peaceyall wrote:
great discussion on question 2. i'm hoping we can have a similar one with #3 - Describe your key leadership experiences and evaluate what leadership areas you hope to develop through your MBA experience.
how did you approach #1 (career progress and why mba) versus #3? did you stay away from talking about leadership as part of the career progress, or was it brief mentions but elaborated on #3? or maybe they don't overlap at all? i've just started on kellogg, so all 3 questions seem to overlap. if anyone has guidance on how to think about them differently, that would be awesome.
thanks!
I used this essay to discuss 2 specific examples of leadership, so that I could highlight 2 different leadership styles. Actually in my interview they asked for leadership example and i answered with a thought leadership answer and she probed me for another where it was a more classic example. I think they want to see that you can lead in different ways and can think about different types of leaders. For career goals I wrote it almost conversational, brief description of my background and what lead to my decisions for each position then I focused on what i want to do, and how and MBA (particularly Kellogg) would get me there. Didn't really discuss leadership. I used the Unique essay (what do you bring to Kellogg) to talk about my teamwork abilities. I tied in unique attributes of EC and volunteer work and how they made me a team player. A good outline I was told, and seemed to work for me is Career Goals, stick with what it is. Leadership address in leadership essay and Teamwork address in Unique essay. I also talked about teamwork in the essay what others admire about you, and leadership in the motivational essay. As long as you address your teamwork and leadership abilities at some point I think your good.