Requirement: Choose one of the followings
1. For our MMS: Foundations of Business class, the Admissions team is looking for students who are eager to engage with, and learn from, their classmates. This learning takes place both inside and outside the classroom, as extracurricular engagement is an important part of the MMS: Foundations of Business experience. Describe how you would plan to be engaged outside of the classroom, and how your unique perspective, experiences, and passions will add to the MMS community.
2. The MMS: Foundations of Business program is developing leaders who are able to effect change in the communities of which they are a part. Share a time that you were able to make a change in your community: at school, at work, or at home. How will you use the lessons you learned and skills you developed from this experience as an MMS: Foundations of Business student?
Here is my answer, though I choose 1, it is more likely my essay tries to answer both, hoping to get your help.
Thanks!
As I went through briefly in the extracurricular involvement section, starting Early May of 2014, I along with 4 other team members, took over a volunteer program, "Pioneers for environmental protection" under guidance from a non-profit group, during the time I acted as the one in charge and was responsible for organizing a series of events while keeping in touch with the volunteer group I mentioned above.
During the succeeding eleven months, our team organized more than 10 times of volunteer events, each of which consisted of preparation for not only undergraduate volunteers but also kindergarten kids. You may wonder why an environmental subjected event involved kindergarteners and here comes the explanation.
Based on the feedback from participants who joined previous activities and the invaluable experience provided by our seniors, we reached a conclusion that the combination of children and undergraduate students might be more welcomed in such an environment subjected activity than young adults alone. Then, after several times of discussion with the employees from that organization, we decided to redesign the demographic composition of by having around 10 undergraduate volunteers and the same number of kindergarten level kids each time, which have become the standard for the following events as the first-time strike went quite well.
Judging from the review and performance of each participant, we were able to argue that such a change did work out. We not only received acknowledge from residents living in the communities which were our main battlegrounds but also won praise from the parents whose kids had taken part in the events which, from my perspective, is the best testimonial we ever achieve. Moreover, this experience sharply enhanced of my leadership and interpersonal skill as offered me a platform to exert impactive power, assuming the responsibility of overseeing the monthly-based events and allowed me to effect change during the procedure.
More interestingly, when I finally decided to devote myself in the post-graduation and chose Durham as my next destination, I found myself quite lucky to be able to fight for a chance spending my next 10 months in such an innovative environment where, without doubt, I would encounter high-achieving peers and world-class faculty members whom, I strongly believe, are just like me, trying their best strike for betterment and create an impact.
If I had the honor to be admitted to Fuqua MMS program, apart from the demanding and rigorous curriculum, I want to deliver my developed teamwork spirit and leadership learned from volunteer activities to become a cornerstone of the overall community, especially for student life experience during our spare time, for e.g., I want to be a graduate Usher in the annual campout helping out the graduate students who haven't experienced the camping life out of the Cameron. After all, your life wouldn't be intact at Duke until you've spent time with a bunch of Dukies rooting for our home team! What's our slogan again? Work hard, play hard!
1. For our MMS: Foundations of Business class, the Admissions team is looking for students who are eager to engage with, and learn from, their classmates. This learning takes place both inside and outside the classroom, as extracurricular engagement is an important part of the MMS: Foundations of Business experience. Describe how you would plan to be engaged outside of the classroom, and how your unique perspective, experiences, and passions will add to the MMS community.
2. The MMS: Foundations of Business program is developing leaders who are able to effect change in the communities of which they are a part. Share a time that you were able to make a change in your community: at school, at work, or at home. How will you use the lessons you learned and skills you developed from this experience as an MMS: Foundations of Business student?
Here is my answer, though I choose 1, it is more likely my essay tries to answer both, hoping to get your help.
Thanks!
As I went through briefly in the extracurricular involvement section, starting Early May of 2014, I along with 4 other team members, took over a volunteer program, "Pioneers for environmental protection" under guidance from a non-profit group, during the time I acted as the one in charge and was responsible for organizing a series of events while keeping in touch with the volunteer group I mentioned above.
During the succeeding eleven months, our team organized more than 10 times of volunteer events, each of which consisted of preparation for not only undergraduate volunteers but also kindergarten kids. You may wonder why an environmental subjected event involved kindergarteners and here comes the explanation.
Based on the feedback from participants who joined previous activities and the invaluable experience provided by our seniors, we reached a conclusion that the combination of children and undergraduate students might be more welcomed in such an environment subjected activity than young adults alone. Then, after several times of discussion with the employees from that organization, we decided to redesign the demographic composition of by having around 10 undergraduate volunteers and the same number of kindergarten level kids each time, which have become the standard for the following events as the first-time strike went quite well.
Judging from the review and performance of each participant, we were able to argue that such a change did work out. We not only received acknowledge from residents living in the communities which were our main battlegrounds but also won praise from the parents whose kids had taken part in the events which, from my perspective, is the best testimonial we ever achieve. Moreover, this experience sharply enhanced of my leadership and interpersonal skill as offered me a platform to exert impactive power, assuming the responsibility of overseeing the monthly-based events and allowed me to effect change during the procedure.
More interestingly, when I finally decided to devote myself in the post-graduation and chose Durham as my next destination, I found myself quite lucky to be able to fight for a chance spending my next 10 months in such an innovative environment where, without doubt, I would encounter high-achieving peers and world-class faculty members whom, I strongly believe, are just like me, trying their best strike for betterment and create an impact.
If I had the honor to be admitted to Fuqua MMS program, apart from the demanding and rigorous curriculum, I want to deliver my developed teamwork spirit and leadership learned from volunteer activities to become a cornerstone of the overall community, especially for student life experience during our spare time, for e.g., I want to be a graduate Usher in the annual campout helping out the graduate students who haven't experienced the camping life out of the Cameron. After all, your life wouldn't be intact at Duke until you've spent time with a bunch of Dukies rooting for our home team! What's our slogan again? Work hard, play hard!
