What are business schools looking for?
Before you can craft your application to convince business schools that they absolutely must accept you, you must first know what they want in a prospective student. Through the different parts of your application, your grades, test scores, essays and letters of recommendation, these traits should become evident to the admissions team. Business schools are generally looking for candidates with the characteristics below:
- Leadership/management experience from inside and/or outside of the office
- Intellectual horsepower
- A commitment to others
- Risk takers
- People great at working with others
- Candidates with an overall potential for success