Essay for 2010

Essay 1 * Required (Suggested length - 2 double spaced pages per essay)

What are your short term and long term goals? How will a Tepper MBA help you achieve these goals? (Please include any information regarding what steps you have taken to learn more about Tepper.

We would first suggest you to be sure of your goals then learn about Tepper and then finally align your goals with Tepper’s programs and courses. You may structure your answer as below:

• Define your short term and long term goals.
• Define your current skill-sets , experience and gaps that you think Tepper will help you bridge. 
• Specifically describe which courses and programs are you looking forward to attend, in Tepper.

Finally, as stated in the question, please mention the steps you took to learn about Tepper.

Essay 2 * Required (Suggested length - 2 double spaced pages per essay)

The Tepper School’s culture relies on all members to be active contributors to our community. With your values, experiences, and interests, how will you make a unique contribution to the Tepper community? Your examples may include: classroom interaction, student activities, career development, community service, etc. 

This is an important essay and requires you to creatively talk about your experience, skills and qualities and how can you add value to Tepper school. Think of 2-3 strengths of yours based on the following points:

• Your professional experience. For instance, what knowledge you gained working in your respective domain such as Telecom / Finance / manufacturing and then how will that knowledge be unique and important to your peers at Tepper. 
• Your passion and hobby outside work. For instance , if you have worked with NGOs then how can you make ventures and corporates socially more responsible.
• Anything else that differentiates you from others. For instance, if you have great people skill and can organize events then you can mention how you can contribute as an event organizer and team builder at Tepper.

Essay 3 * Required

Please answer two of the following three questions or statements. Please clearly specify which questions you are answering. Your two answers should equal a total of two pages or less. 

1.  Describe an obstacle you have faced in your professional or academic life. How did you overcome this obstacle and how did it foster your  development?
2.  Describe a time in which your ethics were challenged. How did you deal with the situation and what did you learn from it?
3.  One thing people would be surprised to know about me is…

Option1: This essay is to help judge your perseverance, flexibility and adaptability. We would suggest you to follow the following structure:

•  Start with briefing about the situation, goal of your project and your role in the same.
•  Explain the challenges you faced and how you overcame them.
•  Explain your decision and their outcome.
•  And finally explain your learnings and processes / ideas you have implemented to avert similar situations.

Option2: This essay is to help analyze your judgment in face of adversity. Hence you may write it in the following way:

• Explain the situation and the challenge.
• Clearly explain your options and why the ethical alternative was the difficult one.
• What did you do to overcome the challenge and what was the result.
• Finally explain your learnings.

Option3: This is an open ended question and you can use it to highlight and explain a strength of yours that you have not been able to mention before. Try to align your strength with what Tepper looks for in candidates.  

Essay 4

Is there anything else that you think we should know as we evaluate your application?  Note: If you believe your credentials and essays represent you fairly, you should not feel obligated to answer this question. This essay is intended to provide a place for you to add information that you think is important but is not covered elsewhere in the application.  

Answer this question if you have anything more to talk about yourself. Make your answer point wise and specific. 

Additional Information 

Affirmative responses to these questions do not automatically disqualify you from admission 

Have you ever been subject to academic discipline, placed on probation, suspended or required to withdraw from any college or university? (Yes/No) 

Have you every pled guilty or nolo contendre to or been convicted of any crime other than a summary offense or misdemeanor? (Yes/No)