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4 Tips for Your Accomplishments (and an example of a great submission) One component the Admissions Team uses to identify students who possess the qualities and potential that the Minerva experience demand is the Accomplishment section — a place to share the various activities that reflect your passion and commitment These can transcend traditional definitions of “achievement” and include activities both in and out of the classroom, such as personal projects, involvement in academic olympiads or Model UN groups, literary or artistic works, leadership of non-academic initiatives, work experience, and any other activities you are particularly proud of We give you a unique opportunity to share up to six of your accomplishments or achievements from from high school and after Successful applicants have used the following approaches in their Accomplishments: Elaborate on each accomplishment Give context for each accomplishment, and quantify the impact and/or significance of your work, when relevant: • If you won a competition, award, or election, how many competitors did you face? What was the result of your success? • If you led an organization, how many people did you oversee, and/or how many individuals did your work impact? • If you raised money for a cause or oversaw a budget, how much did you raise? If this was a recurring activity, how did the role or budget grow over the course of your participation? • If you were in a performance or conducted research, what was your role? What venue or environment did this activity take place in? Share personal achievements • Offer insight into moments in which you took great initiative, made an impact on your community, created something meaningful, overcame obstacles, or did something out of the norm for a greater purpose Provide evidence of your external achievements Be sure to include support for your claims (e.g., money raised, club size) • Good evidence can take a variety of forms: a link to a website (e.g., Youtube, blog, e-magazine, etc.); a newspaper article that mentions your achievement; a photo of the award you won or the piece of art you created, or a letter from a reference close to the project Submit at least four accomplishments: • Though not required, successful applicants submit a minimum of four of their accomplishments You should use the Accomplishments to demonstrate the range of your interests or work you have done What does a strong Accomplishment look like? Review examples showing different versions of the same accomplishment: Example: "OK" Version Summary: Helped with school charity show Detail: I was elected to my school’s student council During that time, I helped out with Show Tunes for Shoes — a school-wide musical event that helped raise funds to buy shoes for local homeless youth We reached our fundraising goals and even got news coverage Example: Great Version Summary: Raised 33,000 rupees by organizing school charity show Detail: I was elected as vice-president of the student council at my school, which has 950 students During my time as vice president, I was the lead organizer of Show Tunes for Shoes — a school-wide musical event that helped raise funds to buy shoes for local homeless youth I oversaw a group of ten people, and in the end, the event raised 33,000 rupees and was covered in my city’s most popular newspaper, The Bangalore Times ... support for your claims (e.g., money raised, club size) • Good evidence can take a variety of forms: a link to a website (e.g., Youtube, blog, e-magazine, etc.); a newspaper article that mentions your. .. least four accomplishments: • Though not required, successful applicants submit a minimum of four of their accomplishments You should use the Accomplishments to demonstrate the range of your interests... initiative, made an impact on your community, created something meaningful, overcame obstacles, or did something out of the norm for a greater purpose Provide evidence of your external achievements