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Shay Merritté
Consortium Application
SWEATER VEST
SUPPLEMENT
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                                                            This is a                Hanger
                                                                                              Through my training as a graphic designer, I have
                                                                                              followed one guiding principle:
                                                                                              THINGS ALWAYS NEED TO LOOK



                                                            sweater vest.
                                                                                              GOOD and COMMUNICATE IDEAS.
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                                                                                              I follow this idea in nearly everything I do, from the
                                                                                              food I eat, to most importantly, the clothes that I
                                                                               V-Neck
                                                                                              wear. Several years ago when I was reevaluating
                                                                                              my wardrobe I was looking for a style that was
                                                                                              businesslike and professional, but still youthful




                                                            It says almost
                                                                                              and stood out. I decided that my wardrobe should
                                                                                              center around the sweater vest. Sweater vests
                                                                                              follow both my wardrobe and design philosophies.
                                                                                              They are usually considered aged and dorky, but
                                                                                              by wearing them I make them youthful and funky.
                                                                                              because they are sleeveless I can wear them




                                                            everything
                                                                                              throughout the year. Most sweater vests have
                                                                             Cotton Knit      a "v-neck" that allows me to accent outfits with
                                                                              or Wool         ties. The details and clean minimalist lines follow
                                                                                              my design philosophies. If you would like to learn
                                                                                              more about my wardrobe...as well as requisite
                                                                                              MBA application information, please turn the page.




                                                            about me.
                                                                                                 Sleeves
iii TABLE OF CONTENTS                         1
                                                         Core Questions
                                                             Personal Data           [ 2,3 ]
                                                             Employment              [ 8,9 ]
                                                             Academics               [ 4,5 ]
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                                                             Test Scores             [ 6,7 ]
                                                             Employment History      [ 8,9 ]
                                                         Resume                      [ 8,9 ]
                                                         Core Essays
                                                             Core Essay 1             [ 10,11 ]
                                                             Core Essay 2             [ 12,13 ]
                                                             Core Essay 3             [ 14,15 ]
                                                         School Specific Essays      [ 16, 17 ]
                                                         Transcripts                 [ 18 ]
                                                         GMAT Score                  [ 19 ]
                                                         Certification & Signature   [ back cover ]
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                                                                            2




                                                         first name




                                        MALE
                                        SINGLE


St.Louis MO 63146
                                                                            3
4         School Attended: Washington University in St.Louis
                                                                  Graduation Date: Bachelor of Fine Arts Candidate May 2009   5
                                                                  Major: Visual Communications
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                                                            *No graded classes were taken this summer.
                                                            ** This book was designed before final fall 07 grades were
                                                            released.
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                                                            Quantitative         Verbal             Total          Analytical Writing
                                                                48%                   84%               71%                   83%
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                                                                36                        38            610                   5.5




                                                                      GM AT
                                                                      GRADUATE   MANAGEMENT    ADMISSIONS   TEST
                                                                                                                       test date:
                                                                                                                     11/24/07
J ob Experience
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Young Scientist Program
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {Spring 2004—Fall 2004}
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Position: Research Intern
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              V olunteerism
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Responsibilities:


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             American Red Cross Youth Corps
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Black Bear Bakery                                                    {                         }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {Fall 2006—Fall 2007}                                                Position:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Position: Freelance Designer




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Shay
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Responsibilities:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Responsibilities:


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {Fall 2006—Spring 2007}


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Position: Freelance Designer
                                                                 American Red                                                                                                                                               South Side

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Merritté
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Responsibilities:                                                    Students Against Bullying and Rage
                                                                 Cross Youth Corps                                                                                                                                          Day Nursery                                                                                                                                                                                      {                         }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        WashU Alumni & Parents Admissions Program                            Position:
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                                                          V                 C
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {Spring 2007—Fall 2007}                                              Responsibilities:
                                                                 Students Against                                                                      WashU
                                                                                          MOMA RedStudio




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Position: Intern
                                                                 Bullying and Rage                                                                     Film Board                                                                                                                                                                                       Responsibilities:



                                                          J              A C            V
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Sierra Club Voter Education Program
                                                                 Young Scientist                                                                       Social Justice                                                       Dr. Martin Luther King                                                                                                                                                                           {Spring 2004—Fall 2004}
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Contact:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        University of Missouri-Rolla Hydrogen Bus Program
                                                                                          Winner




                                                                 Program                                                                               Center                                                               Commemoration                                                                                                               {Spring 2007—Fall 2007}                                              Position:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Position:                                                            Responsibilities:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Email:
                                                          V                       A     J
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Responsibilities:
                                                                                                                           Convention Representative


