Are you a team leader? Are you committed to sustainable enterprise? Are you seeking resources and intellectual capital needed to shape both business and government? Are you a motivated, goal-oriented, innovative individual? UNC Kenan-Flagler adcoms are interested in seeing your multidimensional personality and capabilities. Your challenge: Prove that your goals mesh with the school’s goals and that your talents will contribute to the program’s collaborative nature.
UNC Kenan-Flagler 2020-2021 MBA application essays
The Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina has two required essay and one optional essay.
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA essay #1
Please respond to the questions below that will assist us in learning more about you: (500 words)
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- Tell us what your immediate career goals are and how you will benefit personally and professionally from earning an MBA at Kenan-Flagler Business School.
- As the business world continues to evolve, circumstances can change and guide you in a different direction. Should your goals that you provided above not transpire, what other opportunities would you explore?
- Tell us what your immediate career goals are and how you will benefit personally and professionally from earning an MBA at Kenan-Flagler Business School.
What do you see yourself doing immediately upon graduation and why? Perhaps include the most influential experience that convinced you to go down this path? And then the critical: Why do you need an MBA from UNC with its approach to business education to realize your dream?
UNC also wants to know your Plan B. If you are aiming for Goldman Sachs and a career in investment banking, would your backup plan be a similar position with, let’s say, Bank of America or would it be a position in corporate finance or with a startup? If you are aiming for McKinsey, Bain, or BCG, what would your Plan B be? Perhaps a position in a leadership rotation program? Or would it be working for a company like Deloitte or A. T. Kearney?
Your Plan B needs to be at least as achievable as Plan A – if not more so. It should also be related to A so that the education you receive can also help you attain it.
Check out our free guide, Why MBA? for more tips on writing about post-MBA goals.
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA essay #2
2020 brought many defining experiences, including: a global pandemic, changes to learning and working environments, and calls for social justice and racial equity. At UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, these experiences propel us to strengthen efforts to increase the diversity in our community, to create a more equitable and inclusive learning environment and to teach our students to manage diversity, equity and inclusion.
What have you learned about diversity, equity and inclusion in 2020? Please share your experience and what you learned about yourself as a leader. Tell us how you changed or would like to change your leadership style? If you were not leading a team, tell us what you learned at your level about diversity, equity and inclusion. How do you expect to continue that growth in the MBA program? (300 words maximum)
This has definitely been a turbulent year. Consider starting with a recent anecdote, if possible where you were in a leadership position. How did you encourage diversity and an inclusive environment at that time? What would you do differently today in light of the unrest surrounding social justice and greater awareness of these issues? How do you intend to move more in that direction while at Kenan-Flagler?
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA essay #3 (Optional)
Is there any additional information not presented elsewhere in your application that you would like the admissions committee to consider? Optional areas to address include (150 words):
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- If you have not had coursework in the core business subjects (calculus, microeconomics, statistics, financial accounting), how will you prepare yourself?
- Inconsistent academics, gaps in work, or low standardized test scores
- Interest in pursuing an MBA prior to obtaining post-graduate work experience.
- Choice of recommenders
- If you have not had coursework in the core business subjects (calculus, microeconomics, statistics, financial accounting), how will you prepare yourself?
This optional essay is pretty straightforward. Just answer it. You may also want to highlight professional preparation that you have already had in quantitative areas.
Kenan-Flagler explicitly says that it’s important for its students to have a “working knowledge” of financial accounting, statistics, microeconomics, and calculus. If you don’t have it, acquire it. If you are applying straight from college, explain how you will be able to contribute to class discussion a valuable perspective based on your internships, part-time jobs, and volunteer positions and background.
Watch: UNC Kenan-Flagler alum, Al Dea, discusses the most valuable aspects of his UNC MBA experience
UNC Kenan-Flagler 2020-21 MBA application deadlines
| Submission Deadline | Decision Release | |
| Round 1 – Early Action | October 13, 2020 | December 14, 2020 |
| Round 2 | January 5, 2021 | March 8, 2021 |
| Round 3* | March 1, 2021 | April 12, 2021 |
| Round 4 | April 12, 2021 | May 24, 2021 |
*Final deadline for international applicants.
Source: UNC Kenan-Flagler website
***Disclaimer: Information is subject to change. Please check with individual programs to verify the essay questions, instructions and deadlines.***
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Related Resources:
- Why MBA?, a free guide
- A Kenan-Flagler Student Discusses Industrial Engineering, Healthcare and Business
- MBA Insider and UNC Alum Shares His Secrets in New Book, a podcast episode
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