{"id":29342,"date":"2015-06-30T07:22:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T14:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/darden-mba-essay-analysis-your-2015-2016-application\/"},"modified":"2015-06-30T07:22:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T14:22:01","slug":"darden-mba-essay-analysis-your-2015-2016-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/darden-mba-essay-analysis-your-2015-2016-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Darden MBA Essay Analysis, Your 2015-2016 Application"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you ready to dig into your essays? Application essays are specifically and cleverly designed to get into your head. We like to turn the tables on the admissions committees and get inside their<\/i> heads. Why are they asking these questions? What are they looking for? Read on as our experts break down application essay questions to help YOU plan the attack.<\/h3>\n
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Darden MBA Essay Analysis: Essay One<\/h5>\n

Describe the most important professional feedback you have received and how you responded to it. (500 words maximum) <\/strong><\/p>\n

The single Darden essay approach, back again. This time a new prompt altogether. Let\u2019s get serious about a single word. Pay close attention, this single word is going to determine whether you have the makings of a good answer here:<\/p>\n

\u201cChange.\u201d<\/p>\n

Good for Darden by the way, they\u2019re onto something solid here. A person\u2019s capacity to change is a very cool indicator for future potential. Now, change WHAT, exactly? It could be a deeply-held belief. It could be something fundamental about your personality, or the way you\u2019re coming across. It could simply be a kick in the pants that exposes a disconnect simply with your perception of things compared to others\u2019. Change can apply to many things. But the key idea for this essay, is this: something about your actions, or behavior, or approach BEFORE the feedback underwent some kind of change AFTER you received that feedback. Before the feedback your tactic had been A. After the feedback your tactic became B. If there isn\u2019t a discernible difference between the two, you may either be picking the wrong example, or casing the right example incorrectly.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s lay it out. You\u2019re operating in whatever your role is: project lead, analyst, entrepreneur, whatever. Then someone says something to you. Who? Doesn\u2019t really matter. Could be a client. Could be a co-worker. Could be a superior. Could be someone from a competitor firm. Could be anyone that said something that made you PAUSE\u2026 and eventually develop some tweak to how you mentally approached things, or something behavioral, that was DIFFERENT from however you were operating before you received that feedback. The harder it was for you to MAKE this change, the better the story. After all, a victory is generally measured by the level of difficulty associated with achieving it. A boxer who wins the title match when his opponent had the flu isn\u2019t nearly as impressive as when the opponent was in peak physical shape, right?<\/p>\n

So this may be one way to figure what you\u2019re going to write about. When have you ever changed? See if you can come up with a list. Moments in your professional life that you LET GO of an idea. A moment where you consciously BIT YOUR TONGUE to do something uncomfortable, but it led to a more permanent change. A moment where you were incredibly HUMBLED by someone else\u2019s perspective, and learned just how wrong you were. All of these things were probably met with some resistance. (Again, if the feedback made perfect sense, the ensuing change couldn\u2019t have been all that difficult.) <\/p>\n

It may have taken time to \u201cget over\u201d the feedback before you were able even to process it fully and develop a game plan to address it. This is okay; it makes you human. And those of you capable of admitting this are likely capable of real greatness (Darden is aware of this, and is looking for the rare few who can talk about this openly.) <\/p>\n

Then you decided to do something about it. Walk us through not just the \u201cdoing,\u201d but the surrounding process of fully comprehending the feedback and dealing with it. Eventually, take us through the steps you took to address it, and especially the challenges associated with it. Again, if it was easy, you haven\u2019t picked truly interesting feedback.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s review:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\tShortlist times in your professional career where you made a significant change in TACK, in response to feedback you received from someone.
\n\u2022\tPick the example where your new approach was MOST different from your initial one. This delta should be as big as possible, thus making your ability to (1) hear the feedback and then (2) respond to it\u2026 as DIFFICULT as possible.
\n\u2022\tTake us through your reaction, including denial, resistance, hurt feelings, surprise, disbelief, irritation, humility, all of it. Don\u2019t skimp on the details here. The more honest you\u2019re able to be, the greater your ability to be a truly thoughtful and effective leader.
\n\u2022\tNow take us through to the steps you took to act on all that introspection. What did you do, and remember to explain exactly how each step was challenging (without that reminder, it won\u2019t seem like growth).<\/p>\n

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