在UBC,研究生申请的文书考察的是学生的不同方面的能力,这些能力包括领导力、交流能力、学术能力以及处理问题的能力。对于UBC的申请文书评估人员来说,评估这些不同方面的能力是根据学校提供的标准问题来进行的。评估人员主要考察的是学生在文书中有没有回答学校关于某项能力的标准问题。那么,今天这篇小红书就来揭露UBC的文书评估流程啦!

领导力问题
What transferable skills from your undergraduate degree will you bring to the UBC MM program and cohort community?
该问题旨在确定学生有无能力在团队合作的过程中展现领导力,从而促进团队完成工作。对于领导力的展现,学生一般需要展现以下能力:
- 是否可以在关键时刻自信地做决定?
- 是否可以主动替团队解决问题?
- 是否可以主动承担本不属于自己的责任?

那么,面对这些领导力的评估,申请者应当如何回答问题,来保证自己满足学校要求呢?根据恒思教育文书老师的过往经验,我们给予学生如下建议:
问题 | 建议 |
是否可以在关键时刻自信地做决定? | 描述自己通过数据、调查得出结论的过程,展现自己可以通过合理的步骤推断出可行的方案。 |
是否可以主动替团队解决问题? | 描述自己利用自己的优势帮助团队解决问题的过程,展现自己灵活运用自己优势的能力。 |
是否可以主动承担本不属于自己的责任? | 描述自己发现团队问题,并且主动解决的过程,展现自己的问题分析和问题解决的能力。 |

技术能力
例题(Master of Business Analytics项目):
Describe a situation where you collected and/or analyzed data to solve a significant problem in an organization. How did you present your findings to get buy-in to your solution and initiate change?
该问题旨在确认学生的问题解决能力以及学生面对困难的持久力。对于这些能力的展现,一般学生需要体现如下特点:
- 是否可以通过证据推断事情的合理解决方向?
- 是否可以创造、设计收集数据的方法?
- 是否可以用合理的方法分析数据,做出决定,说服团队?

面对技术能力的评估,申请者应当展现自己使用技能解决自己面对的问题的能力。依据以往的经验,我们给出如下的建议方案:
问题 | 建议 |
是否可以通过证据推断事情的合理解决方向? | 描述自己推理过程,以及如何通过数据、观察、分析做出推理。 |
是否可以创造、设计收集数据的方法? | 描述自己对于问题的判断,以及如何通过沟通、自动化、调查的方法收集数据,并且解释使用该方法的原因。 |
是否可以用合理的方法分析数据,做出决定,说服团队? | 描述自己的分析方法,展现自己的专业背景(计算机、统计、数学),并且说明说服团队的过程,展现在多背景团队中的交流技巧以及方法。 |

过往案例
以下是过往的利用数据解决问题的文书案例:
When I first got into my current company, as a business development representative, I quickly identified the key problem of the firm, which was the lack of sales channels to boost sales. [发现问题] Surprisingly, after several weeks of sales trials and cooperation with other salespeople, I found out that none of the existing channels provided stable, efficient sales outcomes. [问题定位] Therefore, I conducted preliminary research on the effectiveness of several sales strategies that we had tried. I recorded the time spent on each sales outreach method, and the effectiveness (success rate) of each sales strategy. [数据采集] With these two critical pieces of data in mind, I realized the key weakness of the previous sales strategy was that the team was not able to attract clients who did not know about us. [发现问题] I immediately reported my findings to the business manager with visualized data. [Communication] Such an action quickly inspired her interest in broadening the sales channels. Then, to broaden the reach of the sales, I approached unfamiliar clients who knew nothing about us through cold calls, identified key factors that built trust with clients, and developed sales strategies that immediately recognized potential clients. [方法尝试] Through these efforts, the client base of the firm increased from 50 a month to more than 150 a month. [结果]
案例分析
通过呈现问题,案例表现了申请者解决问题的决心和方法,同时也展现了多处工作技能:
- 团队协作:after several weeks of sales trials and cooperation with other salespeople
- 工作记录:recorded the time spent on each sales outreach method, and the effectiveness (success rate) of each sales strategy
- 善于工作沟通:reported my findings to the business manager with visualized data
- 销售/交流技能:approached unfamiliar clients who knew nothing about us through cold calls

值得注意的是,在文书中展现多种工作技能,也可以帮助申请者提升自己的竞争力。