How Not To Appear Greedy In Your MBA Application

Removing Greed in your MBA application.

With the recent financial crisis, many have criticized, if not blamed, the culture of greed within the business sector.  Experts have stated that MBA programs have not equipped its students with necessary knowledge and skills that will enable them to work within the context of globalization and to fully understand the effects of their decisions in the other sectors.  In response to the criticisms, many business schools are restructuring their curriculum like the inclusion of ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainable enterprise, and such.

What do these changes mean to you, who are still trying to get in?  While greed in MBA applications have been interpreted as passion in the past, the same may no longer hold true today. Admission committees are more likely to hold in higher regard an MBA application that takes into consideration these curriculum changes they intend to implement.

A little research will surely help you create a successful MBA application. Show that your goals are not only realistic but relatable to the business school’s mission as well. This means taking time to fully understand the mission and the values that the school upholds.  Then ask yourself, “how do my goals relate with these?”  Illustrate as well how you will both benefit should you they accept you. Your success is their success too, after all.   Be careful that you do not exaggerate.  Admission committees can see right through this and might set you back instead of sending you farther towards getting in.

Your application is a sales pitch and the product is yourself.  Do not make a hard sell but do not be complacent either.  Present your ideals and what you are passionate about.  These show that there is a person behind all the ambition.  Prove that the next logical step for you is an MBA that will allow you enhance your skills and knowledge and enable you to achieve your goals.

While MBA programs will still revolve around the art and science of making money, your application cannot focus on this.  By highlighting your goals instead of the business itself, you can keep that greed and other unflattering traits out of your MBA application.

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