1． What educational and personal objectives do you hope to satisfy through the MBA program? (Stanford)
2． What type and level of work do you expect to be engaged in five or ten years now? (Stanford)
3． Why do you wish to pursue an MBA degree from Harvard Business School? What are your career aspirations and why? (Harvard)
4． Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans and your motivation for pursuing a graduate degree at Kellogg. (Northwestern)
5． Briefly assess your career progress to date. How does the MMM program meets your educational needs and career goals? (Northwestern)
6． Describe how your experiences, both professional and personal, have led to your decision to pursue an MBA at the Wharton School this year. How does this decision relate to your career goals for the future? (Wharton)
7． What are your short-term and long-term career goals? How will a Columbia Business School MBA helps you achieve these goals? (Columbia)
8． What are your professional goals? How do your past and present experiences relate to those goals? (Berkeley)
9． Why are you seeking an MBA or I.M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business? What do you hope to experience and contribute? What are your plans and goals after you receive your degree? (Chicago)
10. Describe your post-graduation career plans. How will your education, experience, and development to date support those plans? How will an MBA from the University of Michigan Business School help you attain your goals? (Michigan)
11. Why do you wish to pursue the LFM Program and, in particular, the engineering program you selected? (Please be review your application.) How does this fit with your future plans? (MIT)
1． Discuss a difficult or painful professional experience from which you get valuable lesson. (Stanford)
2． Describe a setback, disappointment, or occasion of failure that you have experienced. How did you manage the situation, and what did you learn form it? (Harvard)
3． Discuss a non-academic situation which you were disappointed in yourself. Tell us how it has affected you personally and / or professionally. (Columbia)
4． If you have ever received a failing grade, been placed on Academic Probation, or been dismissed from any school, please explain. Discuss the circumstances if you attended more than one undergraduate college or began a graduate program that you did not complete. If appropriate, include an explanation of any extraordinary circumstances influencing your academic record. (Chicago)
5． Describe a failure or setback in your life. How did you overcome this setback? What, if anything, would you do differently if confronted with this situation again? (Michigan)
6． What is an important lesson that you have learned in life? How did you come to learn this lesson? (MIT)
1． List and describe briefly five characteristics that you think most appropriate to yourself. (Stanford)
2． Each of our applicants is unique. Describe how your background, values, and non-work-related activities will enhance the experiences of other Kellogg students. (Northwestern)
3． What personal qualities would you like to develop to become a more effective leader? (Northwestern)
4． What is your most valued tangible possession? What is your most valued intangible possession? (Berkeley)
5． If you could change one characteristic about yourself, what would it be? (Berkeley)
6． To your college friends and classmates, do you feel that you were particularly advantaged or disadvantaged? Please explain. (Berkeley)
7． What do you consider to be your major accomplishment in your current job? (Stanford)
8． Describe your three most substantial accomplishments and explain why you view them as such. (Harvard)
9． Through the course of your life, what would you identify as your most valued accomplishment? (Northwestern)
10． The best mistake I ever made was … (Northwestern)
11． In reviewing the last five years, describe a situation in which you felt particularly effective as a member of a team. (Columbia)
12． Briefly state what you view as your most significant accomplishment. (Berkeley)
13． Tell us about the most challenging team experience you have had to date. What role did you play? What factors made it a challenge for you? How did you and the group address these issues? What did you learn? (Duke)
14． List any scholastic honors and the basis for your seletion. Also list any articles or books published, research work completed or in progress, and inventions or other creative work, if applicable. (Chicago)
15． What has been your most significant professional achievement? What has been your toughest professional challenge and how did you address it? (Michigan)
16． What's the most creative solution to a problem or situation you've ever developed? (Michegan)
17． What's the most creative solution to a problem or situation you've ever developed? (Michigan)
18． Describe an idea you've had for a new business or product or a new service line of an existing entity. (Michigan)
19． At Sloan we view leadership as "making things happen" Tell us about a time when you made something important happen. What did you learn about yourself from this experience? (MIT)