The Number One Thing Tuck Looks For

The Number One Thing Tuck Looks for in MBA Applicants

Dartmouth Tuck is a unique school because it asks MBA applicants to be intensely personal. Granted, most business schools have an element of wanting to know applicants on a personal level – be it your passions, your background, or your inspirations. But this is the number one thing Tuck HAS to know: you on a personal level. Mostly, because that is a mandate that Tuck has set up for themselves, which is just simple program philosophy to which you should abide by.

The business school version of summer camp

However, the bigger reason is that Tuck is like the business school version of summer camp. It’s out in the woods, it’s a comparatively small intimate group of people to other business schools. Most importantly, they have nicknames for themselves (“Tukies”) and they are super-duper “into it.”

Tuck is all about being super into Tuck

Only Duke (with its section chants and hazing of visiting students) or maybe Kellogg (with it’s not-so-hard, play hard, its all-about team mantra) can even come close to how close nit, friendly and personal Tuck is. Just like Columbia is all about career goals, Booth is all about taking risks, Wharton is all about community-based innovation, and HBS is about putting on your hard hat and grinding, Tuck is all about being super into Tuck.

“Who” Tuck looks for essentially remains the same

To help you understand, reading their admissions committee blog is encouraged. The advice they provide here is insightful. And they also offer specific guidance on this year’s essays. Reading their advice from past years is also beneficial. Why? While essay questions may change slightly from one year to the next, “who” Tuck looks for essentially remains the same. So, we can learn from the past.

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