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29 Sep 2012, 10:17
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What are you all doing to handle similar situations as below?
I have two stories I could use for leadership/impact essays (e.g. Kellogg's essay 2, Think Bravely). Each story isn't perfect, but both together would hit the ball out of the park.
A) Talk about both stories in the same essay? I'm disinclined towards this option because it will make each story too short/superficial, and the essay won't flow very well.
B) Discuss one story in the essay, and ask my recommender to explore the second story in more depth. With this option, I won't be able to convey my personal thoughts and challenges because my recommender will be discussing the story from his perspective.
Another consideration for Option B is whether it is OK for my recommender to be drawing all examples (leadership, teamwork, impact, etc) out of one big story, or it's better for the recommender to cite examples from a variety of situations.
If it helps, I've provided my recommenders with my resume and list of accomplishments/impacts to help them cite specific examples. However, this is their first time writing MBA letters of rec so they're looking to me for advice on content / structure.
I have two stories I could use for leadership/impact essays (e.g. Kellogg's essay 2, Think Bravely). Each story isn't perfect, but both together would hit the ball out of the park.
A) Talk about both stories in the same essay? I'm disinclined towards this option because it will make each story too short/superficial, and the essay won't flow very well.
B) Discuss one story in the essay, and ask my recommender to explore the second story in more depth. With this option, I won't be able to convey my personal thoughts and challenges because my recommender will be discussing the story from his perspective.
Another consideration for Option B is whether it is OK for my recommender to be drawing all examples (leadership, teamwork, impact, etc) out of one big story, or it's better for the recommender to cite examples from a variety of situations.
If it helps, I've provided my recommenders with my resume and list of accomplishments/impacts to help them cite specific examples. However, this is their first time writing MBA letters of rec so they're looking to me for advice on content / structure.
29 Sep 2012, 12:33
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Isn't Kellogg's Essay 2 written in plural? I inferred from that that Kellogg wants to hear multiple stories, so I don't think using one story for that essay would really fly (i.e., it's not really answering the question).
29 Sep 2012, 13:39
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kingfalcon
Good catch kingfalcon. Looks like the Kellogg essay will distill down to short vignettes.
I'm still curious about the second question -- for stories that won't get communicated any way other than recommendations, is it better for recommenders to answer questions with short examples of different situations, or one big example (my best achievement) and use it illustrate all my strengths.
The answer may be "do what works best for your situation", but I wanted to see if there were adcom preferences one way or another -- do they like to see many short examples, or in-depth analysis of 1-2 situations.
