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How undergraduate business admissions works (direct admit vs. apply later vs. no business school at all), what actually impresses readers, and how to write about business without sounding like a résumé.

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Undergraduate business is one of the most competitive areas in admissions, and it works very differently from school to school. Some universities admit you straight into their business school as a freshman, some make you apply after a year or two, and many of the most famous universities don't have an undergraduate business school at all.

This chapter explains those structures, what actually impresses readers (hint: real work beats titles), and how to write about business...

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What’s in this chapter

  1. 1How business admissions works
  2. 2What actually impresses readers
  3. 3Courses
  4. 4Writing about business