One of the benefits of having an MBA degree is that it can serve as your passport to tons of opportunities for career improvement and advancement. An MBA degree can land you a promotion, get a raise, and possibly secure tenure from your company. Applying to business schools is a breeze as long as you have your documents ready, including an impeccably written MBA admission essay. To help you come up with a winning essay, read MBA essay samples on the Internet. To help you decide which school to apply to, below is a list of the top ten business schools in the US:
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School or HBS was founded in 1908, and have been producing alumni with notable achievements and hold top business positions. The MBA programs in HBS arm their students with combined theoretical knowledge and practical application thereof through immersion programs.
Stanford Graduate School of Business
One of the features of Stanford’s MBA program that stands out from the rest is the wide selection of courses they offer, which allows students to have a specialization by tailoring their curriculum according to their field of interest. Stanford’s business school alumni roster includes GlaxoSmithKline’s CEO, Dr. Jean Pierre Garnier.
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton has one of the largest business school faculties that is comprised of lecturers with diverse specialties and global business expertise. The Wharton School is also one of the very first business schools in the world, and has produced notable alumni like business mogul Donald Trump.
Kellogg School of Management
The Kellogg School of Management is one of the schools of Northwestern University, and is one of the business schools that constantly appear on the top five of MBA program rankings. Business Week ranks Kellogg as the top business school for their quality executive MBA program.
Ross School of Business
The Ross School of Business of the University of Michigan offers a wide range of MBA programs such as full-time MBA, global MBA, evening MBA, and executive MBA. Ross is also often placed high on business school rankings because of their diverse selections of advanced elective programs.
MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT is considered by a lot of people as one of the best business schools in the US. This is further evidenced by its high rankings on US News and Business Week, which place the MIT Sloan on the top five slots.
Haas School of Business
The Haas School of Business is the business arm of the University of California – Berkeley. Haas offers different types of MBA programs — full-time MBA, weekend or evening MBA, and the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA.
Columbia Business School
The Columbia Business School is one of the six Ivy League business schools in the US, and is known for its highly selective admissions process. Offering diverse courses taught by accomplished and recognized faculty members, the Columbia Business School prides itself on the extensive practical and theoretical knowledge it imparts to its students.
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
One of the business schools that emphasize experiential learning is the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. Through case-based teaching methods, Darden’s MBA program provides students with applicable real-world business knowledge that is necessary in the world of business, entrepreneurship, and finance.
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago – Graduate School of Business offers quality MBA programs that are recognized for their excellence in providing essential knowledge on the fields of accounting, quantitative marketing, accounting, economics, etc.
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When it comes to effective modern learning strategies, nothing could compare to the wonders of computer technology. I could attest very well to this. I was born and raised in a suburb that basically has more animals than people, so the idea of going to school, getting good grades and a diploma and all that seems like such a distant thing. But I heard about it from Hyacinth, my cousin who hails from New York, and she’s an MBA from one of the finest Universities in the city. She would tell me about the wonders of going to school, about meeting classmates and teachers, and yes, of encountering technologies. The only piece of technology I knew then as that huge machine we use to grind wheat and barley. Hyacinth gave me a scholarship and took me with her to New York, where I studied from grade school to high school. Then, I got a job as a sales clerk in a fastfood outlet and supported myself to college. After four years, I was able to finish my bachelor’s degree in education, majoring in computer technology. This began my passion for information technology.
Information technology for me is not only the key to advancement. It is advancement. We are currently in the information era–the period in time when knowledge is power. If you have knowledge, you get influence. With the knowledge that you have, you get respect. With that respect, you get opportunities. When you have opportunities, you get a job. When you get a job, you get money. And then, you have the option to use it to help others advance themselves. Now what better way to spread knowledge and empower the people than through information technology.
