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[907914]

For secondaries, can the non-academic challenge be a topic related to academics? For example, I am thinking about writing about teaching a chemistry class and seeing them improve. My "challenge" would be that I initially taught them ineffectively but then I changed my teaching style and their grades improved.

That sounds academic to me.

 

[907914]

For secondaries, can the non-academic challenge be a topic related to academics? For example, I am thinking about writing about teaching a chemistry class and seeing them improve. My "challenge" would be that I initially taught them ineffectively but then I changed my teaching style and their grades improved.

Stray on the safe side. Pick something familial, from volunteering, from work, yadda yadda

 

[Rachapkis]

Leave no doubt that you are heeding the call of the question. Some people are likely to think that the challenge you described is academic. I would go another direction.

 

[Moko]

can the non-academic challenge be a topic related to academics?

What you described is purely in the realm of academics (not even just peripherally related).

 

[LizzyM]

I'm going to go against the crowd and say that the way I interpret this prompt is that the adcom is looking for something not related to your academic experience as a student. If your response is about a job you held teaching chemistry then to me it is not "academic". Being able to self-assess and change the way you do your job is a good topic for a secondary prompt of this kind.

 

[Catalystik]

I'm going to go against the crowd and say that the way I interpret this prompt is that the adcom is looking for something not related to your academic experience as a student. If your response is about a job you held teaching chemistry then to me it is not "academic". Being able to self-assess and change the way you do your job is a good topic for a secondary prompt of this kind.

That was my interpretation of the prompt, as well.

 

[Goro]

For secondaries, can the non-academic challenge be a topic related to academics? For example, I am thinking about writing about teaching a chemistry class and seeing them improve. My "challenge" would be that I initially taught them ineffectively but then I changed my teaching style and their grades improved.

Read the very bottom line of my sig lines.