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Essay #1 – Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans and your motivation for pursuing a JD and an MBA at Northwestern University. (600 word limit)

Essay #2 – Describe your key leadership experiences and evaluate what leadership areas you hope to develop through your JDMBA experiences (600 word limit)

Essay #3 – Assume you are evaluating your application from the perspective of a student member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Why should your peers select you to become a member of the JDMBA community? (600 word limit)

Essay #4 - Complete one of the following three questions or statements. (400 word limit)
Re-applicants have the option to answer a question from this grouping, but this is not required.
a) Describe a time when you had to make an unpopular decision.
b) People may be surprised to learn that I….
c) I wish the admissions committee had asked me……

Required essay for re-applicants only - Since your previous application, what steps have you taken to strengthen your candidacy? (400 word limit)