When I finished my bachelor’s degree, I headed off to an international school and got a job as a software developer and teacher. As a software developer, I was able to manage our school’s website and cause it to win the local Most Wanted Web Awards last 2004. As a teacher, I was able to coach my students all throughout learning not just the benefits of computers but also the benefits of mankind to computers. Basically, my principle is that you should not let gadgets control you; instead, you should control the gadget. That is what I call real power. I believe this is the principle that caused such a revolution in my classes–for the past three years that I taught, some 30 to 40 percent of the graduates every year sought a career in information technology. And, they would always come back to the school and commend me for having inspired them to be the driving force behind the industry of information technology.
Now, as I proceed to take an MBA in information technology management with the aid of the school in which I served for the past three years, my goal is to lead our school’s information technology team with zeal and expertise. I believe I can achieve all of this and acquire all the skills I need through the MBA. With all my experience and capabilities, I am assured that I have what it takes to be the right candidate for this program.
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Utopia. It means a perfect society, one that is devoid of all distraction, chaos, and disorder. Is it possible in today’s society, when war is on the roll once more between people of varying languages and cultures, when the basis for respect is if you have power, wealth, and popularity? Times like these, a utopian society may no longer come into existence, but at least, in our own humble ways, we can contribute to the realization of a community that lives up to its name–a group of people who are united in cause and faith.
This is my principle as a psychologist. I have been in the service of an educational institution for four years now as a guidance counselor. As one, I get to mingle with students, listen to their whims, their angst, and all the things that they would not tell their parents or even their peers. Come days when the students would not go to school, I double as a trainer for the teachers and the library staff. I don’t necessarily teach them the three R’s of learning, which I so believe is already their expertise. I teach them–no, I share with them–about LIFE, what it is for me, what it could be for them, how we could lead each other to grow in our lives every single day. And I’m glad to see results. Once, a high school girl came to me crying, saying she was raped by her boyfriend. I helped her recuperate. It wasn’t easy. She needs somebody to talk to all the time. After a few months, she’s moved on. Now, she is on her way to becoming a psychologist, just like me.
This as well as other key events in my life as a psychologist inspired me to pursue a masters in business administration degree in the field of organizational development. This should allow me to bring my innate organizational and leadership capacities to full use through studies, training, and research on bringing about positive development not just in an organization as a whole, but with every individual who is part of the organization. I would like to test myself and be involved in an educational institution with people who, like me, have a passion for people and for doing things for people the humble way.
With the skills and competencies that I will be garnering from my MBA in organizational development, my goal is to get into an administrative position in the academe, specifically in organizational development. This will help me bring about my dream of a utopian society–a society that is built on love. This will also help me be at par with the successful individuals in the industry and add to that my own touch of magic–that is, humility and love.
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In life, I have learned that with age comes a greater appreciation for more extensive learning through the discovery of self and intellectual limitations. At the current stage of my career development, I feel that my current skills and knowledge could be further girded with a higher education befitting the skill sets required of a true business professional in the 21st century. As new and great challenges present themselves, so too do new opportunities in learning valuable real-life lessons arise.
As a former student active in sports, social and civic clubs, the values and morals that have been instilled in me in my previous scholastic and extra curricular endeavors have molded me into an individual whose goal is not merely to turn in a profit, but to observe sound morals and practices as well. My previous training in debate clubs and political science forums allow me to view competition with pre-emptive measures and a keen sense of gut feel that allows me to maneuver accordingly.
The cutthroat realm that is contemporary business makes for a barbaric arena where competitors and even co-workers are at each other’s throats all the time. My previous work with charities and civic groups has brought me a level of compassion that I would like to impart upon those whose lives I will be touching base with on a daily basis.
Of course, all this would be for naught if I would not be bringing all my previous experiences to the table as a corporate professional. I believe that combining the past with a business graduate education in the present would lead to a very bright and promising future. I also believe that through the analysis of the inner workings of management, finance and economics, I would be arming myself for future needs and rounding out my business acumen as a whole. These personal experiences and my own passion to succeed are what I primarily need to become a triumphant businessman, but these are not enough to stay competitive in the future as I would have to know the technical aspects of business as well.
