gmatbschool wrote:
xerox wrote:
gmatbschool wrote:
Can someone give me an example of "complex problem"?
Example:
Once upon a time in Manhattan, you were working for a respectable guru of wealth management Mr. Madoff. One afternoon, he entrusted you the task of delivering some documents from the HQ to the corporate lawyers at Baker and McKensie LLC. You took the case with a bunch of extremely sensitive confidential corporate information with you, and left the building. As you were crossing the sreet, a female dressed in a black leather bike attire on a super fast Ducatti bike grabbed the case right from your hands as she was passing by you and sped away. It all happened so fast that your bodyguards and accompanying security guys did not have time to react. You set to solve the crysis! A week later Mr. Madoff turned himself in.
lol ok. but isn't that an ethical dilemma?
i have a story for this question but im concerned that i will be focusing on team + people dynamics part of the equation. The actual problem itself wasn't that hard.
Do you think that could work?
It could definitely work, but it could also fail depending on what picture you are trying to paint about yourself.
It is important to have an application strategy. Here is a simple framework:
1. define your goals pertaining the application. Simply put, you should decide a) what good stuff to highlight (a detailed list of such things should be on your wall now) and b) what bad stuff to mitigate (another very detailed list) or explain why it is not as bad as it looks.
2. which parts/components of the application will help you do 1a) and 1b).
3. most efficient ways of using each of the components in 2.
A very good analogy to application is often used by one of the MIT's admission's people - a mosaic or a jigsaw puzzle where all pieces together are part of the big picture. Every piece by itself may be beautiful, yet they may not look good in combination, and the other way around.
Paul Bodine also refers to the same approach in his book, only he defines them a bit differently, but the underlying concept is the same: choose several things/areas that make you unique and package them in a way that highlights their beauty and strength so that your weaknesses look natural and not overpowering.
So you and only you can decide whether a story or an essay that kills two, four or ten birds with one stone is really the best tactical approach to achieve the goals in YOUR application strategy.