anon5678 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Uhhh, do we have to include personal examples in these essays? For the cross-cultural communication one, I did not talk about anything personal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 I would think it to be a good idea for purposes of credibility and getting to know whom you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robclem21 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 It is not a "requirement", but there has to be an experience in your life that led you to develop the opinions and thoughts that you have attempted to portray in those essays. I understand some of these essay prompts are tougher to include a personal story, but try to keep in mind the purpose of these is to get to know you and learn how you think as a person (and how you learned to think that way). Try your best to smoothly incorporate at least one personal story to tie the essay to you and make it memorable for the reader, but if not, it won't sink you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterofnone Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 On 9/14/2017 at 6:02 AM, robclem21 said: It is not a "requirement", but there has to be an experience in your life that led you to develop the opinions and thoughts that you have attempted to portray in those essays. I understand some of these essay prompts are tougher to include a personal story, but try to keep in mind the purpose of these is to get to know you and learn how you think as a person (and how you learned to think that way). Try your best to smoothly incorporate at least one personal story to tie the essay to you and make it memorable for the reader, but if not, it won't sink you. wont sink you? or wont hurt you too badly.... ^clearly trying and failing to think of something personal for one of the prompts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvl3 Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 Sorry to bump an old thread, but if we do use personal examples in an answer, do they have to be from EC's? In other words would your answer be less credible or lacking in "substance" because of using experiences outside of the ABS sketch to tell a story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robclem21 Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 12 hours ago, lvl3 said: Sorry to bump an old thread, but if we do use personal examples in an answer, do they have to be from EC's? In other words would your answer be less credible or lacking in "substance" because of using experiences outside of the ABS sketch to tell a story? No. The person reading these essays does not have access to your full ABS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanRelations Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 7 hours ago, robclem21 said: No. The person reading these essays does not have access to your full ABS. That's interesting to know, but if this is the case, then why do you think we are instructed to provide verifier numbers for specific activities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvl3 Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 4 hours ago, BalkanRelations said: That's interesting to know, but if this is the case, then why do you think we are instructed to provide verifier numbers for specific activities? I was wondering that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robclem21 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 16 hours ago, BalkanRelations said: That's interesting to know, but if this is the case, then why do you think we are instructed to provide verifier numbers for specific activities? Because that way it is possible to verify things if the person reading/evaluating it has concerns regarding the authenticity of it. There are checks in place to flag things for further review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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