Sivnok
Dec 21, 2009
Undergraduate / a student-run tutoring club - MIT Challenge Essay [3]
Hello, this is my first post on this forum. It would be great if someone here could review my essay's ideas and mechanics"
Tell us about the most significant challenge you've faced or something important that didn't go according to plan. How did you manage the situation?(*) (200-250 words)
Starting up a student-run tutoring club during the beginning of my junior year was much more difficult than I originally envisioned. The concept sounded superb on paper: a free, all-subject, twice-a-week tutoring service open to all students who needed help. Excited about my idea, I presented my plan to the attendees of the first National Honor Society meeting of the 2008-2009 school year. To my surprise, almost none of the students at the gathering displayed any signs of interest. I was very disappointed and even discouraged to a certain extent about the success of my brainchild.
It took a decent amount of time for the tutoring club to gain momentum. In its early stages, I volunteered my time twice a week at every tutoring session. I had to call many students individually via telephone in order to increase involvement, as many National Honor Society members ignored the tutoring sign-up sheet while it was passed around at meetings. Regardless, I continued pressing my case.
Despite these challenges, the tutoring club began to take off the ground. As I continued advocating tutoring in front of the National Honor Society, more and more students began to attend the sessions as tutors. Simultaneously, more students came to the tutoring club seeking help. The result was very satisfying: increased demand for academic help met by a growing supply of mentors. Had I faltered under the initial weight of lack of student interest, none of the tutoring club's success would have been achieved.
Hello, this is my first post on this forum. It would be great if someone here could review my essay's ideas and mechanics"
Tell us about the most significant challenge you've faced or something important that didn't go according to plan. How did you manage the situation?(*) (200-250 words)
Starting up a student-run tutoring club during the beginning of my junior year was much more difficult than I originally envisioned. The concept sounded superb on paper: a free, all-subject, twice-a-week tutoring service open to all students who needed help. Excited about my idea, I presented my plan to the attendees of the first National Honor Society meeting of the 2008-2009 school year. To my surprise, almost none of the students at the gathering displayed any signs of interest. I was very disappointed and even discouraged to a certain extent about the success of my brainchild.
It took a decent amount of time for the tutoring club to gain momentum. In its early stages, I volunteered my time twice a week at every tutoring session. I had to call many students individually via telephone in order to increase involvement, as many National Honor Society members ignored the tutoring sign-up sheet while it was passed around at meetings. Regardless, I continued pressing my case.
Despite these challenges, the tutoring club began to take off the ground. As I continued advocating tutoring in front of the National Honor Society, more and more students began to attend the sessions as tutors. Simultaneously, more students came to the tutoring club seeking help. The result was very satisfying: increased demand for academic help met by a growing supply of mentors. Had I faltered under the initial weight of lack of student interest, none of the tutoring club's success would have been achieved.
