Growth-Oriented Essay: Curiosity can be seen in many ways. Please share an example of how you have demonstrated curiosity and how that has influenced your growth. (up to 250 words)
Background Information: The applicant – a design and music talent, shares her journey through several setbacks. She attributes curiosity to her growth.
Curiosity: Philosophy
Curiosity (Explained): Curiosity as a philosophy is tough to translate into a narrative unless you are from the creative industry or your contributions had an influence on a solution or an initiative.
MBA Essay Strategy: I wanted to capture the humanity of the applicant and her influence in music instead of just highlighting how she overcame multiple roadblocks to gain attention as a designer.
Theme: Persistence
Theme (Explained): A persistence theme is overplayed. It works if you have other narrative threads running in parallel. For the essay, I have several unique milestone expositions mixed into the narrative so that when the applicant mentions ‘curiosity’ to overcome ‘NO’ as a philosophy, it connects.
Profile: Creative
Industry: Design
Opener: The opener takes the reader to the applicant’s philosophy of overcoming limitations with persistence.
Sample Harvard MBA Curiosity and Growth Essay – Life Starts at NO (245 Words)
The innocent eyes, eager to be mesmerized, didn’t know the reality that the visually challenged market wasn’t profitable for the publishers of “Ship of Theseus.” My curiosity to learn pushed me to painfully decode each English word to the most authentic braille word. The children’s smile was my reward.
I hate ‘No’.
When my mother was diagnosed with cancer, I ..
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