Some of you may think I am obsessed with videos on Harvard Business School’s first essay. Although we are just getting started in video, Accepted already posted one video with tips on HBS 1, and is now posting its second. But let’s face it, it’s an important essay.
In any case, in my reviews of HBS 1 essays, I am frequently struck by the monotony and shallowness of the responses. In the video below I suggest an alternative approach that will differentiate the those of you who use it and hopefully encourage you to think more deeply about those three key achievements.
My apologies for the closeness to the deadline of this post. I don’t expect all of you who have written, edited, edited again, and proofed your Harvard essays to trash your current version. I am posting it for those of you who aren’t near completing the essay for your round 2 submission — yes there are a few — and for round 3 applicants. And if course if HBS uses this question again, there is always next year.
By Linda Abraham, President and Founder of Accepted.com.
Read the full article: Writing a Winning Harvard 1
