The 3rd essay from Kellogg - 'Assume you are evaluating your application from the perspective of a student member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Why would your peers select you to become a member of the Kellogg community'? (600 word limit)- is not going as well as I thought it would
When I go deep into the question, I fail to understand the adcom's intent of using the word 'peer'. Of course, I looked up in the dictionary only to find a few meanings which more or less mean 'an equal'.
Now, the reason why I haven't been able to complete this essay despite spending my weekend on it is that I really don't know who will be the peers of a student member of adcom.
There are 2 versions on the web as to what means 'a peer'. The blog here implies that a student member of adcom will work along with faculty who are on adcom, a handful of other student members of adcom, then there are members from pure adcom staff. In this case, the peers will be the people who are evaluating the application.
Clearadmit's analysis assumes that 'peers', in this case, are fellow class mates. The dynamics of your response will change dramatically depending on what you think is the meaning of 'peer'. In the first case, you would want to round off your candidature by touching upon your stats , your 'unique' experiences and how you would contribute. In the second case, you are better off addressing specific reasons as to why the student body would want you as its member.
What do you guys think?
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Classmate. Basically evaluate your own application as a third party. While working over another app's essays, my comment on his was, "You're being way too passive. The idea behind this essay is that you are a second year student that *strongly* recommends you. Imagine this is a really high quality SME you want on your team and you're making the case to your business director. Talk about why he rocks!"
My $.02 on this essay - step outside yourself and pretend you're trying to get someone else hired/admitted, and you really want them in. Using just the material in the rest of the app, make a strong case!
Seriously, don't over-analyze this question. All they want to know is why other students would like to see YOU admitted. Why will you be a good classmate? Why will your peers (other students) love learning with and from you? Why would they love hanging out with you... what do you add to THEIR b-school experience?
So, as Anonymous already suggested, it might help your thought process if you just pretend to already be a student and think about what you want your classmates to be like and why...
Thanks Anonymous and K!
I will keep your inputs in mind while writing my response
Whoops, Anonymous was me! Didn't realize I wasn't logged in.
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