimensional (professional / personal / community)?
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Does your essay provide additional insight instead of restating information found elsewhere in your application?
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Does your essay avoid discussion of inappropriate topics and low-level accomplishments?
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If you use the SAR (Situation - Action - Result) framework, what percent of the word limit does your essay allocate for each section?
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Does your entire application package (long essays, short essays, data sheets, resume, and transcripts) depict a consistent picture of your leadership ability, managerial potential, and logical career plan? |
MBA Essay Language
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Does your essay effectively use business English to communicate your ideas?
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Does your essay use compelling language to engage the reader?
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Does your essay use effective topic sentences, transitional phrases and syntactic variety to form a cohesive essay?
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Is your essay logically constructed with an engaging introduction and powerful conclusion?
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Is your essay grammatically correct?
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Is your essay written in the active voice?
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Does your essay contain awkward sentences, redundant phrases, imprecise diction or incorrect spelling? |
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Top 10 MBA Essay Style and Usage Tips |
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amount, number. Amount applies to quantities in mass; number is used for countable items. The hermit had a great amount of money, but the hermit had a great number of $100 bills.
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anybody, anyone, no one, everybody, everyone, someone. Each of these prononuns is singular and requires he or she (never they) on further reference: Has anybody lost his ticket? To avoid assuming maleness or femaleness in a general reference, rephrase: Has everyone bought a ticket? Often, a plural construction will serve: Have people all bought tickets?
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bring, take. Use bring to mean movement toward the speaker or writer; take means movement away from the speaker or writer (in fact, any movement that is not toward the speaker or writer). I take my friend to the airport and bring another friend home.
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compare. Use compare to when the intent is to liken one thing to another: The book compared the quarterback's role to the vice president's job. When the intent is to compare and contrast, or just to contrast, use compare with: They compared Terry's forecasting with Dana's and found Dana more accurate.
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comprise means consist of. The whole comprises the parts: The alliance comprises 35 organizations. Not: Thirty-five organizations comprise the alliance. Do not write comprised of.
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each other, one another. Two people look at each other; more than two look at one another. In the possessive: each other's books, never each others'.
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fewer, less. Use fewer for people or things that can be counted one by one: Fewer than 100 taxidermists attended. Use less for things that cannot be counted: There was less rain yesterday. Also use less with a number that describes a quantity as a single bulk amount: I recovered less than $1,500.
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herself, himself, myself. These reflexive pronouns serve to add emphasis (She fixed it herself) or to turn the action back to the subject (He makes himself stronger). Do not substitute them for ordinary objects: The meeting was between myself and John. Make it John and me.
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latter. Avoid uses of latter that force the reader to glance back: Both Mr. Miel and Ms. Agneau fought hard, but the latter prevailed. Rephrase and name names.
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not only ... but also. Constructions of this type require balance. The words that follow the first and second parts must be parallel in form (two adjectives, for example, serving comparable purposes): It would be not only unwieldy but also unworkable. Note how the symmetry is lost when words are misplaced: It would not only be unwieldy but also unworkable. |
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