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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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UC San Diego
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
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UC Berkeley
UC · Personal Insight Question
Economics +5
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
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Northeastern
Common App · Personal Statement
Business
Your wall decor means more than you think
Immigrant familyInternational student
Seller attendsUC Berkeley
Accepted at:Northeastern
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UC San Diego
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
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Syracuse
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
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Maryland
Short answer
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
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NYU
Common App · Personal Statement, Intellectual vitality · Supplement, +3 more
Economics
NYU application essays
Immigrant family
Seller attendsNYU
Accepted at:NYU, UMass Amherst, George Washington
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NYU
Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement
Economics
I don't have Instagram, but I have a co-founded startup and a friend who flew across the
Seller attendsNYU
Accepted at:NYU
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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
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Harvard
Common App · Personal Statement, Community / Identity · Supplement, +2 more
Economics +2
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
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Columbia
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
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Cornell
Community / Identity · Supplement, Why-school · Supplement
Economics
The community that has shaped me most is the Afghan women I teach over Zoom.
Seller attendsCornell
Accepted at:Cornell
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NYU
In under 250 words, please share how you have…, Tell us about an experience you've had working with…, +1 more
Economics
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
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USC
Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +6 more
Business +2
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
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USC
Common App · Personal Statement, UC · Personal Insight Question, +2 more
Business
“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
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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
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Indiana
Common App · Personal Statement, Honors Essay: In 100 words or less, discuss your…, +3 more
Business
Management gives me the strong people-centered foundation I need to become a successful corporate lawyer.
Immigrant familyStudent athlete
Seller attendsUIUC
Accepted at:Indiana
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UIUC
Common App · Personal Statement, Activity / Extracurricular · Supplement, +1 more
Business
After graduating from UIUC, my goal is to attend law school and become a corporate lawyer.
Immigrant familyStudent athlete
Seller attendsUIUC
Accepted at:UIUC
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Boston University
Common App · Personal Statement, Community / Identity · Supplement
Business
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
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Ohio State
Common App · Personal Statement, For Morrill Scholars: In what ways have your life…
Business
I used to think business was just sales pitches, profit margins, and the stock market.
Immigrant familyStudent athlete
Seller attendsUIUC
Accepted at:Ohio State
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UIUC
UC · Personal Insight Question
Business
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
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UMBC
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
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Bates
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
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Northwestern
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
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Maryland
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
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University of Washington
Common App · Personal Statement
Business
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
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UC Berkeley
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
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Iowa State
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
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NYU
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
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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
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UC Berkeley
UC · Personal Insight Question
Economics
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
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UC Berkeley
Common App · Personal Statement
Econ +1
“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
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UC Davis
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
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USC
Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +1 more
Film +1
I have lived my whole life in the intersection between my race and gender.
Seller attendsUSC
Accepted at:USC, Chapman, SCAD
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Florida State
Common App · Personal Statement, Many FSU Honors students pursue double majors…, +1 more
Business +2
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
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Northwestern
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
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Northwestern
Common App · Personal Statement, Community / Identity · Supplement
Finance +1
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
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UPenn
Common App · Personal Statement, UPenn: Thank-You Note Essay, +2 more
Finance +3
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
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Cornell
Common App · Personal Statement
Economics
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
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Johns Hopkins
Activity / Extracurricular · Supplement
Economics
The “first” that has shaped me most is the Afghan women I teach over Zoom.
Seller attendsCornell
Accepted at:Johns Hopkins
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Wake Forest
Short answer, Intellectual vitality · Supplement, +1 more
Economics
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
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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.