Questions Continued:
Supply Chain Management
1. Explain why you are interested in pursuing your MBA and the supply chain management
specialization at this point in your life. Specifically, explain how this degree will impact your
future career and describe your professional short- and long-term career goals post-MBA.
2. List three key issues/areas of focus for supply chain management in todays business
environment, and select one to discuss in depth. Explain why this issue is important to business,
using examples from your own experience if applicable.
OPTIONAL
If you wish, you may include an additional essay on a topic of your choice. This optional essay is
typically used to cover any issues you may want to address to the admissions committee that
are not already covered in your application. Examples include a low undergraduate GPA, gaps in
education or employment history, or explanations of your choice in recommenders. This
optional essay is not required.
Washington University in St. Louis
1. Why are you interested in pursuing an MBA from the Olin Business School?
Yale University
1. What motivates your decision to pursue an MBA? (300 words maximum)
2. The Yale School of Management provides leadership education for broad-minded, rigorous, and
intellectually curious students with diverse backgrounds; a distinctive integrated curriculum;
connections to one of the great research universities in the world; and the broad reach of an
innovative and expanding global network of top business schools.
What motivates you to apply to the Yale School of Management for your MBA? What will you
contribute to Yale and Yale SOM? (450 words maximum)
3. OPTIONAL: Provide any additional information you feel the Admissions Committee should know in
evaluating your candidacy. You should use this section only if the information is not adequately
captured elsewhere in your application. Re-applicants should use this space to let us know how
your candidacy has changed since you last applied to Yale SOM.
Supply Chain Management
1. Explain why you are interested in pursuing your MBA and the supply chain management
specialization at this point in your life. Specifically, explain how this degree will impact your
future career and describe your professional short- and long-term career goals post-MBA.
2. List three key issues/areas of focus for supply chain management in todays business
environment, and select one to discuss in depth. Explain why this issue is important to business,
using examples from your own experience if applicable.
OPTIONAL
If you wish, you may include an additional essay on a topic of your choice. This optional essay is
typically used to cover any issues you may want to address to the admissions committee that
are not already covered in your application. Examples include a low undergraduate GPA, gaps in
education or employment history, or explanations of your choice in recommenders. This
optional essay is not required.
Washington University in St. Louis
1. Why are you interested in pursuing an MBA from the Olin Business School?
Yale University
1. What motivates your decision to pursue an MBA? (300 words maximum)
2. The Yale School of Management provides leadership education for broad-minded, rigorous, and
intellectually curious students with diverse backgrounds; a distinctive integrated curriculum;
connections to one of the great research universities in the world; and the broad reach of an
innovative and expanding global network of top business schools.
What motivates you to apply to the Yale School of Management for your MBA? What will you
contribute to Yale and Yale SOM? (450 words maximum)
3. OPTIONAL: Provide any additional information you feel the Admissions Committee should know in
evaluating your candidacy. You should use this section only if the information is not adequately
captured elsewhere in your application. Re-applicants should use this space to let us know how
your candidacy has changed since you last applied to Yale SOM.