Blog Archive Cambridge Judge Business School Essay Analysis, 20142015

Blog Archive Cambridge Judge Business School Essay Analysis, 2014â€"2015 *Please note: You are viewing an essay analysis from the 2014-2015 admissions cycle.  Click here to view our collection of essay analyses for the current admissions season.   Have you ever dreamed of living in a small English university town? If so, doing so is now easier than everâ€"your opportunity is just 700 words away! Cambridge Judge Business School in the United Kingdom no longer requires applicants to submit three essays, and although that might seem like good news at first, it does limit your opportunities to market yourself. Here are our suggestions for how to approach each of the program’s two remaining prompts… The following are the main essay questions on the Cambridge Judge MBA application: 1. What did you learn from your most spectacular failure? (200 words) We hope that at some point in your past, you have failed spectacularly, because you need fodder for this essay! That said, if your “most spectacular” failure was rather pedestrian in nature, that is okay. The school is not asking for you to recount something that would necessarily be considered spectacular in the most objective sense; the admissions committee is merely asking about something that was “most spectacular” for you personally. In only 200 words, you can still write a revealing, if short, narrative. A surefire way to fail at writing an effective essay for this prompt, though, is to start with “My most spectacular failure was…” Instead, just leap into the action of your story, and within the first 75 words, show that something was at stake for you.  After all, you have not failed if you faced no real consequences for your actions. After revealing how you failed, you need to demonstrate that you learned from the experience. Avoid clichés about refusing to give up. Show that you can be honest about your weaknesses, and assess a character trait that you believe prevented you from succeeding in the situation you describe. Rather than shifting the blame onto others, ensure that you communicate that you have vulnerabilities, because business schools do not expect perfectionâ€"they seek human beings who are capable of learning and improving. 2.What are your short and long term career objectives? What skills/characteristics do you already have that will help you to achieve them? What do you hope to gain from the degree and how do you feel it will help you achieve the career objectives you have? (please do not exceed 500 words) Because personal statements are similar from one application to the next, we have produced the  mbaMission Personal Statement Guide, which helps applicants write this style of essay for any school. We offer this guide to candidates  free of charge. Please feel free to  download your copy  today. Share ThisTweet 2014-2015 MBA Essay Analysis University of Cambridge (Judge)