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Examples in recommendations vs Examples in Essays

by okletsdothis » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:56 am
Hi,

We all need to remind our recommenders about our achievements so that they can give fitting examples in the recommendations. And in our essays we mention many examples as well.

Now my question is, should the stories be the same in both to highlight only a few key experiences ? Or should they be different to show variety of examples of how awesome we are ? And if they will be different will the schools feel that what we mention in the essay is not validated by the recommenders ?
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by Jon@Admissionado » Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:07 am
Well, obviously your "great projects" and "great achievement" can go in both. After all it's the most important stuff you did. What your recommender CAN write that you CAN'T is all that great really subjective stuff. Like "This guy. He is just awesome. Everybody loves him" Just can't write it about yourself. So things that are hard to pin down of "soft qualities" are especially effective in recommendations, but not in essays.
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by okletsdothis » Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:16 am
Thank you Jon. I appreciate it. :)
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by money9111 » Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:59 pm
When I applied, I had both my manager and my vp sit in a room with me as we talked through how we would approach this. I know that not many people are in the same situation but I found it to be incredibly helpful. We didn't talk about stories that they could write about, but we talked about overall themes that they would cover. I didn't think too much about the examples in my essays and what they would write about because I didn't know the exact questions that they would be asked. In addition, I knew that I would be writing from a different perspective from their perspective so I figured it would be okay if there was some overlap. You have to remember that something that you find to be your most important accomplishment may not be what your boss thinks is your most important one. For instance, I do remember talking about one of my essays and how I worked on an ongoing initiative - which had a positive outcome. My VP said that while that example was important, she thought that this other projected that I initiated had a better impact from her perspective because it was something that impacted her position in dealing with her boss. From an AdComs perspective, I wouldn't expect an applicant to be able to give that additional perspective him/herself, but it's incredibly valuable to see that side of the things. So those are the things that I think people may miss out on if they coach their recommenders TOO much.
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by okletsdothis » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:33 am
Thank you very much Richard.
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