CMU Tepper Deadlines

Round 1

Deadline: October 24, 2011 Notification: December 19, 2011

Round 2

Deadline: January 3, 2012 Notification: March 16, 2012

Round 3

Deadline: March 5, 2012 Notification: April 30, 2012

Round 4

Deadline: April 23, 2012 Notification: May 25, 2012

Round 5

Deadline: June 1, 2012 Notification: Rolling

CMU Tepper Essays

CMU Tepper Essay 1: What are your short-term and long-term goals? How will a Tepper MBA help you to achieve these goals. (Please include any information regarding what steps you have taken to learn more about Tepper.)

CMU Tepper Essay 2: The Tepper School’s culture relies on all members to be active contributors in our community. How will you contribute to the Tepper community? Please feel free to include examples from the past or ideas for the future.

CMU Tepper Essay 3: Please answer two of the following three questions or statements. Please clearly specify which questions you are answering. Your two answers should equal a total of two pages or less.

1. Describe an obstacle you have faced in your professional or academic life. How did you overcome this obstacle and how did it foster your development?

2. Describe a time in which your ethics were challenged. How did you deal with the situation and what did you learn from it?

3. One thing people would be surprised to know about me is . . .

CMU Tepper Essay 4 (Optional): Is there anything additional that you think we should know as we evaluate your application? Note: if you believe your credentials and essays represent you fairly, you should not feel obligated to answer this question. This essay is intended to provide a place for you to add information that you think is important but is not covered elsewhere in the application. You must complete this essay if you answered “yes” to the additional information questions on the previous page.