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06 Sep 2008, 18:38
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aakashganga
Has anyone started on the challenging time essay?
4. Describe your experience during a challenging time in your life. Explain how you grew personally, either despite this challenge or because of it.
This appears to be a non-professional essay. I wonder how many of us face a challenging time in lives...I mean completing your undergrad can't constitute a challenging time...
I feel it would be something that could have affected your life (e.g. parents divorced) but you didn't let it affect you... In fact you became self dependent very early because of it. or you had to do 2 jobs to complete your education...
What else can you think of? Most of us Indians don't face (fortunately) such issues.
4. Describe your experience during a challenging time in your life. Explain how you grew personally, either despite this challenge or because of it.
This appears to be a non-professional essay. I wonder how many of us face a challenging time in lives...I mean completing your undergrad can't constitute a challenging time...
I feel it would be something that could have affected your life (e.g. parents divorced) but you didn't let it affect you... In fact you became self dependent very early because of it. or you had to do 2 jobs to complete your education...
What else can you think of? Most of us Indians don't face (fortunately) such issues.
Aakash,
Just my two cents. I don't think this essay is invariably meant to show a non professional challenging time. If at all, you feel that your non professional or extra curricular aspect hasn't quite come up in other essays, then it may be wise to chose something non professional. Otherwise, this space can talk about academic or professional, depending on it's impact. I think this question is quite close to a failure essay. It is more about your learnings from the episode than anything else.
07 Sep 2008, 14:43
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aakashganga
Has anyone started on the challenging time essay?
4. Describe your experience during a challenging time in your life. Explain how you grew personally, either despite this challenge or because of it.
This appears to be a non-professional essay. I wonder how many of us face a challenging time in lives...I mean completing your undergrad can't constitute a challenging time...
I feel it would be something that could have affected your life (e.g. parents divorced) but you didn't let it affect you... In fact you became self dependent very early because of it. or you had to do 2 jobs to complete your education...
What else can you think of? Most of us Indians don't face (fortunately) such issues.
4. Describe your experience during a challenging time in your life. Explain how you grew personally, either despite this challenge or because of it.
This appears to be a non-professional essay. I wonder how many of us face a challenging time in lives...I mean completing your undergrad can't constitute a challenging time...
I feel it would be something that could have affected your life (e.g. parents divorced) but you didn't let it affect you... In fact you became self dependent very early because of it. or you had to do 2 jobs to complete your education...
What else can you think of? Most of us Indians don't face (fortunately) such issues.
Aakash,
Just my two cents. I don't think this essay is invariably meant to show a non professional challenging time. If at all, you feel that your non professional or extra curricular aspect hasn't quite come up in other essays, then it may be wise to chose something non professional. Otherwise, this space can talk about academic or professional, depending on it's impact. I think this question is quite close to a failure essay. It is more about your learnings from the episode than anything else.
Alright, after replying to Aakash above, I started thinking about my response again.
Tucks asks - "Discuss the most difficult constructive criticism or feedback you have received. How did you address it? What have you learned from it?"
And Ross question is "Describe your experience during a challenging time in your life. Explain how you grew personally, either despite this challenge or because of it."
A constructive criticism/feedback is usually after a failure and can be after a challenging time too. The second part of the question appears to be same for both schools - how you grew personally, either despite this challenge or because of it."
But I think, I would do some slight changes to my Tuck essay to present my failure as a challenging time. Any thoughts by people who are applying to both these schools ? ?
10 Sep 2008, 22:21
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New class profile out for Michigan:
Class of 2010 Profile
Undergraduate Majors Business 18% / 20% '09
Computer Science 7%
Economics 14% / 12% '09
Engineering 24% /29% '09
Humanities/Social Sciences 20%
Math/Physical Sciences 8%
Other 9%
Full-time Work Experience Average 5 years /same as '09
Range < 1-15 years /<1-16 last year
Average Age 29 years / same as '09
Women 34% / same as '09
Minorities 25% / 26% in '09
Citizenship Distribution Africa 1%
Asia 8%
Eastern Europe 1%
India 7%
Latin America 7%
Middle East 4%
North America 69%
Western Europe 3%
Geographic Distribution Mid-Atlantic 6%
Midwest 25% / 21% in '09
Northeast 16%
South 4%
Southwest 3%
West 19% / 12% in '09
International 27% / 35% in '09 big drop it seems
GPA: Average 3.3 /-same
GMAT Score Middle 80% Range 650 - 760 / 640-750 last year moved up 10 points
Average 706 / 701 in '09
Class Size 434 / 407 in '09
-Overall take away, GMAT is 10 points higher, less international students
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Class of 2010 Profile
Undergraduate Majors Business 18% / 20% '09
Computer Science 7%
Economics 14% / 12% '09
Engineering 24% /29% '09
Humanities/Social Sciences 20%
Math/Physical Sciences 8%
Other 9%
Full-time Work Experience Average 5 years /same as '09
Range < 1-15 years /<1-16 last year
Average Age 29 years / same as '09
Women 34% / same as '09
Minorities 25% / 26% in '09
Citizenship Distribution Africa 1%
Asia 8%
Eastern Europe 1%
India 7%
Latin America 7%
Middle East 4%
North America 69%
Western Europe 3%
Geographic Distribution Mid-Atlantic 6%
Midwest 25% / 21% in '09
Northeast 16%
South 4%
Southwest 3%
West 19% / 12% in '09
International 27% / 35% in '09 big drop it seems
GPA: Average 3.3 /-same
GMAT Score Middle 80% Range 650 - 760 / 640-750 last year moved up 10 points
Average 706 / 701 in '09
Class Size 434 / 407 in '09
-Overall take away, GMAT is 10 points higher, less international students
Posted in wrong place before
