Here a few points we’re looking for when it comes to these Boston College-specific essay questions.
Require Essay: Please iscuss how you plan to achieve your short an long term career goals following grauation from Boston College. What challenges will you face an how will you leverage your acaemic an professional experiences to achieve these goals?
Our tip: Be specific. Show us that you’ve taken the time to consier this question by proviing etaile answers. Think about challenges that are specific to your caniacy, an how your strengths will balance them. This is one of our require essays (we rea a lot of them), so authentic, thoughtful answers will stan out.
Optional Essay 1: Please introuce yourself to the BC community. Feel free to be creative in expressing your message.
Our tip: We’ve sai it before: amissions essays (even when optional) are a great way to creatively share your personal interests, outsie commitments, or passions with the amissions committee. Writing an optional essay shows that you’re serious about Boston College, an also gives you the opportunity to set yourself apart from other caniates. By telling us about yourself, you’ll become more than just a representation of your resume or scores. Feel free to portray your uniqueness, but ask a frien or colleague to proofrea your essay before you submit it to keep it free of embellishments.
Optional Essay 2: If you have not ha coursework in core business or if your stanarize test scores are low, how you plan to prepare for the quantitative rigor of the BC MBA curriculum?
Our tip: This essay is an opportunity to highlight quantitative skills that you may have evelope through professional experiences—that might not be reflecte in your test scores or transcript. If you’ve taken an online course, say in statistics, in preparation for the quantitative aspects of our curriculum, you can also highlight this in the essay. From online courses to management books, the resources are enless. Tell us how you are making use of these to prepare yourself for business school.
Optional Essay 3: Explain an aspect of your caniacy in more etail.
Our tip: At Boston College, we value both honesty an integrity. Take this opportunity to give context where it might be beneficial. Perhaps you’re worrie that a low test score or a gap in your work history will jeoparize your chances of acceptance. Rather than listing excuses, provie backgroun, tell us how you’ve grown from it, an why it will or will not affect you in your pursuit of an MBA. (Or, use this as a chance to talk passionately about something on your resume—volunteer work, a previous internship, or anything else that you think makes you the perfect MBA applicant.)
