I'm coming to this process a bit late and haven't prewritten secondaries but am working on them now. I notice that the Pritzker "challenge" question is a little different from the "greatest challenge" or "greatest obstacle" question that a lot of places pose. Specifically, it says: " Tell us about a difficult or challenging situation you have encountered and how you dealt with it. In your response, identify both the coping skills you called upon to resolve the dilemma, and the support person(s) from whom you sought advice. We suggest that you limit your essay to about 400 words." Does this mean we need to discuss something that involved a dilemma, like a professional ethical quandary? My greatest challenge is a decidedly personal one, and it is difficult to frame as a "dilemma," it is simply something that caused me to change within, if that makes sense. Similarly, it sounds like we need to have turned to someone else for advice ... Perhaps these are dumb questions but I am just wondering what types of "situations" the rest of you think they are inquiring about.
