主题:“为什么你希望来哈佛商学院读MBA? 你有什么职业抱负?为什么?”
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“你的职业抱负是什么?哈佛商学院如何能够帮你实现这些抱负?”
你已经出色地回答了其它所有问题,但是你是否清楚自己希望未来从事什么工作?你是否有自己的职业生涯远景?你是否真的需要MBA?为什么选择哈佛的MBA?
这个看似直接的问题可能是申请中最重要的也是最难回答的一个问题。你认为自己知道答案或者应该知道答案,但是当你坐下来准备诉诸笔端的时候,会发觉很难清晰表述你的职业计划以及MBA对你长远职业发展的重要性。开始就遇到的这些难题并不意味着你没有做好读MBA的准备,或者你不是哈佛商学院的优秀候选人。这个问题涉及到两个很棘手且很难说清楚的核心问题——你是谁?你追求的生活目标是什么?
必须首先明确你的个人目标——你希望如何改变你和你周围的世界。若要明确你的目标,你应该想清楚下面这些问题:什么能带给我快乐?什么是我的优点和缺点?什么是我最重要的价值观?先撰写其它五篇申请陈述应该有助于你集中思路。能够说出你做人的动力是把这篇文章写成功的关键。否则,整篇文章会显得没有感染力和缺乏激情。
尽量可以按照下面的步骤去整理你的思路,但你的文章并不一定要按这个结构去写。首先,在文章中加入你当前和过去的经历,尤其应该指出这些经历和你未来目标的联系。其次,制定你的短期和长期的职业规划。这些规划应该是现实的,并且应该建立在你的经历和个人兴趣之上。先想一想你希望为世界带来什么影响,再把它分成你去实现这些目标的几个阶段。再次,评估一下你的经验和知识两者间的鸿沟,并指出MBA项目将如何帮你弥补这些鸿沟。最后,要弄清楚哈佛商学院的特质如何与你的目标相契合,并将你的职业目标和哈佛商学院的使命联系在一起。还要想一想你能为MBA项目做出什么贡献。
我们所选的范文包含了上面提到的大部分元素。尽管这些元素没有这样直白地说出来,但文章传递了个人理想和职业抱负间的内在联系。虽然这一主题的陈述在风格和内容上可以千差万别,但是我们都应该去探索最终能帮助自己实现个人抱负的职业之路,并且要充分地表明哈佛商学院将成为帮助你达到目标的一个重要转折点。
优秀英语范文:
My immediate goal after getting an MBA is to continue working for a global consulting firm and to help foreign companies enter and excel in the Japanese market. Although most of the major American corporations have entered and built their presences in Japan a long time ago, there are many small and medium-sized American companies who have no idea about their potential in the Japanese market or any international market. Yet there are few resources in Japan with enough industry expertise, communication skills, international network, and management skills to help. This is where I want to contribute.
To attain the most flexibility in multinational consulting, my long-term goal is to take over my father’s business and expand it to offer more services. About fifteen years ago, my father launched CoTech International, Inc., which files and settles international intellectual property cases and runs a search database for Madrid Protocol, an international trademark protocol. I would like to combine the company’s current service of intellectual property transactions and research with a consulting service to help clients enter foreign markets.
I am impressed with HBS’s focus on developing global business leaders, analyzing successful businesses through case studies, and building an international student body. An HBS education will offer me an objective view of the characteristics of a successful business, by learning different cases of multinational businesses in an academic environment with a world-class faculty and state-of-the-art facilities. At the same time, I believe that my bicultural bilingual background and experiences would be a great contribution to the school in creating an interesting and international student body. It may be too late to be a pioneer for large businesses in Japan, but with an HBS education under my belt, I can become a Japanese pioneer in expanding international business opportunities for small businesses.
点评:
作者的陈述非常清晰、简洁。她用两段文字成功地阐述了她的短期和长期的目标,并清晰地阐明了实现这些目标的方法,从而使她的文章言之有物。无论从她毕业后可能具备的才能,还是从她通过父亲的公司扩大业务的方法来说,她的奋斗目标都是切实可行的。作者帮助小企业在日本发展壮大的承诺始终贯穿在整个陈述中,并和文章的结论相呼应。这种连贯性使文章显得真实可信。她清晰地阐明了希望在哈佛商学院攻读MBA的理由,并强调她将是哈佛学生团体的有益补充,这又出色地回答了文章要求回答的问题。
专长学校: 美国所有学校
擅长专业: Business Administration and Management--General (工商管理), Finance and Banking (金融及银行学), Management Information Systems (管理信息系统),
所在地: New York, NY, United States