So I got into LSA last month via early action, but never applied preferred admission to any other school. I found out the other day that I can still apply preferred admission to Ross. I’m not sure what admissions officers are looking for, so could you guys give me some ideas/examples for the first essay? Here’s the prompt: Choose a current event or issue in your community and discuss the business implications. Propose a solution that incorporates business principles or practices. The review panel will look for creativity, drawing connections, and originality. Please limit this response to approximately 500 words.
Take something that happens in the news (that is seemingly unrelated to business) and draw connections to show how this event impacts the economy or small businesses. The book Freakonomics uses this frame of thinking to extrapolate the effect of public policy and social customs beyond the realm most people limit them to. Since they are looking for creativity, I would avoid Trump and the election. Telling you what I wrote wouldn’t really benefit you so I won’t. Good luck.
Doesn’t necessarily even have to be unrelated to business! Just pick a problem in the world or your community that is interesting to you and talk about its business implications, and come up with solutions. Definitely try to be creative, but don’t make it too complicated!!