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I couldn't really find a recent post of this topic on this forum which is why I'm posting it; if there is a repeat that I missed feel free to inform me.
For my "overcoming a challenging problem" essay I have decided to talk about a project I worked on in a club I was in since it was over a broad period of time and I could concretely talk about why we did what we did to have it work. I was planning on stating what the general project was and the steps needed to get it done.
Looking at it, though, I find that writing it this way is kind of boring. It accomplishes what it needs to, but at the same time I find that it's much more interesting to talk about the outcome of the project since that, if anything, showed the plan's overall success. There are plenty of anecdotes I could talk about to support the connection between our plan and its outcomes and what on my part I could have done better. However, I also realize that writing the essay this way may take away from the topic of how I actually get something done.
tl;dr: How much of a stretch would it be if I discussed the project outcome and what I learned from it, even if the original question doesn't necessarily say so?
For my "overcoming a challenging problem" essay I have decided to talk about a project I worked on in a club I was in since it was over a broad period of time and I could concretely talk about why we did what we did to have it work. I was planning on stating what the general project was and the steps needed to get it done.
Looking at it, though, I find that writing it this way is kind of boring. It accomplishes what it needs to, but at the same time I find that it's much more interesting to talk about the outcome of the project since that, if anything, showed the plan's overall success. There are plenty of anecdotes I could talk about to support the connection between our plan and its outcomes and what on my part I could have done better. However, I also realize that writing the essay this way may take away from the topic of how I actually get something done.
tl;dr: How much of a stretch would it be if I discussed the project outcome and what I learned from it, even if the original question doesn't necessarily say so?
