# Essays
## Essays
**Our Stern essay questions give you the opportunity to more fully present yourself to the Admissions Committee and to provide insight into your experiences, goals, and thought processes.**
Your essays must be written entirely by you. An offer of admission will be rescinded if you did not write your essays.
- [Essay 1: Professional Aspirations](#Essay-1)
- [Essay 2: Personal Expression (a.k.a. "Pick Six")](#Essay-2)
- [Essay 3: Additional Information (optional)](#Essay-3)
**Essay 1: Professional Aspirations**
(500 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)
*What are your short-term career goals? Why is the Stern MBA the necessary next chapter in your professional story? Please be specific.*
**Essay 2: Personal Expression (a.k.a. "Pick Six")**
Introduce yourself to the Admissions Committee and to your future classmates using six images and corresponding captions. The Pick Six is a way to share more about the qualities you will bring to the Stern community, beyond your professional and academic achievements. Your uploaded PDF should contain all of the following elements:
- *A brief introduction or overview of your "Pick Six" (no more than 3 sentences).*
- *Six images that help illustrate your interests, values, motivations, perspective and/or personality.*
- *A one-sentence caption for each of the six images that helps explain why they were selected and are significant to you.*
Note: Your visuals may include photos, infographics, drawings, or any other images. Your document must be uploaded as a single PDF. The essay cannot be sent in physical form or be linked to a website.
**Essay 3: Additional Information (optional)**
(500 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)
*Please provide any additional information that you would like to bring to the attention of the Admissions Committee and/or give context to your application. This may include important aspects of yourself not otherwise apparent in your application, including but not limited to: hardships you have encountered, current or past gaps in employment, further explanation of your undergraduate record or self-reported academic transcript(s), plans to retake the GMAT, GRE, Executive Assessment, IELTS or TOEFL, or any other relevant information.*
## Admissions Blog Insights
### Conquering the Pick 6
Nedjee Corriolan, Assistant Director at NYU Stern, shares her tips for the Pick 6 essay on our full-time MBA blog.
[Read the Blog](http://blogs.stern.nyu.edu/full-time-mba/full-time-mba/picksix/?utm_source=sternmba&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=blog_posts&utm_content=pick_six)
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