I had at first misunderstood the question that comes in the optional part of the essays where they ask about, "what is your career vision and why is this choice meaningful to you?" At first (sometime last October), I was thinking why choosing HBS or in particular the 2+2 program was meaningful to me. But, after browsing a lot, I had found out that it is not why the HBS or the the 2+2 program in particular but your career vision is meaningful to you. This was a tricky question. For the 2+2 applicants, I would advise that unless they are very focussed on what their career vision is they should not answer this question. The other two questions, in the optional about how one has engaged with the community or which part of the world are you most curious about and why, should be answered by the students who do not have sufficient focus on their career vision.
While answering the career vision question, one should be able to mention how they have grown over time and should be able to connect what they have done previously to their career goal. Being a college senior, with little work experience, one might find it difficult to write about the career vision part. He however should not be tempted into answering this question thinking that this will impress the admission officials the most. If the candidate is not very strong in his career vision part, it could have an adverse effect on his application.
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