Two Essay Questions of CBS

  1. What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals? How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals (Recommended 750 word limit)?

  2. In a recent speech delivered to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, Dean Glenn Hubbard discussed the new, essential elements of the 21st century MBA: http://www.gsb.columbia.edu/admissions/21st_centu…. How will your MBA prepare you for a rapidly changing business environment (Recommended 500 word limit)?

Do you think that these two questions are somehow overlapping?

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