by Transcend Admissions | Dec 16, 2025 | MBA Essays
Writing business school application essays is a challenging process that requires intense self-reflection, dedicated work to organize one’s thoughts and motivations, detailed research, and persuasive storytelling. It’s no wonder that it is tempting to employ AI tools...
by Transcend Admissions | Jul 10, 2025 | Application Strategy, Entrepreneurship, MBA Essays
Whether you intend to start a company immediately upon graduation, after gaining a few more years of professional experience, or perhaps you expect to take over a family business, an MBA can prepare aspiring founders for the diverse operational tasks, people skills,...
by Transcend Admissions | Jun 10, 2025 | MBA Essays
*Please note: this blog post is about pre-recorded video essays, not timed video essays, sometimes referred to as video interviews, often using the Kira Talent platform. As graduate schools seek to make the admissions process more personal and dynamic, pre-recorded...
by Transcend Admissions | May 16, 2025 | Application Strategy, MBA Essays
Top graduate schools value multi-skilled candidates, with leadership always near the top. It is well-established that business schools emphasize candidates’ leadership skills. But leadership skills are also prized by technical programs, such as computer science....
by Transcend Admissions | May 9, 2025 | Application Strategy, MBA Essays
It is no secret that soft skills like public speaking and teamwork have become increasingly important considerations for business schools in recent years. If you are applying to an MBA program, there is a good chance you will be asked to tell a story about teamwork in...
by Transcend Admissions | May 30, 2024 | MBA Essays
The emergence of AI tools* is creating new paradigms for writing and editing tasks, including graduate school application essays. While utilizing these new solutions to write essay drafts will undeniably be tempting for applicants – especially those writing in a...
by Transcend Admissions | May 23, 2024 | Application Strategy, MBA Essays
Areas of weakness or professional failures are topics that most graduate school applicants want to avoid. But there are many good reasons to work on getting comfortable talking about these parts of one’s profile and background. First and foremost, filling skill and...
