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When it comes to the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) MBA essays, brevity is key. While the official word limit is 1,050 words, mbaMission actually recommends that applicants aim closer to ...

Simply sign up to the Business education myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Writing the perfect MBA application essay involves brevity, a degree of literary panache, and total honesty.

Ten years ago, lengthy MBA essays were a staple of business school applications. Flash forward to today, and admissions departments worldwide have reduced the word count and number of essays ...

Challenged by fellow writers to tell a full story in six words, novelist Ernest Hemingway wrote, “For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.” According to legend, Hemingway penned the story in a few minutes on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There is no easy answer to what makes the perfect business school application essay. Many schools no longer ...

Crafting the perfect MBA application doesn't need to be complicated. At Booth, we believe the best way to determine a fit for the program is through a comprehensive and genuine profile of who you are ...