Stanford Intellectual Vitality Question

cboback567
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:46:12 +0000

Question: “Stanford students possess an intellectual vitality. Reflect on an idea or experience that has been important to your intellectual development.”

I am kind of stuck on this question, and Im not sure how to express my devotion for the field of business to this question effectively.

I have had my own online business since I have been in 6/7th grade, and I have always had some sort of “entrepreneur spirit” in me. I have taken Intro to Business Admin, Principles of Marketing, Business Law I, Business Law II, and Principles of Management at my local community college. I have designed websites for a local city government, and collaborated with Lady Gaga’s marketing manager to create a website to promote her new tour. I am currently interning at a marketing firm. I have used profit from my business to buy a MacBook, fund a trip to Costa Rica (and maybe Australia in 2013), and put payments on my new car lease.

I want to tell all of this to Stanford, but im not sure how. Should I take take a more creative approach? Should I just list all of my accomplishments (without sounding as much of a d**k as I do in this post)?

and how do these accomplishments even stack up to other students’ apply to this school?

Thanks :)