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TRU Gaglardi MBA letter of intent

TRU's Bob Gaglardi School asks MBA applicants for an approximately 250-word letter explaining their education and career plans and ambitions. The letter is an MBA-specific addition to the graduate application, résumé, and transcripts. The school's MEEM and MScEEM applicants instead submit a separate approximately 250-word statement of purpose and two referee forms; those are different program routes.

Writing format

Approximately 250-word letter of intent on education and career plans

What to prepare

  1. 1Connect the education or work experience that prepared you for business graduate study to one clear reason for pursuing the MBA now.
  2. 2Explain a plausible career direction and what you hope the program will help you develop, using the short length for decisions and evidence rather than a full résumé recap.
  3. 3Keep claims about achievements and plans consistent with the résumé and application record.

How to approach the writing

Before you submit

The live TRU page gives month-and-day deadlines by intake but no admission year: September domestic July 31, September international May 1, January October 1, and online May February 1. Confirm your selected intake, current deadline, exact letter prompt, and delivery format in the application portal before submitting.

Read TRU Gaglardi graduate application requirements ↗

Official source checked 2026-09-26.

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