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Sample Ross MBA Essay: Out of Comfort zone (YouTube Videos)

Prompt 2: I am out of my comfort zone when

Before you articulate how you came out of the comfort zone, understand what the term means. If you are working on a project where the tasks have become routine, with low to no pressure and there are few incentives to take the risk, then you are in your comfort zone.

Two traits define comfort zone: anxiety and skills.

If you are using an existing skill to solve a problem with no anxiety-inducing characteristics, the scope for growth is low. Most applicants develop a plan for an MBA when they become intensely aware that they will be in the comfort zone for the next 3-10 years. By motivation, MBA applicants are coming out of their comfort zone. But the Admission team is expecting pre-MBA experience or an extracurricular for this prompt.

Ideally, include an extracurricular or a volunteering experience or an experience that breaks the stereotype of your profession, gender or nationality.

Example 2: Publishing daily Science Show

Even the activities for which you have made a name for yourself can lead you out of your comfort zone. In this example, the applicant explains how the responsibility to capture accurate information through the daily science show and guide young scientists has taken her out of the comfort zone.

Sample MBA Essay: Out of my comfort zone (Daily Science Show) (99 Words)

I am out of my comfort zone when I record YouTube videos for my channel <z> - a daily show that predominantly covers space technologies. Contributing as a publisher although exhilarating requires a winning combination of research, recording..

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