Challenge Secondary

[suomi24]

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For the personal challenge secondary, what do y'all think about writing about an athletic endeavor?

For example, I am a rock climber. I do long multi-day climbs that take a lot of preparation. I was thinking of writing the personal challenge secondary essays about failing the first time we attempted one of these long climbs due to lack of preparation, then learning to communicate and prepare more effectively in order to succeed. I tie in communication skills at work and preparation, planning, and goal setting in an academic setting.

Do you think this topic works? Or is this too boring?

 

[TelemarketingEnigma]

the only thing i would caution is to carefully read the wording of the question. Sometimes they just want to know about any time of challenge you've overcome and how (which this idea would work well for), but sometimes they are worded so as to ask more about adversity in life, in which case I'm not sure this works well.

 

[907914]

the only thing i would caution is to carefully read the wording of the question. Sometimes they just want to know about any time of challenge you've overcome and how (which this idea would work well for), but sometimes they are worded so as to ask more about adversity in life, in which case I'm not sure this works well.

I second this notion. I have 3 distinct challenge essays: Challenge, Adversity, and challenge as a leader/mentor (that last one isn’t as common but I have seen it a few times).

 

[suomi24]

Its fine. send us a picture from El Cap

PS I started climbing so long ago that the only place in the US to buy ropes was some little one store cooperative in Seattle called REI. I wonder whatever became of them?

That’s awesome Gonnif! Did you ever make it down to climb in the valley?

I climbed el cap for the first time last October

 

[suomi24]

the only thing i would caution is to carefully read the wording of the question. Sometimes they just want to know about any time of challenge you've overcome and how (which this idea would work well for), but sometimes they are worded so as to ask more about adversity in life, in which case I'm not sure this works well.

Thanks for the advice. I’ve noticed that as well, I’ve already written a different challenge essay that was more adversity oriented. This one was more “tell us about a time you did something that was hard for you”

 

[drdreyman]

challenge as a leader/mentor

For which schools have you seen this?

 

[907914]

For which schools have you seen this?

Case/CCLCM was "moment as a teacher, leader, mentor," and then that essay became my failure essay in every other school that asks about failure.