【尚友制造】MBA 2012 essay全面解析--

权威又全面——2012 Duke MBA essay解析！Fuqua’s essay topics for the 2011-2012 admissions season remain identical to last year’s, retaining a strong interest in applicants’ interest in and potential contribution to the Duke MBA program and broader community. Moreover, the preamble/introduction that has prefaced the program’s essays for the past several years suggests that the program is seeking students who are both natural leaders and collaborators, able to work with diverse teams of people, and who hope to make a lasting impact through their post-MBA career pursuits. Further, Duke values students who can express themselves in a personable manner through their essays, so applicants should also strive to infuse their writing with personality and passion.Although there is no specified word limit, Duke does require that all essays be no more than two pages in length, written with 1.5 line spacing and a minimum 10 point font size. Let’s take a closer look at each essay:Essay 1: Describe your vision for your career and your inspiration for pursuing this career path.This is a variation of the standard career goals essay. Because Duke is asking about applicants’ career vision, however, this particular question lends itself to a long-term, big picture outlook in addition to the typical description of one’s immediate post-MBA career goals. Responding to the second part of this prompt provides candidates with the perfect opportunity to outline their career histories. Applicants should also consider including information about any academic or extracurricular experiences that have motivated them to pursue their intended careers. With two pages to respond to this prompt, applicants should have ample space to describe both their career visions as well as the factors and experiences that inspired their plans.这是经典职业目标类问题的变式，由于杜克大学要求申请者描述对职业生涯的愿景，所以除了写出MBA毕业后的职业规划外，此问题还需要写出长期职业生涯的宏观愿景。

问题的第二部分给了申请者道出自己职业经历的机会。

申请者还应注意，不放过学术上及课外生活中对自己追求职业生涯目标有影响的信息。

两页纸的空间，使申请者有足够的余地道出自己的职业规划以及影响职业生涯的因素和经历。

It’s important to note that this career vision question does not ask applicants how Fuqua would factor into achieving their professional goals. Therefore, all discussion of applicants’ academic and professional interest in Duke should be reserved for the response to the third prompt.值得注意的是：这个关于职业愿景的问题并未提到申请者关于Fuqua商学院对自己职业生涯影响的看法。

因此，所有关于申请者对杜克大学的学术及职业兴趣的讨论都应到有所保留。

Essay 2: How will your background, values, and non-work activities enhance the experience of other Duke MBA students and add value to Fuqua’s diverse culture?This question reflects Duke’s interest in identifying students who are in a position to contribute meaningfully to the diversity of the school’s community. The prompt is fairly broad, covering just about every possible dimension of one’s candidacy, experience and perspective; subsequently, it issues a general invitation for the applicant to imagine how his or her unique characteristics might map onto involvement in ‘Team Fuqua.’ This response is a great place to showcase specific knowledge of the student culture at Duke – even linking aspects of your background to contributions to discussions in specific courses or participation in conferences and campus events – as well as to introduce information that will help you stand out from the applicant pool.这个问题反映出学校对学生能够为学校的多样性做出有贡献的兴趣。

此问题的提示相当广泛，几乎涵盖了与申请有关的各个方面，如申请资格、个人经历等等。

其实它是在邀请申请者们想象自己的个性如何能以最好的方式融入到Fuqua 商学院的团队之中。

关于这个问题的回答是向学校展示自己对Duke有多深入了解的机会——甚至可以与你的背景相结合，对特定的课程、会议或者校园活动进行讨论——这将有可能使你在众多申请者中脱颖而出。

Essay 3: Why Duke? (If you are interested in a specific concentration, joint degree, clubs or activities, please discuss how you would contribute to these in this essay.)Asking applicants about their interest in the school to which they are applying is standard practice among MBA programs , and Duke’s parenthetical comments provide applicants with a clue as to the topics they should cover in responding to this essay. The important thing to note is that Fuqua asks how applicants would contribute to the school, so in addition to explaining what academic and extracurricular programs you want to become involved in, it’s important to show how this involvement would benefit the Duke community.要求申请者回答对学校的兴趣和申请的原因，这个问题是传统且标准的，况且问题的括号标注更是为申请者提供了回答的线索。

值得注意的是，问题要求申请者写出自己将会如何为学校做贡献，所以申请者应额外写出自己想参与哪些学术项目或课外活动，并对自己的参与会如何有利于学校做出解释。

One thing to be aware of is that your answer to this question is not merely a reiteration of the points made in your second essay, as both prompts ask applicants to explain how they would contribute to the school. One way in which you can approach this challenge is by using Essay 2 to focus on who you are and how you are unique: with this as your foundation, you can then use specific examples of planned participation to explain what you would bring to Fuqua and how you hope to contribute to the class. Meanwhile, in responding to Essay 3, you might focus on what you hope to get out of Fuqua and why you want to be there. In explaining how you are a cultural fit with the program and how the school would help you achieve your career goals, you should support your argument with specific examples of how you would contribute to, as well as benefit from, specific courses, clubs, and events.尽管问题2和问题3都要求申请者解释自己将如何为学校做贡献，但对这个问题的回答不能仅仅是对问题2的论点的重申。