Sloan Optional Question - Jillian Ardrey

International affairs and how Model

United Nations instills this love and knowledge in

individuals at a young age

Engaging with individuals from

diverse cultures and backgrounds

Giving back to my local and college

communities

Challenging myself and others in the great outdoors and through

action / adventure sports

What else should you know about me? I would like you to know about my passions – these make me who I am

Model United Nations (MUN) instilled in me a passion for international

affairs and I have spread this passion to others

My plans at Sloan and in Boston:

• Join leadership team of Net Impact and SEID

• Engage with classmates informally in debate about international affairs

• Set up MUN clubs at local underprivileged high schools

My 8 years in MUN instilled in me a passion for international affairs and helped me:

• Learn to consider issues from someone else’s point of view and care about the world

• Combat my shyness: from being too afraid to talk to a stranger to winning more best

delegate awards than any student at my high school in more than 30 years

• Build my leadership skills by managing conferences, fundraisers, budgets, socials and

training, and starting MUN clubs at local underprivileged high schools

I have become a more open-minded person and adaptable and effective

leader through engaging with diverse cultures and backgrounds

I have traveled to 34 countries across 4 continents, through which I have learned:

• To always be open to learning about what you don’t know

• How to work cross-culturally and be more adaptable

• How to combine different interests into a cohesive solution through taking over 100

people around the world so that they too might benefit from cultural diversity

I have also worked across different backgrounds – can line employees and ex-military safety

experts to name a few – and learned how to motivate and inspire these individuals

My plans at Sloan and in Boston:

• Engage classmates in cultural experiences during international part of action learning labs

• Grow scope and membership of the Travel and Hospitality Club

• Continue to learn about world culture through involvement in regional and cultural clubs

I was active in the community and on campus while at Berkeley and I

am involved in my community and with my alma mater in Miami I was very involved on campus and in the community in college:

• Managed more than 50 people as Managing Editor of the Berkeley Fiction Review and

organized industry events for the Undergraduate Marketing Association

• Volunteered for law center providing free legal services to low-income clients

• Mentored underprivileged youth in London during study abroad

I continue to be active in Miami:

• Expanded and teach at ESL program at Granada Presbyterian Church

• Manage Cal Alumni Leadership Scholarship interviews

• Plan socials for Cal Alumni Association and represent Cal at prospective student events

My plan at Sloan and in Boston: Teach ESL to the local community alongside classmates

I love challenging myself and others in the great outdoors and through

action / adventure sports I challenge myself and others to surprise ourselves at what we can achieve:

• Strenuous hiking, biking, kayaking and obstacle course racing increases confidence by

showing you that what you define as your “limit” is all in your head

• Facing your fears through skydiving, rappelling and white water rafting makes you

more willing to take intelligent risk and heightens your trust in yourself

My plan at Sloan: Introduce classmates to the great outdoors

and action / adventure sports locally and on trips