What is one thing you'd like the admissions committee to know about you?
This question offers you an opportunity to share something unique about yourself that you feel might give you a competitive edge. But with this question, the content of your answer is only as important as how you convey it. They need to assess how strong a verbal communicator you are, whether you are proficient in speaking and presenting, can articulate your thoughts clearly and concisely, are engaging, and can think quickly on your feet. They will score you on how articulate you are, how honest and well-reasoned you are, and how clear your goals and trajectory are to you. Remember, grammar, syntax, and storytelling ability are considered, not as standalone factors, but as part of the overall communication effectiveness. Also, make your message clear and concise. Fitting more words into your response doesn't necessarily make it better!
How you answer this question will help give the reviewer a more collective view of your communication skills. Kira has structured their platform in a way that ensures their clients won't have to solely rate your competencies according to each question, but rather from the collective view, including any written materials you've submitted, beyond any written assessments you'll take.
This includes your application, your resume if you've submitted one, and any other written materials you've volunteered prior to your interview, so they can "link multiple video and written questions to gather more insight. Using only an essay or short video, it can be difficult to assess complex competencies like leadership potential, collaboration, or empathy. Question sequences allow schools to build out multi-part questions to get a deeper story on your applicants' goals or past experiences. Admissions teams can ask connected questions related to a single trait, like leadership, or probe deeper into existing content with follow-up questions. Reviewers can give a communications rating to applicants after reviewing their responses across all applicant materials, including timed responses, as well as uploaded documents, for a truly holistic view of each applicant."
"A fun fact about me. For the last three years, I organized and got sponsorship for our school talent show. As the host, I warmed up the crowd with some silly comedy and got the crowd excited about each act. Every year, the show sold out and resulted in some truly zany and usual fun. I also served as a backup disc jockey for our community college this last summer as well, which I absolutely loved doing."
Here is a rendering of what their scoring would look like for an overall communications score, taken from a screenshot from an article they posted about "Document Review, Question Sequences, and Overall Communication Scores."
"Poor: Few if any responses are adequately clear, acceptably organized, and mostly relevant to the questions. Fair: Some responses are adequately clear, acceptably organized, and mostly relevant to the questions. Good: Most responses are adequately clear, organized, and relevant to the questions. Great: Nearly all responses are clear, organized, and relevant to the questions. Exceptional: All responses are very clear, well organized, and highly relevant to the questions."
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