Hey guys, this is this year’s Ross BBA Portfolio Essay:
Choose a current event or issue in your community and discuss the business implications. Propose a solution that incorporates business principles or practices. The review panel will look for creativity, drawing connections, and originality.
When they say community, do you think I can talk about my “people?” I’m a US citizen, but there’s an issue in my home country that I think I can talk about. Would that count or is that too far for me to write about?
Also, does anyone have any ideas? I’m hitting a bit of a block in my community.
So there’s no issues in your community that would benefit from a business type solution? How about what issues in your community could be improved and how?
Maybe this question comes up frequently… Someone asked this last year when we were in line to speak with a counselor.
She said, you are free to write about anything but closer to home is always more realistic. You run the risk of coming across preachy and not very impactful if you are trying to address worldly issues about humanity.
IMHO, you will come across as a strong candidate if you are actually solving the problem rather than describing it.
But then, who I am to say, I’m not Greta Thunberg’s dad . . .
They are looking for your analytical ability and problem-solving ability. They are not going to check if your a answer is cirrft5.
In “5th” grade for a science class they asked the kids to fix a current problem. My son came up with a garbage can that converted garbage into energy to use the power for the electricity in our parks etc. You need to go deeper but you get the idea