mbaMission Optional Essays Guide

Most business school candidates have at least one irregularity in their profile (e.g., a lower-than-average GPA, unbalanced GMAT scores, a gap in work experience) and must consider whether to use the optional essay to explain it. The mbaMission Optional Essays Guide presents a variety of scenarios in which one should—or should not—write an optional essay and explains how best to mitigate your weaknesses and accentuate your strengths in such essays.

The mbaMission Optional Essays Guide explains how and when to properly use the optional essay to address “issues” within your candidacy, and includes more than ten sample essays.