{"id":19997,"date":"2013-08-04T12:49:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T19:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=19997"},"modified":"2013-08-04T12:49:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T19:49:06","slug":"what-should-i-write-about-making-a-difference-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/what-should-i-write-about-making-a-difference-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Should I Write About? 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The compelling story \u2014 the inspiration, and attention grabber \u2014 resides in the tales of \u201cordinary people who <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2012\/09\/06\/3-tips-for-showing-strengths-in-your-application-essays\/\">made a difference<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bingo! That\u2019s relevant to applicants. One of the most commonly asked personal statement questions I see on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Accepted\">Twitter<\/a> is \u201cWhat should I write about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You need to write about when YOU made a difference.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are a Michelangelo, Einstein, Gates, or Buffett, you may be able to write about your incredible talents and how they propelled you to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2013\/06\/23\/what-is-an-accomplishment-2\/\">achieve<\/a>, although you may appear arrogant if you take this approach. In any case, you geniuses can stop reading this post.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of you, please continue. <strong>Think about those times when your participation in a project, organization, business, team, or club made a difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 What was the situation? the problem? the challenge?<br \/>\n\u2022 What was your role in meeting that challenge? What did you do?<br \/>\n\u2022 What was the result?<\/p>\n<p>You may or may not want to tie this story explicitly to your educational and professional goals. 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Accepted.com has guided thousands of applicants to acceptances at top MBA programs since 1994 \u2013 we know what works and what doesn't, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/contactus.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">contact us<\/a> to get started now!<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2013\/08\/01\/write-about-making-a-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog<\/a>, the official blog of Accepted.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my non-admissions life, I once went to a lecture given by a biographer whose work I admire. 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