ZoSoKM wrote:
Hey guys, Happy new year! Hope everyone is adding the finishing touches to their essays at this stage.
There has been some advice and insight on the forums with regards to number of examples that people used to illustrate in Essay 1. However, did anyone provide a separate example to illustrate the second half of MIT's mission statement:
"to generate ideas that advance management practice"?
A lot of posts touch upon separate examples for principled and innovative but no mention of second half of the mission. Any thoughts would be much appreciated
The outline to my essay was basically:
-Origin story - "why i am interested in x"
-I have pursued x outside of my ft job throughout the years
-Example 1 of me working in x
-Example 2 of me working in x
-transition para: Example 2 has given me a deep understanding of y innovative idea/seldom pursued area
-At MIT ill pick up z, which will help me further pursue x/y
through my examples, i was able to demonstrate that I was a principled leader and that I had the drive to change the world.
I didn't even mention my ft job in essay 1, I reserved that for the rec letter.