Carnegie Mellon/ Tepper Application Essay Topics 2009-2010

Tepper School of Business MBA Essay Topics for 2009-2010 are as below:

A. What are your short-term and long-term goals? How will a Tepper MBA help you to achieve these goals. (Please include any information regarding what steps you have taken to learn more about the Tepper School.)

B. The Tepper School’s culture relies on all members to be active contributors to our community. With your values, experiences, and interests, how will you make a unique contribution to the Tepper community? Your examples may include: classroom interaction, student activities, career development, community service, etc.

C. Please answer two of the following three questions or statements. Please clearly specify which questions you are answering. Your two answers should equal a total of two pages or less.
1. Describe an obstacle you have faced in your professional or academic life. How did you overcome this obstacle and how did it foster your development?
2. Describe a time in which your ethics were challenged. How did you deal with the situation and what did you learn from it?
3. One thing people would be surprised to know about me is . . .

D. (Optional Essay) Is there anything additional that you think we should know as we evaluate your application? Note: if you believe your credentials and essays represent you fairly, you should not feel obligated to answer this question. This essay is intended to provide a place for you to add information that you think is important but is not covered elsewhere in the application

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Application Deadlines

Carnegie Mellon/ Tepper Application Deadlines 2009-2010

Tepper School of Business Application deadlines for the 2009-2010 are as below:

Round 1
Deadline: October 26, 2009
Decision Notification: December 21, 2009

Round 2
Deadline: January 4, 2010
Decision Notification: March 15, 2010

Round 3
Deadline: March 8, 2010
Decision Notification: May 03, 2010

Round 4

Deadline: April 26, 2010*
Decision Notification: June 04, 2010
Round 5
Deadline: June 1, 2010**
Decision Notification: Rolling

*April 26, 2010 deadline reserved for U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents, as well as FlexTime and FlexMode candidates. International applicants for the FullTime MBA program must apply by March 08, 2010.

**June 01 deadline reserved for FlexTime and FlexMode candidates.

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Essay Topics

Carnegie Mellon/ Tepper Deadlines 2008-2009

The Fall 2009 admissions deadlines are now available:

Round One: October 27, 2008

Round Two: January 5, 2009

Round Three: March 9, 2009

Round Four: April 27, 2009 *

Round Five: June 1, 2009 **

*Reserved for U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents, as well as FlexTime and FlexMode applicants

**Reserved for FlexTime and FlexMode applicants

URL: http://www.tepper.cmu.edu/mba/admissions/applying-to-tepper/application-dates/index.aspx