Georgetown McDonough Business School
Essays
Essay 1 (Required - limit 750 words):
a) In one or two sentences, please state your short-term and long-term career objective(s).
b)
How have your prior professional, academic, and personal experiences influenced your career plans?
c) Specifically, how will your
participation in Georgetown’s MBA Full-Time Program contribute to your career
objectives?
Essay 2 (Required - limit 750 words):
In your own words, how do you define leadership? Please provide a specific example (professional or personal) of a
time when you embodied the characteristics of a leader. Be sure to highlight the challenges you faced and the
results you achieved. What areas do you wish to develop in order to become a more effective leader?
Essay 3 (Required - limit 750 words):
What is the most significant change you have made to any organization with which you have been recently affiliated?
Please describe how you identified the need for change and how you managed the process of implementing change.
What were the results?
JOINT DEGREE APPLICANT ESSAY – To be completed by all joint degree candidates
(Limit: 250 words)
If you are applying to a joint degree program, please address how the additional degree will help you to reach your
goals.
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS, PERSONAL INTERESTS, AND AFFILIATIONS
(Required)
List in order of importance all community and professional organizations and extracurricular activities in which you
have been involved during or after university studies. Indicate the nature of the activity or organization, dates of
involvement, offices held, and average number of hours spent per month.
OPTIONAL ESSAY (Limit: 500 words)
Please feel free to provide a statement concerning any information you would like to add to your application that you
have not addressed elsewhere. For example, you may comment on your academic record as an indication of your
potential for graduate management education, or you may explain any gaps in your work history. If you are not
submitting a letter of recommendation from your current supervisor, use this space to explain why. Similarly, if you
are not currently employed full-time, use this space to provide information about your current activities.
RE-APPLICANT ESSAY – To be completed by all re-applicants
(Limit: 500 words)
How have you strengthened your candidacy since you last applied? We are particularly interested in hearing about
how you have grown professionally and personally. In addition, please update the Admissions Committee on your
career goals and your reasons for wishing to pursue an MBA at Georgetown.
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* Admissions essays are for the 2009-2010 application
season.
