[原创]MBA申请日记（2006-2007）（1、我使这样分析Essays的------）

zx_nju

谢谢船长,借你的地方来贴

今天看完后,有很多essay题目把握不住,请大家来帮忙分析下.

先谢过啦.

远洋船长

以下是引用zx_nju在2006-8-25 0:07:00的发言：

谢谢船长,借你的地方来贴

今天看完后,有很多essay题目把握不住,请大家来帮忙分析下.

先谢过啦.

To zx_nju：谢谢你积极参与，+ U！

zx_nju

希望大家一起吃透essay题目。

很多题目吃不准。感觉从不同角度又有另外一种理解。

远洋船长

Ross Essay 3. Describe the initiatives you have taken over the past two years to develop professionally and personally. What motivated you to take those initiatives?

 

与去年的相比，今年增加了最后一句：What motivated you to take those initiatives? 而且去年说的是professionally，今年改为develop professionally and personally。

 

题目要求
            Describe the initiatives，那么必须选择恰当的例子来说明，去年只能选择professionally，今年也可以考虑选择personally的例子，也就是可以选择工作外的各项活动等等。

 

因为每个商学院都强调leadership，所以构思时，要考虑这一点。同时别忘了写你take those initiatives（personal or professional growth.）的动机。

 

另外，这篇与第一篇essay，在写作时，需要考虑平衡问题，最好不要2篇都同时写Professional的内容或者Personal的内容。

题目的重点是强调one's progress over time！

zx_nju

同感于“平衡”

vanessav

以下是引用远洋船长在2006-8-24 23:19:00的发言：

To:vanessav:我还没有开始看columbia的essay。如果开始写的话，一定与大家分享思路。

Good.. Thanks in advance.

Anyway..I am just a bit confused about the "What has been the greatest challenge to your value system that you’ve faced and how did you handle it?"

This is different from what you posted..

远洋船长

以下是引用vanessav在2006-8-29 5:02:00的发言：

Good.. Thanks in advance.

Anyway..I am just a bit confused about the "What has been the greatest challenge to your value system that you’ve faced and how did you handle it?"

This is different from what you posted..

Columbia Essays for 2006-2007:

1. What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals? How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals? (recommended 750 word limit)

2. Leading in the global economy requires enabling high performance from a diverse set of employees, colleagues and partners. Tell us about a manager you’ve observed who enabled or inspired others to do their best work and analyze how this manager did it. (Recommended 500 word limit)

3. In discussing Columbia Business School, Dean R. Glenn Hubbard remarked, "We have established the mind-set that entrepreneurship is about everything you do." Please discuss a time in your own life when you have identified and captured an opportunity. (recommended 500 word limit)

4. Please select and answer one of the following essay questions.
a. Please tell us what you feel most passionate about in life.
b. If you were given a free day and could spend it anywhere, in any way you choose, what would you do?

"What has been the greatest challenge to your value system that you’ve faced and how did you handle it?"是去年的，今年不用了，用No 2代替，但是他们解释说，如果你已经写了旧的，那么交那篇旧的也行。

vanessav

# 2 不容易写呢。不过很具体，要写某个人。

谢谢LZ的回答。

要在国内单位找这么个人，对我来说不是特别容易。。。。sigh

像写作文。如果写顶头上司（推荐人），似乎不够power，呵呵如果写老总，对他了解不够深刻。

要好好想想

Leading in the global economy requires enabling high performance from a diverse set of employees, colleagues and partners. Tell us about a manager you’ve observed who enabled or inspired others to do their best work and analyze how this manager did it.

vanessav

Columbia 第四题，我想选第二个来写，

Freeday。

正在写题材，究竟admission officer想从中得到怎样的信息？关于人的品格，还是抱负，还是兴趣？

方向很重要，我觉得，第一个问题已经回答了你的职业设计和人生抱负，这个第四题出了这样一个问题，主要还是想问人的性格方面的吧？

zx_nju

平衡package,如果前面的essay没有提到你的personal life或interest，就写写这方面。