2006 MBA essay - MIT

由 **sophiechen** » 2005-10-20 21:54

我也覺得這家的題目真的很猛
不像其他名校
列了一堆題
其實都沒這幾題難搞

這家是只有四題
但很難寫
雖然只要短短的500字

由 **fcgoe** » 2005-10-20 23:45

我在ChaseDream看到有人寫信去問，得到以下答覆：

Thank you for your interest in the MIT Sloan School of Management. The admissions committee highly recommends to stay within the two year time frame. The decision is yours to make ultimately, but there is also a supplemental information section to add any additional information that you feel will help the admissions staff get to know you better.

我看這個回覆的感覺是adcom希望能限制我們寫在兩年內的經驗，如果有其他很好的經歷，建議寫在supplemental information section。

不知道其他人的看法是如何？

由 **reohuang** » 2005-10-21 00:13

應該又是一個online system與web提供資訊不一致的狀況 ;-S

應該沒有人敢打包票說到底超過2年的經歷可不可以
因為cd上也有人說詢問的官方回覆是:
It is important for you to stay within the two year time frame.

我覺得真的遇到這個狀況還是看個人吧
1.如果還沒有開始寫的...千萬構思前就注意...還是follow為上策...不要陷自己於窘境
2.如果已經寫了...那麼看要不要趕1st round就送出去
2.1 如果確定還要趕1st round又來不及全部重寫...那就看能不能在內容中凹一點回來吧...例如說補一個2年前的這個經歷對現在這兩年有什麼影響...

個人意見...僅供參考~

由 **stupidgirl** » 2005-10-21 00:28

fcgoe \$m[1]:我在ChaseDream看到有人寫信去問，得到以下答覆：

Thank you for your interest in the MIT Sloan School of Management. The admissions committee highly recommends to stay within the two year time frame. The decision is yours to make ultimately, but there is also a supplemental information section to add any additional information that you feel will help the admissions staff get to know you better.

我看這個回覆的感覺是adcom希望能限制我們寫在兩年內的經驗，如果有其他很好的經歷，建議寫在supplemental information section。

不知道其他人的看法是如何？

今年的新規定嗎

有機會我來問問現在MIT的學生

由 **cyrus_tsai** » 2005-10-21 09:13

MIT這四題真是了不起
我有一點想要找代辦了

很平淡但是就是很難寫

由 **Aileen** » 2005-10-21 09:54

stupidgirl \$m[1]:我覺得題材應該不限最近的工作才對~而是要夠unique
在這裡分享一個不錯的網站
裡面有幾家學校essay的tips可以參考一下^^
http://www.clearadmit.com/blog.html

Thanks for sharing. It's really helpful.
不過關於MIT Essay的取材限制，聽說是今年才加上去的耶。它online application的essay部分敘述如下:
Use the essays to tell us more about you and how you work, think, and behave. For each essay, please provide a brief overview of the situation followed by a detailed description of your response. Include what you thought, felt, said and did. Please select experiences or events from the past one to two years.

如果真有這句話，就一定要遵守這個原則對不對？？？困惑中

由維尼 » 2005-10-21 10:22

Aileen \$m[1]:
stupidgirl \$m[1]:我覺得題材應該不限最近的工作才對~而是要夠unique
在這裡分享一個不錯的網站
裡面有幾家學校essay的tips可以參考一下^^
http://www.clearadmit.com/blog.html

Thanks for sharing. It's really helpful.
不過關於MIT Essay的取材限制，聽說是今年才加上去的耶。它online application的essay部分敘述如下:
Use the essays to tell us more about you and how you work, think, and behave. For each essay, please provide a brief overview of the situation followed by a detailed description of your response. Include what you thought, felt, said and did. Please select experiences or events from the past one to two years.

如果真有這句話，就一定要遵守這個原則對不對？？？困惑中

應該是吧
雖然那封信有一句 The decision is yours to make ultimately
但是這句話我看起來像是:
*場面設定為X立系列連續劇* 你是最終決定怎麼寫的人不過我也是有權力不給你offer的你自己看著辦!!

由 **naomiliu** » 2005-10-21 21:50

看樣子我得把MIT改成申請第二輪
如果限定寫這一兩年發生的事情
還真不知道把工作辭掉的這一年可以寫出個甚麼玩意？？

還是乾脆放棄這一家......沮喪中.......

由 **best555tw** » 2005-10-21 23:55

真是難稿的一家
8000塊我也考慮把它省起來@_@

由 **davidlee0222** » 2005-10-23 03:03

真是神奇
好像有點懂這四題
可惜分數差太多...殘念
跟達特毛思一樣
什麼叫強到翻三翻的學校
可是達毛只有三題會令人毛骨悚然
這間是四題都寒毛直豎

Aileen \$m[1]:
best555tw \$m[1]:• Essay 1: Please tell us about a time when you had an impact on a person, group, or organization. Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did. (500 words or less)
• Essay 2: Please tell us about a time when you went beyond what was defined, expected, established, or popular. How did others react? Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did. (500 words or less)
• Essay 3: Please tell us about a time when you had a difficult interaction with a person or group. Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did. (500 words or less)
• Essay 4: Please tell us about a time when you overcame an obstacle. Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did. (500 words or less)

