Most Yale MBA Commitment Essay drafts read like our New Year's resolution to lose weight. The success of the commitment depends on willpower, effort, and the scale of the distractions in our lives.
Effort Doesn't Always Mean Commitment
In our culture, where effort or hustle culture is worshipped, equating effort with commitment is an easy trap to fall into.
A better alternative is to reflect deeply on your life and find your core belief, passion, and career choices. Then, create a personal commitment statement.
Career Path of Deeply Committed Applicants
A person who believes in equitable growth will demonstrate passion for causes that amplify the voices of the marginalized communities. It could be creating forums where the marginalized could voice their opinion, and an incentive that also helps the communities, and not just the shareholders. The applicant would also choose roles (policy, IMPACT investing, ESG consulting) that show commitment to the belief.
Case Study: Agri Business (Food as a Right)
An applicant who grew up in a farming community, where principles of shared economic prosperity were lived realities, the commitment to equitable growth was not a narrative built for Yale MBA essays. She founded a non-profit to mitigate food insecurity, all arising from cultures she grew up around and a firm belief that 'Food' was a communal right and not just a commodity at the mercy of weather and market forces.
She pivoted from her non-profit to a policy role where she could solve the problem at a level above the operational lens.
Now the commitment has taken a new ambition - to influence investment into Agri Business in Africa.
Guideline for Yale SOM MBA Commitment Essay
Whenever you shortlist an example for the Yale MBA Commitment Essay, check if it passes the Belief -> Passion --> Past Actions --> Roles framework.
For traditional applicants (Finance, Technology, and Consulting), it could be challenging to reconcile value maximization for shareholders vs. IMPACT in communities.
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