41 listings · 122 essays

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.

41Listings

122Essays

26Multi-essay packages

$20 to $200Price range

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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Package4 essays

UC · Personal Insight Question

Environmental Science and Management

UC San Diego Personal Insight Questions

First genInternational student+1

Seller attendsUC Davis

Accepted at:UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara

Package4 essays

UC · Personal Insight Question

The summer I didn't question the cat distribution system

Immigrant familyInternational student

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, +1 more

Common App · Personal Statement

Your wall decor means more than you think

Immigrant familyInternational student

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:Northeastern

Package4 essays

UC · Personal Insight Question

Business Administration +2

All essays are catered to International Business work & majors.

Student athlete

Seller attendsUC San Diego

Accepted at:UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Irvine

Common App · Personal Statement

Sport Management

My high school professor inspired me to work harder, which set me up for success.

Seller attendsSyracuse

Accepted at:Syracuse

Package6 essays

Business Marketing

I would go to Almaty in 1986, during the Zheltoksan protests, when thousands of Kazakh stu

International student

Seller attendsMaryland

Accepted at:Maryland

Package7 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, Intellectual vitality · Supplement, +3 more

NYU application essays

Immigrant family

Seller attendsNYU

Accepted at:NYU, UMass Amherst, George Washington

$1107-essay set

Package2 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement

I don't have Instagram, but I have a co-founded startup and a friend who flew across the

Seller attendsNYU

Accepted at:NYU

UC Santa Barbara

Common App · Personal Statement

Business-Marketing

I grew up celebrating Thanksgiving with strangers from all over the world....I resented it

Seller attendsUC Santa Barbara

Accepted at:Minnesota, Maryland, Rutgers, Northeastern

Package5 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, Community / Identity · Supplement, +2 more

This is a courage the earlier versions of me would never have possibly dared to dream of.

Immigrant family

Seller attendsHarvard

Accepted at:Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern

$1125-essay set

Package7 essays

List a selection of texts, resources and outlets…, What attracts you to your preferred areas of study…, +5 more

Economics and Public Policy

At Columbia, I’ll be able to work across the university and join the business school’s ongoing research into…

International studentImmigrant family+1

Seller attendsColumbia

Accepted at:Columbia

$1507-essay set

Package2 essays

Community / Identity · Supplement, Why-school · Supplement

The community that has shaped me most is the Afghan women I teach over Zoom.

Seller attendsCornell

Accepted at:Cornell

Package3 essays

In under 250 words, please share how you have…, Tell us about an experience you've had working with…, +1 more

In Port Stanley, my small town in rural Canada, community takes the shape of faces and names.

International studentImmigrant family+1

Seller attendsColumbia

Accepted at:NYU

Package11 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +6 more

The project I’m most proud of is one my friend and I started from scratch: Gadget Givers.

Immigrant family

Seller attendsUSC

Accepted at:USC, Georgia Tech, UT Austin, SMU, Binghamton, +1 more

$20011-essay set

Package4 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, UC · Personal Insight Question, +2 more

“You girls can sit out; this is a boy’s activity.” The lingering words of my PE teacher overpowered all my senses as my…

Seller attendsUSC

Accepted at:NYU, USC

Trinity College Dublin

Why-school · Supplement

Law and Business

As an Asian American, I’ve grown up straddling two worlds, flourishing in the intersection between my American identity…

Seller attendsUSC

Accepted at:Trinity College Dublin

Package5 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, Honors Essay: In 100 words or less, discuss your…, +3 more

Management gives me the strong people-centered foundation I need to become a successful corporate lawyer.

Immigrant familyStudent athlete

Seller attendsUIUC

Accepted at:Indiana

Package4 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, Activity / Extracurricular · Supplement, +1 more

After graduating from UIUC, my goal is to attend law school and become a corporate lawyer.

Immigrant familyStudent athlete

Seller attendsUIUC

Accepted at:UIUC

Package2 essays

Boston University

Common App · Personal Statement, Community / Identity · Supplement

I wish I focused on how to play before focusing on how to win a volleyball game.

Immigrant familyStudent athlete

Seller attendsUIUC

Accepted at:Boston University

Package2 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, For Morrill Scholars: In what ways have your life…

I used to think business was just sales pitches, profit margins, and the stock market.

Immigrant familyStudent athlete

Seller attendsUIUC

Accepted at:Ohio State

Package4 essays

UC · Personal Insight Question

Growing up, the word “creativity” meant “messy” and “unplanned” to me, which always felt inaccessible.

