Key to Essay Writing – What Does It Mean to "Be Yourself"?
When applying to INSEAD, the piece of advice I received most was "be yourself". It took me months to fully understand the meaning of it, but I am now convinced that it is the best possible guidance for INSEAD applicants.
What does it mean to "be yourself"? How could I possibly be somebody else? I was looking incredulously at the alumni telling me this piece of advice and I had no idea what to do with it. Hearing it over and over again, in one form or another, I knew that there must have been something to it, but I could not figure out what.