申请过和正在申请MIT Sloan的朋友们, 一同讨论一下关于essay的话题吧

Chenjulia

Essay 1: Please describe a time when you went beyond what was defined, expected, established, or popular. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page)
Essay 2: Please describe a time when you convinced an individual or group to accept one of your ideas. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page)
Essay 3: Please describe a time when you had to make a decision without having all the information you needed. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page)
问题：
三篇都写成和工作相关的吗？可以写一篇个人的吗？比如最后一篇？谢谢哈

Chenjulia

或者说在这三篇essay中，如果加入personal的东西?

Chenjulia

咨询了一下MIT Sloan的同学，分享在这里：建议还是写工作相关的内容，建议哈，不是绝对地哈，可以语言上感性些，比如在思考的过程中，和克服困难的过程中，用一些人性化的语言打动一下读者；因为personal东西，我写了，发现对于自己很重要的经历，容易扩大感受，但是其实没那么重大，而且虽然感情上细腻了，内容上描写自己特质的时候比较单一 （当然你可以写一个复杂的环境下的复杂感受，刻画你的品质比较深刻一些），工作中的东西，语言会比较客观，而且在感悟的部分也会升华地比较合理。

我都不知道改到第几稿啦，总觉得要更thoughtful，但是目前我重点是切题，选材，关于thoughtful的部分还得继续修改。

Chenjulia

你的第二个问题，我感觉回答不上来，但是关于你说的这两个问题有啥区别，我很早写信给学校的，有很明确的回复，贴在这里哈：

What is the difference among them?
a) For graduates of non-U.S. institutions: your GPA or overall score
The GPA is a grade point average. You only need to indicate it if it was provided by your school. If it was not provided, then you don’t need to calculate it and can leave this field blank on your on-line application.

b) For graduates of non-U.S. institutions, indicate the grading distribution (e.g., A-F, 0-100) at your academic institution.
You should indicate the grading scale your school used.

c) Please indicate your GPA or overall score in your major
If your school calculated a grade point average in your major (area of study), then you should indicate it. If not, then leave this field blank. We will see everything we need in your transcript.

Chenjulia

分享：
http://www.accepted.com/chat/transcripts/2004/mba09232004.aspx
这个帖子是2005 MIT Sloan MBA Admission Chat with Rod Garcia