Author Description

This book is part of the MBA & EMBA Application Guide Series and is available as a PDF digital download from mbaSTORY.builders/books and in paperback format from Amazon. About the author, Leah Derus Leah is an MBA and EMBA admissions consultant at mbaSTORY.builders She has a background in psychology and an MBA from MIT Sloan’s full-time program. “You write it, and I’ll look it over.” Written by an MIT Sloan MBA, this book contains 25 real recommendation examples you can draw on and guidance on the entire recommendation creation process. It was written for the many MBA and EMBA applicants (and more generally graduate school applicants, scholarship or fellowship applicants, young and mid-career professionals, etc.) whose recommenders ask them to either write their own recommendation or create a recommendation outline (a.k.a. talking points). 25 Successful MBA & EMBA Recommendation Letters will help you identify and manage your recommenders and give you a simple method for structuring and generating content for your recommendation. It also contains over 25 professional recommendations from successful applicants to elite MBA and EMBA programs and examples of recommendation outlines (a.k.a. talking points). Excerpt: 4.20 HIROTO - MBA, Business Intelligence Analyst at Mayo Clinic STRENGTHS: reshaped mission, data storyteller; WEAKNESS: failed to advocate for himself How do the applicant's performance, potential, or personal qualities compare to those of other well-qualified individuals in similar roles? Please provide specific examples. LEADERSHIP In YEAR, senior leadership pushed to rethink the Patient Harm Prevention Program. A generous budget increase allowed me to add Hiroto Tanaka and two clinicians to my team of ten and begin the process of redeveloping the program. Whereas Hiroto’s peers (other analysts and junior data team members) tended to be silent partners who processed requests well but were uncomfortable