In a post to its MBA Admissions Blog on Monday, the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) announced that the application for the Class of 2012 is now available. To view it in its entirety, click here. As a reminder, Stanford has pushed its Round 1 application deadline forward for the fall. The new deadline is October 7, 2009.
According to Monday’s post, the Admissions Committee also may extend interview invitations earlier this year. “As always, we encourage you to review our website soon and submit your application as early as possible within the round you choose to apply,” advised the post.
Application deadlines for later rounds are as follow:
Round 2: January 6, 2010
Round 3: April 7, 2010
Please note, applications are due by 5 p.m. PT on the date stated for each round.
This year’s essay questions are as follow:
Essay 1: What matters most to you, and why?
Essay 2: What are your career aspirations? How will your education at Stanford help you achieve them?
Essay 3: Please select two of the questions listed below:
A. Tell us about a time when you built or developed a team whose performance exceeded expectations.
B. Tell us about a time when you made a lasting impact on your organization.
C. Tell us about a time when you motivated others to support your vision or initiative.
D. Tell us about a time when you went beyond what was defined, established, or expected.
An applicant’s answers to all four questions may not exceed 1,800 words in total. As a guideline, the application materials suggest allocating 750 words to the first essay, 450 words to the second, and 300 words each to the two responses to the third essay questions.
That said, applicants can choose to write as little or as much as they like in response to each question provided they remain within the 1,800 total word count. “Each of you has your own story to tell, so please allocate these 1,800 words among the essays in the way that is most effective for you,” read the directions.
For complete application information, visit the Admission section of the Stanford GSB website.
The Clear Admit team’s analysis of this year’s Stanford essay questions and how best to approach them will appear in this space soon, so check back often.
Read the full article: Stanford GSB 2009-2010 Application Now Available