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Imperial College London

Essay prompt and a curated sample-answer opening for the Imperial College London Business Analytics.

Next deadlineRound 1 · 03 Oct 2026
Essay Prompt
Section A — Career Planning: discuss your career plans after graduating.
Word limit: 350
Sample Answer — Opening

Post-Masters, I aim to begin my career as a data analyst or analytics consultant at firms such as McKinsey's QuantumBlack, BCG Gamma, or PwC Data & Analytics, working on high-impact projects that use data, ML models, and visualisation to solve complex business problems. This will…

strengthen my technical depth, give cross-functional industry exposure, and build the rigour needed to lead large-scale analytics initiatives. Ultimately, I aspire to build my own data-driven consulting firm focused on retail and e-commerce analytics, creating an AI-powered platform that helps brands forecast demand, optimise supply chains, and design hyper-personalised customer experiences, making advanced analytics accessible to smaller businesses that often lack such capabilities. Experiences across engineering, analytics, and network automation guide this path. My undergraduate studies in computer science and data science sparked my interest in working with data; during a software internship, I turned raw PLC data into SQL insights and built Power BI dashboards, showing how analytics drives better decisions; and recent automation projects at Company A (a global communications company) deepened my technical confidence. Imperial is the ideal place to build this trajectory: the MSBA's analytical rigour, hands-on modules, and industry-driven projects will sharpen my statistical and machine-learning capabilities, while its consulting links, networking ecosystem, and entrepreneurial support will help me secure my goals.
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Sample Essays
4
Class GMAT (avg)
690
% International
90%
App Fee
₹14,000
All Deadlines
  • Round 103 Oct 2026
  • Round 209 Jan 2027
  • Round 313 Mar 2027

Verified 01 May 2026