Immigrant familyStudent athlete

Seller attendsUIUC

Accepted at:UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, UC San Diego

Common App · Personal Statement

Financial Economics +4

When life presents you with a moment too beautiful to last, what would you do?

First genImmigrant family

Seller attendsUMBC

Accepted at:Texas A&M, UMBC, Santa Clara, San Francisco Bay University

Common App · Personal Statement

Chemistry and Economics

Passing through high-tech hallways and glass doors with yellow Latin letters, I walked into the whitest laboratory I…

First genLow-income+3

Seller attendsBates

Accepted at:Bates, Georgetown, Wesleyan University

Package3 essays

Intellectual vitality · Supplement, Community / Identity · Supplement

Business Marketing

I didn’t expect clicking “Upload” on a video to reveal a new kind of fluency.

International student

Seller attendsMaryland

Accepted at:Northwestern

Common App · Personal Statement

Business Marketing +4

Rubbing off the cracked leather of the backseat, I watched the curved outline of Dulles Airport melt into the sticky…

International student

Seller attendsMaryland

Accepted at:Northwestern, Boston University, Brown, Northeastern, Syracuse, +5 more

University of Washington

Common App · Personal Statement

Standing in front of the back-to-school aisles at Target, a sense of calm washes over me.

Immigrant familyStudent athlete

Seller attendsUIUC

Accepted at:University of Washington

Package4 essays

UC · Personal Insight Question

Business Administration +2

Keeping my life organized by a color-coded Notion page, I juggle my never ending list of activities, including…

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, UC San Diego

Common App · Personal Statement

Entrepreneurship

My father had just passed away, my mother's mental illness worsened, and there was no food at home.

First genLow-income+1

Seller attendsIowa State

Accepted at:Iowa State, Houston, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor

Package2 essays

We are looking for students who want to be bridge…, Common App · Personal Statement

Anand Khubani Business +1

The first version of my travel companion app, PathPal, failed for a reason I didn’t see coming.

Seller attendsUniversity of Washington

Accepted at:NYU

University of Washington

Common App · Personal Statement

Computer Science +1

My mom’s voice slapped me as she stared at the pan of sizzling cumin seeds.

Seller attendsUniversity of Washington

Accepted at:Purdue, UIUC, University of Washington, CalPoly, Georgia Tech, +2 more

UC · Personal Insight Question

My stomach dropped as my mom threatened to take away my phone if I didn’t show her the Instagram account I didn’t…

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, +2 more

Common App · Personal Statement

“I wish Sarah could just die!” My tennis teammate, Kayla, cried in frustration.

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:NYU, Emory, Duke, Indiana, Florida, +2 more

Package4 essays

UC · Personal Insight Question

Managerial Economics

“Go back to your country” started to sound like a ringtone to me.

Seller attendsUC Davis

Accepted at:UC Davis

Package5 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +1 more

I have lived my whole life in the intersection between my race and gender.

Seller attendsUSC

Accepted at:USC, Chapman, SCAD

Package3 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, Many FSU Honors students pursue double majors…, +1 more

In eighth grade, I found myself in the unlikeliest of places: trapped in the whirlwind of a global pandemic, dealing…

Seller attendsFlorida State

Accepted at:Florida State, UCF, University of South Florida, Palm Beach Atlantic, Alabama, +2 more

Community / Identity · Supplement

Civil Engineering +3

“Breathe,” I thought to myself as I stood on the wings of the stage, preparing for my entrance.

Worked through schoolFirst gen+1

Seller attendsNorthwestern

Accepted at:Columbia, Vanderbilt, Fordham, Boston University

Package2 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, Community / Identity · Supplement

From doing Math Olympiad in elementary school to maxing out the AP math classes my high school offers, I have always…

Seller attendsNorthwestern

Accepted at:Northwestern, Santa Clara, University of Oregon

Package4 essays

Common App · Personal Statement, UPenn: Thank-You Note Essay, +2 more

Ever since my family moved into our first home, I assumed I'd also experience that moment one day.

Immigrant family

Seller attendsUPenn

Accepted at:UPenn, Indiana

$1204-essay set

Common App · Personal Statement

Lavender steam curls around me, fogging the mirror and filling the air with warmth.

Seller attendsCornell

Accepted at:Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Boston College, Middlebury, +2 more

Activity / Extracurricular · Supplement

The “first” that has shaped me most is the Afghan women I teach over Zoom.

Seller attendsCornell

Accepted at:Johns Hopkins

Package4 essays

Short answer, Intellectual vitality · Supplement, +1 more

While conducting surveys in Mozambique, I noticed that NGOs compete with each other for the same resources and make…

Seller attendsCornell

Accepted at:Wake Forest

How 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.