This is a fairly straightforward goal essay question. But how can you be creative and add a little twist? You can start the essay with one of your recent accomplishments or by narrating a challenge that you have handled in your job, and then go on to explain to the admissions committee where you are in your career right now. Against the backdrop of this opening, explain your future career trajectory and show how an EMBA education from NYU will boost your chances of accomplishing your objectives way faster.
Your career goals should be rooted in the ground realities of your current job. Hence, explain in detail about your future job positions, industry, location and what do you aspire to do/achieve in those roles. Also, please mention what motivates you in the first place to achieve these goals instead of doing something else.
Finally, you should know about the NYU Stern program inside out. It offers a basket of opportunities to its students. It’s pretty easy to choose the areas such as electives, clubs, treks, conferences and so on in which you aspire to participate and hone your leadership skills. But the important thing is to do the appropriate research on the program to know about its various aspects rather than just browse the NYU website and pick some random activities.
a. What is a significant contemporary issue on which you, as a business leader, would like to have an impact?
b. Why is it important to you?
c. How could you leverage your skills and resources to address the issue?
The secret of writing a great essay is to select a subject which is truly close to your heart. Don’t try to pick a subject after searching some burning contemporary issues in Google. Your passion for a subject will not be as strong as it will be for one that you really care about. So please don’t try to impress the admissions committee by selecting global issues on which you have very little to say.
The best is to choose a subject that you have dealt with. For instance, do you work in a healthcare company in the US? If yes, do you have some fresh ideas on how the cost of healthcare in the US can be slashed using either emerging technologies or some process reengineering? In that case, you can certainly select this subject and craft a persuasive essay. This approach will help you to give a proper answer for Question B – why it is important for you.
Think carefully about what the basic problem that you have encountered and then give your opinion on how it can be solved or at least reduced. Write in detail about all the skills that you currently have or are going to have after your EMBA from NYU and how these will help you address it, perhaps not globally but within your sphere of influence.
Please don’t repeat content from Essay # 1.
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