8/22/2019 Dz Sample Essay Contr i 2
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How has your background and life experiences including social,
economic, cultural, familial,
educational, or other opportunities and/or challenges shaped or
influenced you as an individualand as a leader? How might you
leverage your background to contribute to the Broad MBA
community? Limit your response to 750 words.
An individuals response to a challenge in life is largely
determined by his outlook, the socio-
economic conditions around him, the familial and cultural roots
apart from his innate talent to
steer himself under such conditions. These responses are the
difference between a leaders
response and a followers reaction and the difference between an
opportunists vision and a
common mans apathy. Like the saying goes, even a dead fish can
go with the tide, but it takes a
live fish with zeal to swim upstream, Ive found myself the best
when I challenge the challenges
that seem oppressive. Its the same keenness that backs my
confidence in contributing to the
class wherein adulations and limelight is a way of life.
While the rest of my schoolmates and many of my colleagues crib
about the incessant need for
updating oneself to keep pace with technology, I get excited by
such changes and propel myself
towards embracing the change. Its this unusual trait in me, also
found in very few, that induces
me to seek challenges and solve the numerous problems that I may
face in such endeavors. Such
activities have not only honed my logical and reasoning
abilities but have also added a new
dimension in me adaptability. Hailing from mechanical
engineering background, I was fast to
adapt to the work patterns and challenges of IT services
industry and practices. My cross
functional skill set and experience spanning across
manufacturing, IT, Retail supply chain and
quality control will help me enhance the learning experience of
the class.
Practice makes man perfect goes an old adage and 16 years of
learning, applying and
experimenting with numbers has given me the confidence to
quantify many of the issues at hand.
At CTS, my affinity for numbers is one of the few factors that
have been consistently talked about
in the performance appraisals. One of the chief reasons for such
proficiency can be directly
attributed to the mathematical concept classes that I handled
for the schools passing out
students. My understanding of these concepts hit a new high when
I helped many students
upgrade their aptitude test abilities as part of the campus
recruitment program.
Traversing along with my fathers persistent transfers, Im one of
the very few to have studied in
8 different institutions spread across 4 different states,
during the 16 years of my studies. India ischaracterized by the
diversity in culture wherein a new culture emerges for every 100
kilometers
crossed and the four different provinces clearly have different
traditions, demography and socio-
economic patterns. The challenges of having to settle into a new
culture and gaining a peer group
taught me the finer aspects of relationship building; sustaining
them and network expansion. My
interpersonal skills today are largely built on my understanding
and learnings with reference to
appreciating difference in beliefs, tolerating difference in
thoughts and proactively curtailing
8/22/2019 Dz Sample Essay Contr i 2
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How has your background and life experiences including social,
economic, cultural, familial,
educational, or other opportunities and/or challenges shaped or
influenced you as an individualand as a leader? How might you
leverage your background to contribute to the Broad MBA
community? Limit your response to 750 words.
negative actions. Im confident that such skills would enable me
to win the confidence of my
classmates and the community and forge long lasting
relationships despite the diversity in terms
of age, qualifications, experience and / or cultural
upbringing.
I never knew the advantages of being a multi-linguist until I
became one! Language is the index
of a culture and I earnestly believe that language breaks many
barriers. As much as the language
helps in conversing and express ones view point, the language
also greatly helps in
understanding diversity, traditions and more importantly the
reasons behind why things are so
in a particular place. Breaking the ice and Relationship
building are greatly enhanced when you
can converse in a common language and the word stranger does
become a non-entity in the
dictionary of true multi-linguist. In less than a month, my
class mates can expect me to say hello
in their language and converse with them as we though knew each
other for years.
One momentous contribution I wish to make to my MBA community is
the awareness and
involvement in the social cause of child education. Witnessing
high levels of child labor and
impoverishment depriving children of not only basic needs but
also education, I volunteered to
tutor at poor schools and orphanages. The fulfillment in helping
the future of the nation grow into
educated individuals is inexplicable. Akin to Teach America and
Teach India, Id like promulgate
teaching initiatives that would make appropriate use of the
management lessons learnt for a good
cause.
Winning the best outgoing student award, if any, would be my
objective during the MBA program.
