Stanford Essay Discussion: What matters most to you? and Why?

ieladgowhere

想发起和大家讨论个题目Stanford 2010 Essay: What matters most to you? and why?

这个题目很哲理化， 大家是怎么看的。

什么最重要？ 为什么？

littlewoman1

我看见很多都写什么help others, community involvement, responsibility, respect others,etc

我一直都觉得很奇怪，what matters to you the most,当然是“生命”啊，你都快死了，还有什么更重要的。 健康，家人，peace, freedom,love这些都还差不多。

这题目是不是assume you are healthy, no war,family are all ok 的前提下，再写呢？

Food - so important. Just kidding

cannedpineapple

Check page 22 of my thread for my sample essay for this question. This is intensely personal, so there really is no 'right answer'.

cannedpineapple

The link is here:

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=13&replyid=3505471&id=373667&page=1&skin=0&Star=22

ieladgowhere

Nice article, learning does make sense as one of the options.

Little woman mentioned " 健康，家人，peace, freedom,love这些都还差不多".  I wonder they are a bit astray since this is MBA essay after all.

What does everyone think?

ieladgowhere

自己顶一个， 希望大家来讨论。

cannedpineapple

As long as it is clear 1) from your choices that this is what matters most to you 2) and you know how you can use this to guide your career choices in future,

then anything is fine.

realrual

Hey, Jelt thanks a lot for the sharing.

and i really want to write Money matters most to me.......coz all i want to chase is more and more money......

withmoon

ls的回答让我想到：

doing good deed and then put into your resume...

雷锋做好事不留名，却写在日记上

cannedpineapple

realrual> I'm not sure that fits the second criteria. Does it mean that everytime there is a new job offer with better $$ you will change jobs? Doubt it. So what else helps you guide your career?