Tuck School of Business

Tuck's small class size means fit matters more than rank. The three prompts map directly onto the four-pillar rubric. Generic essays — even strong ones — get filtered out at fit.

• 01Wise, aware, aspirational, encouraging — the four pillars
• 02Collaborative leadership with the team named
• 03Genuine contribution to inclusion (Essay 3)
• 04Specific Tuck culture references, not generic 'small class' language

Why are you pursuing an MBA and why now? How will the distinct Tuck MBA contribute to achieving your aspirations?

300 word limit

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Tell us about your most meaningful collaborative leadership experience and what role you played. What did you learn about leadership through that experience?

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Describe a time you meaningfully contributed to someone else's sense of inclusion in your professional or personal community.

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• ✗ Treating the inclusion essay as DEI boilerplate
• ✗ Solo leadership stories in the collaboration essay
• ✗ Citing 'small class size' as the reason for Tuck

1. 01

   Paste your Tuck draft and the prompt.

2. 02

   We grade against the Tuck-specific rubric, not generic essay rules.

3. 03

   You get an overall score, paragraph-level flags, and the three fixes that move your score the most.

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