Chennai: The four dimensions of a perfect business school applicant are leadership, innovation, teamwork, and maturity, write Omari Bouknight and Scott Shrum in ‘Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for getting into the top business schools,’ revised edition (www.landmarkonthenet.com).
The authors explain that, since business schools want to be known as institutions that produce leaders in their fields, admission committees look for applicants who display leadership ability in all facets of their lives.
“Candidates who successfully demonstrate leadership in their applications exhibit how they have provided others with direction, shown initiative, and managed difficult situations in their professional, personal, and academic careers.”
The second dimension, innovation, is a combination of traditional intellectual ability and creativity, with the former reflected in the hard statistics such as your GMAT score and grade point average. Example for the latter can be newer solutions to everyday business problems.
The authors, therefore, advise candidates to strive and deliver “application stories that speak to adding something new to their selected career paths, rather than merely becoming middle managers in mindless business conglomerates.”
Teamwork, the third dimension, is about basic social skills and a willingness to share successes and take accountability for failures, say Bouknight and Shrum. “While top business schools are certainly known for being competitive environments, operating in teams has become an integral part of conducting business, and as such is a key aspect of the business school experience.”
Maturity, the fourth dimension, comes as a result of candidates’ work experience, which may be five years, on average.
“Top business schools are in search of candidates who present multilayered experiences inside and outside of the workplace. An important aspect of the business school experience is that students teach one another based on their backgrounds.”
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