sloan optional question - jillian ardrey
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Optional questions for Jillian Ardrey's application to the MIT Sloan School of Management Full Time MBA Program, Class of 2017TRANSCRIPT
International affairs and how Model
United Nations instills this love and knowledge in
individuals at a young age
Engaging with individuals from
diverse cultures and backgrounds
Giving back to my local and college
communities
Challenging myself and others in the great outdoors and through
action / adventure sports
What else should you know about me? I would like you to know about my passions – these make me who I am
Model United Nations (MUN) instilled in me a passion for international
affairs and I have spread this passion to others
My plans at Sloan and in Boston:
• Join leadership team of Net Impact and SEID
• Engage with classmates informally in debate about international affairs
• Set up MUN clubs at local underprivileged high schools
My 8 years in MUN instilled in me a passion for international affairs and helped me:
• Learn to consider issues from someone else’s point of view and care about the world
• Combat my shyness: from being too afraid to talk to a stranger to winning more best
delegate awards than any student at my high school in more than 30 years
• Build my leadership skills by managing conferences, fundraisers, budgets, socials and
training, and starting MUN clubs at local underprivileged high schools
I have become a more open-minded person and adaptable and effective
leader through engaging with diverse cultures and backgrounds
I have traveled to 34 countries across 4 continents, through which I have learned:
• To always be open to learning about what you don’t know
• How to work cross-culturally and be more adaptable
• How to combine different interests into a cohesive solution through taking over 100
people around the world so that they too might benefit from cultural diversity
I have also worked across different backgrounds – can line employees and ex-military safety
experts to name a few – and learned how to motivate and inspire these individuals
My plans at Sloan and in Boston:
• Engage classmates in cultural experiences during international part of action learning labs
• Grow scope and membership of the Travel and Hospitality Club
• Continue to learn about world culture through involvement in regional and cultural clubs
I was active in the community and on campus while at Berkeley and I
am involved in my community and with my alma mater in Miami I was very involved on campus and in the community in college:
• Managed more than 50 people as Managing Editor of the Berkeley Fiction Review and
organized industry events for the Undergraduate Marketing Association
• Volunteered for law center providing free legal services to low-income clients
• Mentored underprivileged youth in London during study abroad
I continue to be active in Miami:
• Expanded and teach at ESL program at Granada Presbyterian Church
• Manage Cal Alumni Leadership Scholarship interviews
• Plan socials for Cal Alumni Association and represent Cal at prospective student events
My plan at Sloan and in Boston: Teach ESL to the local community alongside classmates
I love challenging myself and others in the great outdoors and through
action / adventure sports I challenge myself and others to surprise ourselves at what we can achieve:
• Strenuous hiking, biking, kayaking and obstacle course racing increases confidence by
showing you that what you define as your “limit” is all in your head
• Facing your fears through skydiving, rappelling and white water rafting makes you
more willing to take intelligent risk and heightens your trust in yourself
My plan at Sloan: Introduce classmates to the great outdoors
and action / adventure sports locally and on trips