Business and economics application essays
Essays from students admitted into business, economics and finance programs.
These listings come from students who applied into business, economics, finance, marketing, management or entrepreneurship, and were admitted. The collection includes the named undergraduate business programs that run supplements of their own, so it is not only general Common App writing.
Essay types inside
- Common App · Personal Statement27
- Community / Identity · Supplement9
- Other supplement9
- Why-school · Supplement9
Where these writers got in
- NYU7
- UC San Diego6
- UC Davis5
- UC Santa Barbara5
- Northwestern4
- UC Irvine4
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J2 essays includedOther supplement + 1 more2 essays
- Other supplementWe are looking for students who want to be bridge builders—students who can connect people, groups, and ideas to span divides, foster understanding, and promote collaboration within a dynamic, interconnected, and vibrant global academic community. We are eager for you to tell us how your experiences have helped you understand what qualities and efforts are needed to bridge divides so that people can better learn and work together. (250) Please consider one or more of the following questions in your essay: · Tell us about a time you encountered a perspective different from your own. What did you learn—about yourself, the other person, or the world? · Tell us about an experience you've had working with others who have different backgrounds or perspectives. What challenges did your group face? Did you overcome them, and if so, how? What role did you try to play in helping people to work together, and what did you learn from your efforts? · Tell us about someone you've observed who does a particularly good job helping people think or work together. How does this person set the stage for common exploration or work? How do they react when difficulties or dissensions arise?
- Common App · Personal Statement
UHow to read these
Most listings include a personal statement. Some also carry the why-school supplements a business program asked for, which are the ones applicants find hardest to draft, because the school is asking about fit while the student is trying to prove drive.
Read for the opening. Ambition is easy to announce and hard to show, and the first two sentences usually tell you which one an essay is doing.