In this blog post we will examine the Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business MBA admissions essays for the 2022-2023 application season.

Tuck MBA Essay 1

Tuck students can articulate how the distinctive Tuck MBA will advance their aspirations. Why are you pursuing an MBA and why Tuck? (300 words)

The first MBA essay question asks you to write about your career goals. Tuck wants you to tell them a) what your career goals are, b) why you want to get an MBA, and c) why you want to go to Tuck in particular. You only have 300 words for this essay question, so talk about each of these three things directly and succinctly.

Be as real and direct as you can about your career goals. To do this, you would choose a position and a target industry and explain why you are interested in this role and how it relates to your past work. If you have room after writing your answer, you might want to talk about the impact you want your work to have.

Then think about what skills you want to get out of an MBA. This can help you figure out what you want from Tuck and how this program can help you grow the way you want to. To show how the MBA would help you reach your goals, briefly talk about your work history so far. This will show what skills you already have. This helps show where your skills are lacking and how Tuck would fill that gap. In this part of your discussion, you should talk about the skills and knowledge you want to get from a Tuck MBA and include information about the program. Making clear links between the skills you hope to learn in the classroom or through student clubs or other activities and your future plans will show the admissions committee that you've done your research on the program and understand how Tuck will help you succeed. Lastly, since Tuck is in the middle of nowhere, you might want to explain why getting an MBA away from the noise of a city is important to you.

Tuck MBA Essay 2

Tuck students recognize how their individuality adds to the fabric of Tuck. Tell us who you are. (300 words)

Paint a clear picture of who you are in this Tuck essay, keeping in mind the following:

During the 2018-2019 admissions season, Tuck made changes to how they decide who to let in. You should look over Tuck's most wanted qualities in a student (smart, accomplished, aware, and encouraging) to see what sticks out and think about how to show these qualities in this response. Reading the evaluation criteria should help you learn more about the program's culture, figure out if you're a good fit for Tuck, and get your mind going on ideas for this essay.

After going over these criteria, you might want to think about which parts of the student culture you've already shown through your activities and achievements so far. It would be best to talk about one or two examples that show your skills and ability to make a difference. Think about this in light of the idea that what you did in the past can help you succeed in the future.

You could also try the following to help you come up with ideas:

Write down the 15 most important things you've done, accomplished, appreciated, or learned in your life. Put in the good, the bad, the amazing, and the ugly.
Look at the list you've made and try to find the themes that tie together the important events, ideas, and interests in your life. What did you do with your time? How have you fought for your values? Taking a look at what you do will help you connect your actions to the values listed in Tuck's evaluation criteria.
Choose one or two things from the list that support your strengths or values the best, and use them to define your approach and start writing the essay.

Once you have content that shows who you are, you should think about making connections to how your uniqueness would add to the Tuck community and culture. It will be important to learn as much as you can about the opportunities at Tuck. Here, it would be helpful to go to information sessions or talk to students and alumni.

Tuck MBA Essay 3

Tuck students are encouraging, collaborative and empathetic, even when it is not convenient or easy. Describe a meaningful experience in which you exemplified one or more of these attributes. (300 words)

This essay question asks you to describe a time when you had to be inspiring, collaborate with others, and show empathy. These are the same qualities that Tuck looks for when evaluating students candidates. Since Tuck is looking for students who "actively celebrate and support others," it would make sense to choose an example in which you directly engaged with and helped someone, rather than, say, helping an employer succeed by improving their bottom line. Keeping this in mind, you might want to think about management or mentoring situations that went well. You might even have a story to tell about working with peers. No matter what kind of relationships you have, it will be important to talk about what you did, how you interacted, and what happened as a result. What did you have to deal with? What did you say to them? How did you help people? How did success look? What did you learn from doing it? You might have taken time out of your day to help a new intern, who later got a full-time job at your company. Maybe someone on your team couldn't keep track of time well, so you stayed late to help meet a deadline. Investing in your local community in some way, like joining the Boys and Girls Club and working with young people, is another example. Once you've gone into detail, end by saying how this experience could apply to your time at Tuck.

Optional Essay

Please provide any additional insight or information that you have not addressed elsewhere (e.g., atypical choice of evaluators, factors affecting academic performance, unexplained job gaps or changes). Complete this question only if you feel your candidacy is not fully represented by this application. (300 words)

The admissions committee gives clear instructions on what to write about in this MBA essay. In your application, you have to talk about liabilities. There may be other parts of your background that would be useful but aren't mentioned anywhere else in your application. This could be something like an upcoming promotion or a part of who you are that isn't covered in the program data forms. In either case, you need to do your best to show how good a candidate you are in the required parts of this application.

Reapplicant Essay

(To be completed by all reapplicants) How have you strengthened your candidacy since you last applied? Please reflect on how you have grown personally and professionally. (300 words)

If you are a repeat applicant, this essay question asks you to talk about the steps you have taken to improve your application. For example, you could retake the GMAT, take on more responsibilities at work, or get more involved in a community group. You could also talk about how you've changed since you first applied to Tuck, but in a more personal way. You will also need to make sure that the responses in this essay are balanced with introspective commentary. For example, talk about what you've done to make yourself a better applicant and how your skills, career goals, and opinion of the Tuck MBA have changed in the past few months.

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