Ivy App Success

1. Why is an MBA a critical next step toward your short- and long-term career goals? Why is Tuck the best MBA program for you? (If you are applying for a joint or dual degree, please explain how the additional degree will contribute to those goals.)

2. Discuss your most meaningful leadership experience. What did you learn about your own individual strengths and weaknesses through this experience?

3. What is the greatest challenge or hurdle you have overcome, either personally or professionally, and how did you manage to do so?

4. Tuck seeks candidates of various backgrounds who can bring new perspectives to our community. How will your unique personal history, values, and/or life experiences contribute to the culture at Tuck?

5. (Optional) Please provide any additional insight or information that you have not addressed elsewhere that may be helpful in reviewing your application (e.g., unusual choice of evaluators, weaknesses in academic performance, unexplained job gaps or changes, etc.). Complete this question only if you feel your candidacy is not fully represented by this application.

Tuck Admitted School Weekend (ASW)

I just returned from Tuck’s Admitted Student Weekend and these are my takeaways from the Tuck experience:

• Students don’t like Tuck, they love it
• Tuck has a very diverse student body (over 30%)
• The outdoor opportunities are amazing. If you like the outdoors, Tuck should be #1 on your list by a long-shot
• Professors are very accessible during the year to students but take a vacation during ASW
• Alumnae support – in the form of giving and helping current students find jobs – is probably the best of any MBA program. 60% + of the alumnae give back to Tuck, which is #1 in % of giving (Stanford is 2nd)
• The core curriculum is very hard and required in the first year (only 2 electives in your first year)
• Most single students live in the dorms their first year
• The facilities are sooo nice. There are fire places within the buildings