Challenge vs. Failure Secondary

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Can I use the same topic/information I have for a failure secondary for the challenge secondaries? None of mine specifically ask for the greatest challenge I have faced, so the topic I use in the failure essay seems to fit.

 

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Can I use the same topic/information I have for a failure secondary for the challenge secondaries? None of mine specifically ask for the greatest challenge I have faced, so the topic I use in the failure essay seems to fit.

Theoretically, yes you can. However, keep in mind the intent of a challenge essay is typically "what challenge did you face and how did you overcome it" wheras failure essays are typically "How did you fail and what did you learn from it."

I would recommend avoiding a duplicate challenge/failure essay for 2 reasons:
1) There are quite a few schools that have both of them
2) Inherent in the challenge essay should be overcoming the challenge. If you overcame it, then it really wasn't a failure in the end.

 

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Theoretically, yes you can. However, keep in mind the intent of a challenge essay is typically "what challenge did you face and how did you overcome it" wheras failure essays are typically "How did you fail and what did you learn from it."

I would recommend avoiding a duplicate challenge/failure essay for 2 reasons:
1) There are quite a few schools that have both of them
2) Inherent in the challenge essay should be overcoming the challenge. If you overcame it, then it really wasn't a failure, was it?

I'm lucky enough that none of my schools happen to ask both.

All of my schools word the challenge prompt in the sense of "How did you deal with it?" or "How did you manage it?". None of them ask specifically for how I overcame the challenge. Therefore, given that a failure is a challenge in itself, and I discuss how I took the failure as a learning opportunity to improve myself for similar future situations, does that cover the challenge prompt?

 

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I'm lucky enough that none of my schools happen to ask both.

All of my schools word the challenge prompt in the sense of "How did you deal with it?" or "How did you manage it?". None of them ask specifically for how I overcame the challenge. Therefore, given that a failure is a challenge in itself, and I discuss how I took the failure as a learning opportunity to improve myself for similar future situations, does that cover the challenge prompt?

Right on, then if none of them duplicate or ask how you overcame, I would say recycle all that you can (but ensure that it truely does match the prompt).