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05 Jan 2009, 20:54
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guys,
wanted to get some perspective here....
for essay#3, "what would you do differently", ...."you" is getting me confused here...
1) are they asking for only what we personally could have done differently based on our own personal failure in the entire episode
or
2) do they want us to assess the situation as a whole and comment on what could have been done from a team's perspective (improvements etc.) to prevent the failure
essentially, is "you" personal or team?
thanks a lot in advance....
wanted to get some perspective here....
for essay#3, "what would you do differently", ...."you" is getting me confused here...
1) are they asking for only what we personally could have done differently based on our own personal failure in the entire episode
or
2) do they want us to assess the situation as a whole and comment on what could have been done from a team's perspective (improvements etc.) to prevent the failure
essentially, is "you" personal or team?
thanks a lot in advance....
05 Jan 2009, 21:04
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I guess it depends on your scenario...
If you were personally in a position to change the outcome, then you can speak from that perspective and discuss how your actions, if different, could have had an effect.
If, on the other hand, you were following someone else's lead and didn't have the authority to really change how the group or team handled things, then the essay could be more diagnostic about what the team could have done differently, or you could discuss how you could have spoken up and offered a different course of action, regardless of whether it would have been followed.
My sense is that adcom doesn't always have a set answer they're expecting. If you tailor it to the specifics of your experience and get to the heart of what they're really after, which I assume is the ability to self-diagnose and learn from mistakes, you'll probably be alright.
If you were personally in a position to change the outcome, then you can speak from that perspective and discuss how your actions, if different, could have had an effect.
If, on the other hand, you were following someone else's lead and didn't have the authority to really change how the group or team handled things, then the essay could be more diagnostic about what the team could have done differently, or you could discuss how you could have spoken up and offered a different course of action, regardless of whether it would have been followed.
My sense is that adcom doesn't always have a set answer they're expecting. If you tailor it to the specifics of your experience and get to the heart of what they're really after, which I assume is the ability to self-diagnose and learn from mistakes, you'll probably be alright.
05 Jan 2009, 21:40
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thanks for the helpful input dglasser....
