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新的哈佛商学院申请刚刚发布，我相信它将在网络上和其他地方进行很多讨论。不仅是因为截止日期，而且因为现在他们只要求一篇文章：
"You're applying to Harvard Business School. We can see your resume, school transcripts, extra-curricular activities, awards, post-MBA career goals, test scores and what your recommenders have to say about you. What else would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy?"
作为Dee Leopold，负责人HBSadmissions says in her blog,
"That's it. No word limit. Use your own judgment as to how much to tell us. We have neither a "right answer" nor a "correct length" in mind."
You can find more comments from theHBSadmissions director here:http://www。hbs。edu/mba/admissions/Pages/from-the-admissions-director.aspx?showall=1#May30190
and some further analysis over at Poets & Quants:http://poetsandquants.com/2013/05/30/hbs-application-down-down-to-just-one-e-
Should be fun. What do you think?
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This is really interesting. A few thoughts:
-I would think more weight will fall on the interview now?
- 如果有的话，很乐意讨论最适合讨论的内容。我的第一个看法是在我的简历上充实一些东西，这些东西会揭示我的梦想 /目标 /个性。例如，大学或大学后的课外活动。
-Is the essay optional?
-Something else that's significant - only two recommendations required.
YES! That's the scary part. Here's what the admissions director says in her blog post:
I'm trying to imagine the applicant who chooses to just send in grades, scores, and a recommendation from David Petraeus.
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This is even harder than multiple restricted-topics combined.
Agreed! And harder than Stanford's classic "What is most important to you and why?". Wonder if the GSB is going to change their essays finally....
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Translation: stop wasting time re-telling us something we can figure out from your records. Do something different. Be more than just a laundry list of standard-issue achievements.
I approve. Wholeheartedly.
Half myMBA基本上是同学weretheir records. During those lame "fun fact" introductions they'd say, "I've climbed three mountains over 14k feet," or "I was a regional golf champion in college," or "Last year I visited every continent including Antarctica."
那是平淡的还是什么？
I'd dig down to find the person, only to find that the real person essentially stopped growing at roughly age 14, right about the time their status switched over from "puberty" to "working on futureHBSapplication".
Now hopefullyHBSwill actually reward the behavior they're asking for rather than showing preference to the guy who writes about how the golf championship on his resume really taught him all the life skills he'll ever need.
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Change it up. How's this:
“我在图帕克（Tupac）死的那天上学了，没问题。但是当比奇（Biggie头是……”
or:
“从我的简历可以看出，我在大学期间已经预科，并且像许多其他预科学生一样，我最终选择不继续医学院。但是我出于与大多数其他人不同的原因做出了选择。我父亲在毕业前三周打电话说...”
Wow this is really hard. No clue on where to start/how much to say/etc.
Translation: "I'm uncomfortable with the fact that I don't know what it will take to check this box."
这是一种完美的理性感觉。但是利奥波德的观点是，论文不是一个框架练习。我的建议是停止尝试检查框。
Where in the fuck have you been?
I've missed you baby, glad you're back.
我会说我画。真实的故事。
这基本上是他们为哈佛本科申请所做的事情。
My advice to you guys: Don't write about the first time you went fishing and almost caught a water moccasin by accident.
Very interesting move byHBS。I applaud them for going outside the box on the essay and not imposing a hard word limit. I do wonder however whether this question will result in a different type of class atHBS，类似于什么powerpoint question didfor Booth.HBShas probably the most formulaic admissions process amongst the top schools; they know what they're looking for, hence one reason why they give out interview invites so quickly. I would like to seeHBSuse this essay to take a serious look at those who did not follow the typical blue-chip path of most of its students and instead went down a rather non-linear path as well as older late-bloomers.
I think this boils down to the number one thing that all business school applicants have to do : make yourself stand out.
onWSO，，，，and most other bschool sites, the common notion is that 'omg my gmat gpa isnt high enough, i didnt work at xyz job omgomgomg' and thats why you arent going to get in. No. The reason you arent going to get in is because youre a cookie cutter with a job, highGPA，，，，and highGMAT,而非其他目的(否则,金融家,英蒂an engineers from IIT would unseat us all, despite your philips andover ivy gs kkr background).GPAGMATyes numbers important but I know plenty of people who have had sub 3.0 gpas and average (for top b schools) get intoM7programs and many with scholarship -- because you did other fucking awesome things other than reformat a pitchbook for 20 hours a day
几乎是类似于展台的powerpoint虽然我would easily argue that Booth's allows a lot more creativity and 'showing' of your 'sexy' traits and I'm hoping this is where most people will -- and like Bankerella noted I hope it isnt where people regurgitate their own data from their resume (as Booth warns people to NOT do on the powerpoint)
Short: I completely agree with you.
I'm chiming in a little late, but thought I'd share my perspective.
When we look at achievements/profiles, at least statistically, allMBAapplicants are incredibly similar, at least relative to their industry peers (banker vs. banker,PEvs.PE，，，，engineer vs. engineer).
What differentiates us is the actual human/relationship aspect that's behind those achievements/failures/major life decisions. This will give the adcoms a sense of who you are as a person and what drives you. Sometimes your recommenders can help out with this (depends on how good your recc is), yet it's always good to give your perspective and shed some light on your motivations, thought process, and way of tackling problems.
If you take into account the fact that the adcoms already have all your stats, then one should "attempt" to write about the actual human challenges/motivations/ failures behind those stats, and through that attempt to demonstrate your character as a "leader". (That is what will set you apart from the crowd)
今年的申请绝不是一件容易的事；这似乎比去年更具挑战性的应用程序。但是，如果您考虑一下，应该能够在一篇文章中证明自己是谁（除了统计数据）。
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落到1个问题？这是一场噩梦，因为这是一个悬而未决的问题，可以让您有机会说出一切，但您不知道自己真正想说的话。对我来说坏消息。
Just in case you need to see the actual application, it is live right here:
https://apply.hbs。edu/apply/
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Love this new application. My two cents is that this follows a trend I've seen in theHBSapplication over the years, that they are asking less and less (dropping WhyHBS，，，，dropping the achievement and failure questions etc.). My thought is that they are "Accepting their ideology" in that they have always given great weight to the things that are obvious on your resume - your test score, your school, your grades, your position, your company (So Ivy league undegrad with 3.5+ with 700+ working for an industry leader, etc), basically what we would call pedigree. And it seems to me that this question is saying: "Okay dudes, we are open minded. We know who isHBS材料。现在，这是您让我们惊讶的机会。写六个单词，写一封圣经。让我们想接受你。”
让我有些紧张，如此宽广/模糊，但与此同时，它给了我（作为一个不来的人IBD，，，，consulting, etc) a chance to explain why i deserve a shot too
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