These are the reasons why I would like to enter into business school. Aside from learning all the abstract theories involved, I would also be working on the material aspects of business by working while taking the course. Once I have completed the course, I would like to take up a doctorate degree as it is my ultimate dream to become a professor of business in the future, guiding those who, like me, have a passion for the inner workings of business as well as the moral fiber and character to proceed within it in good faith.
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Though an individual who has gone through numerous administrative positions, I feel that the arena of finance and business is so intricate and complex that I have only scratched upon the surface of a profession that runs deep with professional opportunities. Pursuing a Masters in Business Administration would allow me to further enhance my present skills by augmenting it with those that I am unfamiliar with, thus allowing me to take my knowledge of the industry to an entirely new level.
Being an only daughter in a middle class family that, much success was expected of me, especially since I would be the future breadwinner of my family when my parents retire. As such, it has always been my goal to develop a career based on a practical profession that offers lucrative propositions despite shifting trends in society and culture, and so I accomplished a degree in Business Economics with a concentration in Finance. My knack for mathematics coupled with my instinctive and family-values instilled views on money helped me breeze through being a student and being a professional in the field.
I have had work experience ever since I was a student at high school, working at a café during after school hours and being a personal assistant part-time during the summer. Though I was earning money for myself, much of it went to helping my family get through the regular monthly bills, which taught me to make do and be especially careful of the little money that I had left for myself. My experiences with work and money aided me in deciding on my future career and the degree that I would eventually pursue.
In my studies as a university student, I had the privilege of working at a local finance firm that offered comfortable yet unchallenging tasks, prodding me to seek for more work related responsibilities in the field of finance and accounting. This stimulus led me to an account management job at a copyrighting firm where the stressful environment and on-demand deadlines trained me to think as a manager that produces results on time.
I currently hold an administrative position in an accounting firm, which is a job that I hold dear tremendously. It is extremely satisfying for me to be able to cull all the previous education and skill sets that I have acquired and apply them to work that is multi-faceted. Though I am certainly challenged by all the multi-tasking that I would have to do during the day, I still feel that this position contains a glass ceiling; a glass ceiling that must be broken in my desire to increase my career value.
It is with this intent that I propose my desire to undertake your MBA program. It is only through your course that I would be able to increase my knowledge about business and the world of finance, as well as enable me to enhance my current skill set.
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As an individual living in the Far East without English as its primary language, nothing has affected my life’s direction more than my decision to pursue secondary education in the United States. Coming from a mid- working class family in a community that has common hopes and aspirations borne out of building lives and careers in the comfort of my native country, it was a big decision for me to leave all of these things behind to pursue a potentially difficult life without friends or family in a distant land that I have only previously seen in Western movies. As I’ve learned, real life is not exactly as it happens in American cinema, but I constantly wondered what it would be like to live in the Great West.
My drive for ambition, career success and thirst for competition, however, proved to be far greater than a desire for a life of safe comfort, and so I finally arrived at the difficult choice of leaving for America. For one thing, I’ll never really know just how hard it is or what life really is like in the States away from everything if I don’t try it out myself. This realization of a need for a first hand experience is what ultimately led me to decide my fate and leave the land of my heritage.
I enrolled in a college university where I had to balance learning in an all-English environment with adjusting to the realities of living in a foreign land. Although my grades weren’t as exemplary as those I had been used to, I realized later on that these marks are something to be even more proud of since they were the result of hard work, determination and a drive to prove myself and what I was capable of doing in this new place.
I have definitely come to love this new place that I now call home, complete with all its socio-cultural diversities and rich heritage. Thus, it is my greatest hope and dream to further pursue my studies here at ____ University under the business administration program. A degree in business administration serves to further increase my desire for future career success by instilling the qualities and skill sets that a future leader is required of. This desire continues to fuel my passion for the high caliber education that only a well-respected university can provide, and it is this passion that, up to this day, has been driving me to excel in all aspects of my continued education here in the United States.
I have always been grateful for the fate that has been given me, and would definitely take the great risk once again if I were given the chance.
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