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Nanyang MBA essay question suggestions

by [email protected] » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:27 pm
Hi,

I am applying for nanyang MBA R1. I need a help in answering the below essay question.

1. Tell us a moment in your life that has influenced you and why do you think that is important to your future?.

What should be the key focus points for this one?. Can it be from professional experience?.

I am honestly thinking about this question for the past two days and i am not sure how to go about this one?.

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by ivyctor2010 » Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:47 am
This essay is a great way to link your short term and long term goals. This might be a small incident or a spark, or an achievement that propelled you towards a specific career path. You can break it into following steps:

1) Talk about the motivational incident, the spark, describe it briefly but staying relevant to the topic.

2) Talk about how that impacted your vision, where you see yourself after 7-8 years. This should take a considerable amount of your effort

3) End with a brief description of how this has impacted your short term goals, which essentially are your post-MBA goals.

This is just one way to go about it. It also depends upon which points you have covered in your other essays and this essay should also be consistent with your whole app story.
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by Jon@Admissionado » Wed Oct 10, 2012 6:50 am
I think that is one great way to approach this question. But you can also go outside of "useful" essays here. Meaning think of a moment that REALLY changed your life (and it could be related to career, but really that's only one of many), and if you can write articulately about that, then it could be great. If you want to run some specific ideas by us, just post them here.
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by ivyctor2010 » Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:31 am
I agree for once. Essays are a way for a candidate to discuss both his professional and personal side. So if you feel you have talked enough about your professional experiences in other essays then you can use this essay to talk about an inspiration on a personal level.
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by [email protected] » Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:48 pm
Need another clarification on the essay question posted below.

" In your career so far, cite an example of something which you could have done better. Tell us why you chose to cite that example, then explain how you could have done it better".

Can i talk about a scenario where i failed in my career and introspect on it?.
Or how do i go about on this one?.

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by ivyctor2010 » Sun Oct 14, 2012 11:56 pm
I would advise not to portray it as a failure unless the question specifically mentions the word "failure". But the idea and intent remain the same. Talk about something which you perhaps did not succeed in completing as you planned to do. Most important thing here would be to share valuable learning points you had owing to this experience. And your answer to "how you could have done it better" will be just formed of these learning points.

An example. "On introspection I found out that I did not handle the team part well and motivate my team enough for the final goal. If I were to handle such a project again, I would lay down clear cut KRAs for each team memeber and an incentive structure right at the project start. I would also place specific milestones through out the project-duration to keep a tight control over project deliverable"

Now this shows that you had an excellent project management learning from your experience and this is what admissions committee would be interested in.
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by [email protected] » Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:56 pm
Hi,

I am an Indian Male working for an IT company and i presume there are going to be highly competent people with my profile. My question here is,

1. How do I differentiate myself to the Adcom on this one. How will i be measured w.r.t other folks with the same profile.

Thanks In Advance.
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