請問各位大大

小妹資質駑鈍，MIT的Essay和Supplemental Information 題目，有兩個疑問想請教：

1.MIT4題Essay是否都需舉一兩年內發生的事？那表示家庭背景、大學、跟剛畢業時的工作經驗都不能提囉？感覺題材變得好少, 大家有什麼建議嗎？

2.有一題Supplemental Information 題目我不太懂確切意思，題目是：Special circumstances related to your academic program which you would like to mention
可以請大大解讀一下或是舉一些例子嗎，謝謝！

1.可以說不留餘地給無工作經驗者
必須由工作中困而學之才能如數家珍舉出細目及其關聯

2.這裡要看申請者能否將實務與課程連貫
需要工作中思考體悟的申請人才寫的出來

不知道校名可以從此看出這家是競爭性極強的學校

鄭晴之 \$m[1]:當然是越靠近現在越能代表你真實的狀況啦.....

其實第二題我也看不太懂,
Please tell us about a time when you went beyond what was defined, expected, established, or popular. How did others react? Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did.
是說, 你超越了世俗的價值觀,
包括, what was defined,
what was expected
what was established
what was popular
四種中的任何一種呢? 還是變得 popular....
我的代辦先生跟我講後面一種, 害我有點不知所措 (我一定是中了 AT 的毒)

話說回來, 這種經驗不會鳳毛麟角啊...
假設有個狀況,
你父母都 160cm 以下, 你硬生生的給他長到了 180 cm
上面的答案就成立了....
請問你對於自己的身高"異軍突起"有啥看法呢???

我本來就是賣笑的

建議這家不要辦了
完全方向相反

輕功好像可以用
about a time when you went beyond what was defined, expected, established, or popular
三階層
一個時點
一個"當你超出XX"的時點
一個當你超出"定義,或期望,或既有,或世俗"的時點
四個是在講同一件事
就是告訴招生委員您超越眾人期望的經驗
這個若是真有此項經驗可能會全身雞皮疙瘩掉滿地
如果大家都160
妳長到226像姚明那樣
就能回答後面的其他人如何反應
以及您又如何應對

sophiechen \$m[1]:我也覺得這家的題目真的很猛
不像其他名校
列了一堆題
其實都沒這幾題難搞

這家是只有四題
但很難寫
雖然只要短短的500字

短500字才難寫
要描述如此經驗細項並解釋會需要中長文
要能壓縮在500字內清晰達意
修辭跟表達能力要練到很高段

cyrus_tsai \$m[1]:MIT這四題真是了不起
我有一點想要找代辦了

很平淡但是就是很難寫

能寫出這幾題的高高手都不用代辦
代辦也沒輒
霹靂強校就是能從短短這四題
完全分出平淡跟壯闊磅礡

由維尼 » 2005-11-09 00:02

我遇到一個問題
當我在寫 impact 的時候
雖然我有好的story
可是當我想到這件事情換別人來做難道做不到嗎?
當場覺得自己沒有 uniqueness ;-S

還是說
uniqueness不是這題的關鍵呢?

由 **davidlee0222** » 2005-11-09 01:58

當然是關鍵
面聊經驗超過五十人
能有如此impact的不會超過5個
對自己要有信心
沒信心就不unique了

由維尼 » 2005-11-09 15:48

davidlee0222 \$m[1]:當然是關鍵
面聊經驗超過五十人
能有如此impact的不會超過5個
對自己要有信心
沒信心就不unique了

關於 uniqueness
今天在 stanford 網站上找到一段滿有啟發性的說明
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admissi ... ssays.html

I'd like to address a couple of myths. First, one of the most good-spirited but misguided pieces of advice is "Tell the Committee on Admissions what makes you unique" in your essays. This often leads applicants to believe that you need to have accomplishments or feats that are unusual or different from your peers (e.g., traveling to an exotic place or talking about a tragic situation in your life). But how are you to know which of your experiences are unique when you know neither the backgrounds of the other applicants nor the topics they have chosen? What makes you unique is not that you have had these experiences, but rather how and why your perspective has changed or been reinforced as a result of those and other everyday experiences. That is a story that only you can tell. If you concentrate your efforts on telling us who you are, differentiation will occur naturally; if your goal is to appear unique, you actually may achieve the opposite effect. Truly, the most impressive essays that we read each year are those that do not begin with the goal of impressing us.

由 **davidlee0222** » 2005-11-10 00:27

特質造就獨特
有影響力的人隨時都在影響他人

由 **Behemoth** » 2005-11-10 14:53

幫轉CD資訊

http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/fo ... hools&sr=y

just noticed that the MIT Sloan asks that the stories in the essay
have to happen in the past one or two years. If I have a better one
which happened more than 2 years ago, do you think it is ok, or the
committee will think I do not follow the instruction and ding?

You can find this limitation only when you apply online and login
and go to essay part. They did not mention it on the public web.

Thanks for your help.

In this case, it's okay to use stories that are older if those are the best examples you have. That's because, as you noted, the instructions about more recent events aren't anywhere obvious or prominent - even on Sloan's own page of instructions, there's absolutely no mention of this. I've spoken with my contacts within Sloan who have also said that due to the lack of clarity around this, it's not considered fair to enforce it and so it's not something that they'll be rigorous about. Bottom line, don't worry about it.

Tasha

所以各位就放心寫吧
沒有強制要求一定要兩年內的
naomi你也可以不用擔心啦

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