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Prepare answers to the following essay questions. Please double-space, use 12-point font, and do not exceed 750 words.

Essay 1: Please discuss your short-term (immediately following the MBA) and your long-term goals. How will your experience to date, combined with the Eller MBA help you achieve these goals?

Essay 2: You are a VP for business development at a major mining consortium based in the US.  You are charged with leading the company’s efforts to diversify its product-base and gain entrée into new and potentially lucrative international markets.  The company’s largest portfolio of products includes coal and copper, and the board of directors has been pressing the firm to expand its product line and market share for years.  The board and the leadership have targeted a lucrative opportunity in a volatile south Asian country that possesses the world’s largest reserve of the particular mineral you need. The country is poor with only 60% literacy and is run by a notoriously corrupt regime.  Additionally, the project poses significant environmental risks to local indigenous tribes.  While you don’t want to be the subject of international protests and you don’t feel comfortable about getting into a contract with this particular regime, you feel you have little choice and need to find a way to conduct business in the country.  Your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) manager has suggested that perhaps this represents an opportunity for your firm to define a different business model for entering developing markets.  How might you consider a new way of approaching this type of venture in light of the risks and opportunities? 

Essay 3: Optional Scholarship Essay: Why is the Eller MBA program the right program for you and what will you contribute to the Class of 2011?

Click on "Supplemental Forms" and print the Transcript Request form and two Recommendation forms (or register your recommenders to enable them to submit their recommendations online).

Complete and mail the Transcript Request Form. Have two official copies of your transcripts sent to:

Give the Recommendation Forms to your recommenders, reminding them that they will need to mail a letter of recommendation with the form as indicated in the form instructions (unless completed online).

Have the information you've gathered on hand and complete the biographical sections of the online application (click Application Form if applying online).

Upload your updated resume and completed essays through the online application.

Pay the $100 application fee by credit card online.