One of the best ways to present your background to the adcoms in a compelling way – wait, maybe THE ONLY way – is to show what you’ve done with your career to date. This means, focus on evidence. Lay out the achievements, accomplishments, and contributions that you’ve made. Oh hey look: We have an…
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eozturk says
Thank you for this! In cases where we need to describe our limited impact within the greater project, is there still value in bringing up the larger project’s impact? Or should we use our space to focus on talking about our personal impact?
essaysnark says
@eozturk – great question! And the answer is YES! If it’s done subsequent to your own clear presentation of your contribution. In a bullet on the resume, this may be tough to include but in an essay you should have room for it. And, by “subsequent” that doesn’t mean it only can come after you’ve established your part. Sometimes this can be done in an intro statement, as a way to establish scope or importance of the project, before diving down into the piece that you personally did. Or, often it’ll fit more easily at the end, where you talk about the results that you achieved. It’s not completely immaterial but it’s not the most important part (which many applicants seem to overlook). Thanks for the question!!
OmManiPadmeHBS says
Hi Snarks!
Your comment on my resume brought me here 🙂 Advice duly noted.
essaysnark says
Yay! Glad that the ‘snarchives are being leveraged more and more by you motivated BSers. Thanks for the shout-out!