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The truth: most strong applicants get dinged on the same five things. A weak hook in the first line. A "why this school" paragraph that could be copy-pasted into any application. A story arc that flatlines in the middle. Specifics that aren't actually specific. A closing that lands soft.
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Overall: Hook 4/10 · Arc 6/10 · Story 5.2/10 · Composite 5.1/10. You have a strong story underneath this draft. The reader cannot yet find it.
The hook isn't your hook. You open with a quote from a client. The most interesting line in your essay is buried in paragraph four: "I had spent six months optimizing a polyethylene supply chain that I knew, by month two, the world should not be optimizing." Lead with that. Everything before it is throat-clearing.
The pivot moment is missing. You jump from "I worked on FMCG projects" to "I now want to fund climate startups" with no bridge. The bridge is the most important paragraph of this essay and it doesn't exist. What was the conversation, the dataset, the moment when consulting stopped feeling neutral?
You disappear in paragraph 5. The Bain India climate practice work is your strongest section but you write it in passive voice. Take credit. You did this. Specifically: "I built the LCOE model that the partner used in the pitch to ReNew."
Sentence-level edit (1 of 12):
Before: "HBS will provide me with the tools and network to succeed."
After: "Section X's case method on Vinod Khosla's portfolio decisions, BGIE's emerging-market frame, and the HBS Climate Symposium are where I learn the deal heuristics consulting won't teach me."
Why: Swap test passed. Three named resources tied to one goal.
Permission to share excerpt obtained. Identifying details changed. Outcome: R2 admit with $40K fellowship.
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ISB Essay 2 — family-business heir, R1 (anonymized)
Overall: Hook 5/10 · Arc 7/10 · Story 4.8/10 · Why-school 3/10 · Composite 4.9/10.
This is the family-business essay AdComs see 200 times a year. Two problems: (1) it sounds like you inherited the goal along with the business, and (2) "Why ISB" reads like a brochure paragraph.
1. Stop starting with your father. Three of your first five sentences are about him. AdComs are evaluating you. Open with a decision YOU made — the day you walked the Surat plant floor and realized 40% of capacity was idle, or the week you fired your first vendor.
2. Name the numbers you changed. "I helped grow revenue significantly" reads as inherited credit. Replace with: "I led the shift from B2B distributor sales to direct B2C e-commerce; revenue moved from ₹18 Cr to ₹47 Cr over 22 months; my decisions, my P&L."
3. ISB-specific, not ISB-flattering. Cut "world-class faculty" and "diverse peer group". Replace with: Prof. Sumit Agarwal's work on Indian household finance, the Family Business Conference, Mohali campus's manufacturing track, and one specific alum (Karan G., '21, who runs ops at a similar mid-market firm — you've already reached out).
Permission obtained. Identifying details changed. Outcome: ISB Co'25 admit.
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