Welcome to your New York University – Leonard N. Stern School of Business MBA application course.
This is a step-by-step walkthrough for NYU Stern’s MBA application. It will take you through every core stage of the application process using detailed instructions, example essays, and insider tips.
Course Objectives
- Adapt your “Why” to Stern’s unique “Change It” essay prompt using our examples
- Pick six interesting but also professionally-relevant pictures
- Draft NYU’s relatively long job description essay
- Submit an application to get admitted to Stern MBA
Pre-Requisites
Before starting this school course, you should complete the following courses:
School Strategy
From an application perspective, Stern’s MBA program is disproportionately competitive, given its ranking. Stern’s MBA acceptance rate in 2024 was only 27%. That’s less than Kellogg (~31%) and Chicago Booth (~30%) which are both in the M7. The main reason for this is that a disproportionately high number of applicants want to live and study in New York. So, don’t treat NYU Stern as a “safety” school.
Stern’s essay questions appear on the surface quite different from those of other schools. These include backward and forward looking professional essays, as well as photos. They also ask your recommender an additional unusual question, requiring them to speak to your EQ (emotional quotient) led culture.