INSEAD MBA Essays & Deadlines 2014-15

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INSEAD announced its deadlines and essays for the September 2015 intake and deadlines for January 2016 intake. The essays have changed from last year (but remain the same as the essays for the January 2015 intake). One notable change is the addition of a fourth round, which the school says would allow it to “better manage the influx of incoming applications and to provide additional flexibility to applicants”. The deadlines listed below are 23:59 PM Central European Time on the day of the application.

INSEAD MBA Essays 2014-15

Job Description Essay #1: Briefly summarise your current (or most recent) job, including the nature of work, major responsibilities, and where relevant, employees under your supervision, size of budget, clients/products and results achieved. What would be your next step in terms of position if you were to remain in the same country? (350 words max.)

Job Description Essay #2: Please give a full description of your career since graduating from university. It should be written as if you were talking to someone at a social gathering detailing your career path with the rationale behind your choices. Discuss your short and long term career aspirations. (350 words max.)

Job Description Essay #3 (optional): If you are currently not working or if you plan to leave your current employer more than 2 months before the programme starts, please explain your activities and occupations between leaving your job and the start of the programme.

Motivation Essay #1: Give a candid description of yourself (who are you as a person), stressing the personal characteristics you feel to be your strengths and weaknesses and the main factors which have influenced your personal development, giving examples when necessary. (600 words max.)

Motivation Essay #2: Describe the achievement of which you are most proud and explain why. In addition, describe a situation where you failed. How did these experiences impact your relationships with others? Comment on what you learned. (400 words max.)

Motivation Essay #3: Tell us about an experience where you were significantly impacted by cultural diversity, in a positive or negative way. (300 words max.)

Motivation Essay #4: Describe all types of extra-professional activities in which you have been or are still involved for a significant amount of time (clubs, sports, music, art, politics, etc.). How are you enriched by these activities? (300 words max.)

Motivation Essay #5 (optional): Is there anything else that was not covered in your application that you would like to share with the Admissions Committee? (300 words max.)

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INSEAD Full-Time MBA September 2015 Intake Deadlines

Round	September 2015 Intake Deadlines	September 2014 Intake Deadlines
One	24 September 2014	02 October 2013
Two	12 November 2014	27 November 2013
Three	14 January 2015	05 March 2015
Four	04 March 2015	–

INSEAD Full-Time MBA January 2016 Intake Deadlines

Round	January 2016 Intake Deadlines	January 2015 Intake Deadlines
One	04 March 2015	21 March 2014
Two	22 April 2015	28 May 2014
Three	17 June 2015	25 July 2014
Four	05 August 2015	–