If you are seeking an MBA program with a global community and access to a major city, London Business School may be a great option for you.
If you have decided that the London Business School full-time MBA program is a good fit for you, check out Personal MBA Coach’s tips below for tackling the LBS MBA essay questions.
For the first time in a while, this year London Business School added a new second essay prompt while maintaining the traditional goals-focused essay question.
London Business School’s MBA Application Deadlines 2024-2025
Round 1: September 6, 2024
Round 2: January 3, 2025
Round 3: March 24, 2025
London Business School’s MBA Essays for 2024-2025
Personal MBA Coach’s London Business School Essay Tips
LBS Essay 1: What are your post-MBA goals and how will your prior experience and the London Business School programme contribute towards these? (500 words maximum)
This is a standard goals essay. Personal MBA Coach recommends beginning your essay by providing some background context about yourself and detailing your career accomplishments to date. This does not mean that applicants should detail their entire careers or repeat what is on their resume. However, LBS is looking to understand how your past career has prepared you to achieve your goals. Therefore, you should include some discussion of your career in terms of how it relates to your aspirations.
After sharing this background information, go on to discuss your MBA goals. If you are having trouble articulating your goals, take a look at Personal MBA Coach’s six key pieces of advice for tackling goals. This section should be a good portion of your essay and should include a specific short-term and long-term goal.
Finally, the remainder of your essay should specifically discuss how attending London Business School will help you accomplish these goals. Be sure to research everything that London Business School’s MBA program has to offer and detail what you plan to take part in on campus. Is there a class you want to take? A club you hope to join? Mention these here and clearly explain how they relate to your MBA goals. Keep in mind that LBS is an international program, and a strong essay will explain why this is important to you.
LBS Essay 2: What makes you unique? (200 words maximum)
In previous years, LBS had only one required essay question. However, applicants often used the optional essay to cover additional aspects of their candidacy. Instead, this year, all applicants are required to answer a shorter essay telling London Business School admissions what makes them unique.
You have only 200 words to use, so Personal MBA Coach urges you to focus your answer while considering how you will add unique value to the LBS classroom.
Do you have a unique skill or talent to share? Do you come from an underrepresented field or background? Do you have significant extracurricular leadership experience? Do you have a specific passion?
If so, these could make great topics. Regardless of what you select, as you craft your answer, remember that an admissions director’s job is to develop a well-rounded class. So, your goal here is to tell LBS how you will be different from your peers.
LBS Essay 3 (Optional): Is there any other information you believe the Admissions Committee should know about you and your application to London Business School? (500 words maximum)
In prior years, Personal MBA Coach suggested that applicants use this optional essay to tell London Business School a bit more about who you are and what makes you unique.
Given the new essay, use this optional essay only if there is something significant that you could not adequately cover in essay 2. Or, if you have extenuating circumstances to discuss (low GPA, career gaps, etc.) this optional essay is the place to briefly share that information with admissions.
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