你好 楼主，我在准备yale som的申请，但是我对essay 3有疑惑，不知您可否赐教？
3. The Yale School of Management provides a leadership education characterized by broad-minded and intellectually curious students with diverse backgrounds, a distinctive integrated curriculum, connections to one of the great research universities in the world, and the broad reach of an innovative and expanding global network of top business schools. What will you contribute to the Yale SOM community, and how will being part of it help you extend your professional vision? (300 words maximum)
我理解这个问题是 这应该是两个问题 一个是how can you contribute to Yale? 第二个是what yale can help you? 所以我在第一部分用了180字篇幅，第二部分我从课程、课外活动两个方面用120字写怎么帮。
但是在网上看到几个essay analysis 强调这应该是一个问题 how contribute? 至于怎么extend your professional vision应该是写contribute后的synergy
这是我看的一个analysis:
The extended lead-up to this question is mostly irrelevant. You do not need to connect your intended contribution to the Yale community to intellectual curiosity, diversity, the integrated curriculum or any other facet of the MBA program mentioned in the question. Think of the first sentence here as a kind of mini commercial for the school and focus your energy instead on identifying what you have to offer in return—though, if you can make it work, you can certainly connect your contribution to any or all of these aspects.
The core question here is “What will you contribute?” The school is not expecting anything specific from you, so do not try to figure out what it “wants” to hear. There is no “right” answer to this question. Think carefully about your distinctiveness, and keep in mind that what makes you distinct does not need to be personified by a singular standout achievement. In other words, do not worry that what you have to offer will not be “good enough” if you have not founded Facebook or won an Olympic medal.
Ask yourself, “In what instances and in what ways have I contributed in the past?” This surprisingly simple question should unlock a few possible answers. Also, think about how you contribute through specific character traits, such as your sense of humor, your honesty, your dependability and so on. The key is showing not only that you understand your own abilities and strengths, but also that you know how you would apply them in the Yale SOM environment. You therefore need to be very clear and reveal knowledge of the Yale experience. Writing that you will apply your skills in the classroom or socially is not enough. You must explain that you can make unique contributions in specific classes, clubs, etc. Avoid just listing the names of several classes (or clubs, etc.) and instead demonstrate that you truly understand what each one offers and what you could bring to it to make it better. Doing so successfully requires research of—and hopefully some a priori experience with—the school and its students, so this will be an important first step in writing this essay.
不知道你对这个问题是怎么理解的，在写时是怎么回答的。
-- by 会员 liyujack (2012/12/16 9:54:39)
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