Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career
plans and your motivation for pursuing a graduate degree at the Kellogg School. (one to two pages double-spaced)
now, will someone please help me here. double spacing in MSWord is lot of ventilation. the flip side of that being that one is left with meager space to write. how am i supposed to write my accomplishments of the last few years, then discuss my fancy future goals, and then justify how Kellogg fits the bill in just 2 DOUBLE SPACED pages. it is torture! wasnt i supposed to share what i learnt from various experiences at my job ? - but where's the space ? i think i just have enough to re-list my resume - which i am not supposed to be doing.
i am just half way through the first page(around 25% of the space has been taken and not even one decent experience has been told), and i stopped to ask you folks how you managed ? for those who would not like to leave comments, you can always mail me :)
i now go back to writing the essay as i want it to, and then will start stripping it off.
have a good weekend you all.
3 comments:
Just write down what you want to write first, then you can cut content later. It's a lot easier that way. You'll find how easy it is to take away generic sentences that don't really do much to differentiate you from the rest. Good luck!
Forrest, thanks for the spam block tips!
Good luck w/ the writing process. Make sure all of your essays tie into each other. You want to be consistent with your goals, motivations, etc.
Oooh! Some more tip: be true to yourself and don't be afraid to share an anecdote. I've read several books on b-school essays and I scratch my head and ask, "They got into Harvard with this boring piece of junk?"
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