                                                                 Sierra Club Voter                                                                                                                                          Black Bear
                                                                 Education Program                                                                                                                                          Bakery                                                                          sjmerritte@gmail.com                                                                                             South Side Day Nursery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             {Fall 2006—Present}
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Phone:                                      Pride St.Louis- PrideFest                                            Position:

                                                                                        J
                                                                                                                                                                        KT Family Foundation
                                                                                                                           Red Cross National




                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Project                                                                                                                     {Fall 2007—Present}                                                  Responsibilities:




                                                                                                                                                                        Scholarship Winner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Rambling                                                                        (314)703-1094                               Position: Freelance Designer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Responsibilities:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Address:                                                                                                         Dr.Martin Luther King Commemoration

                                                                                        A     C                                                                                                                                                                       Black
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Anthology                             1312 Thames Ct.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             {Fall 2007—Present}
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Position: Designer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Responsibilities:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            St.Louis MO. 63146
                                                                                              J                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A wards & Honors


                                                                                                                                                                                               St. Louis Red Cross School
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alumni and Parents
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Admissions Program
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Education:



                                                                                                                                                                                               and Community Award
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Washington University in St.Louis                                                                                 C lub Executive
                                                                                              J
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        MOMA RedStudio Contest Winner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      UMR Hydrogen Bus                                                                  {Winter 2004}
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Candidate for Bachelor of Fine Arts,        Details:                                                             WashU Film Board
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             {                 }


                                                                                              A A J                                                                                                                                                                                                         May 2009                                    Red Cross National Convention Representative                         Position:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                PrideFest                                               {             }                                                      Responsibilities:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Major:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Details:



                                                                                                    C                                                                                                                                                                                                       Visual Communications



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Dean’s List


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Two Pieces Selected for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                AIGA                                                    Enterprise Rent-A-Car Scholar                                        Social Justice Center




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Des Lee “Core Show”
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Details:                                                             Position:


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Responsibilities:
                                                                                                                                                       Enterprise Rent-A-Car
                                                                                                                                                       Scholar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Additional Skills:                          KT Family Foundation Scholarship Winner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {           }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Details:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Office Software

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Black Anthology
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Micr     W r     P   erP      cel           St.Louis Red Cross: School and Community Award                       {Spring 2007—Present}
                                                         Job     Volunteer Club Exec        Award                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       {             }                                                      Position:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Details:                                                             Responsibilities:



                                                        J V C A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Design Software
                                                                                                           Event Happens




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Second Place, SLU’s Idea


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Second Place- Saint Louis University’s Idea to Product Competition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           to Product Competition

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {Spring 2007}                                                        AIGA-American Institute of Graphic Artists
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Web Software                                Details:                                                             {Fall 2007—Present}
                                                                                                           Once




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Position:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Dr     Wea             S                    Des Lee “Core Show”                                                  Responsibilities:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {Spring 2007}
                                                        Spring   Summer            Fall     Winter                                                                                                                                                                                                          CAD Software                                Details:
                                                                                                             Event Happens
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Dean’s List
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {Spring 2007}
                                                                                                           Event Continues                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Details:
                                                                                                           to the Present
10   Core Essay 1                                                                                                                                                                     11
                                                                                                                                                    understood landmine-warning symbols.        spirit, but it hasn’t taught me everything.
                                                                                                                                                    I understand that there are many steps      Through an MBA education I could
                                                                                                                                                    that I need to take before I can run a      complement my experiences with classes
                                                                                                           I have discovered that innovation can    successful company. Just as I have          from international money markets to

                                                             W      riting these essays has been
                                                                    very difficult for me, not because
                                                             I dislike writing essays or that I am
                                                                                                           solve problems as basic as drawing
                                                                                                           people into an event or as complex
                                                                                                           as designing a building system from
                                                                                                                                                    steeped myself in the culture and
                                                                                                                                                    education of design to become a better
                                                                                                                                                    designer, I feel that to be a successful
                                                                                                                                                                                                operations management, skills that would
                                                                                                                                                                                                take me years and multiple jobs to learn
                                                                                                                                                                                                on my own.
                                                             having problems defining answers to           recycled materials.                      businessperson, it is imperative to
                                                             the questions, but because the essays                                                  become immersed in the theory and           After earning an MBA I would like to
                                                             have to be composed inside a Microsoft        Ultimately, I would like to run my own   techniques of successful management         work as a group leader at a design
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                                                             Word Document. The problem with the           innovation and design consultancy        and other business practices that an        consultancy such as Metaphase, creators
                                                             Microsoft Word Document format is that        and think-tank, performing research      MBA education can provide. Working as       of Microsoft’s first ergonomic mouse
                                                             it doesn’t allow for innovative type or       and developing workable solutions        a freelance design consultant has taught    or IDEO, designers of the Palm V PDA.
                                                             layout design. Microsoft Word makes it        for diverse problems from designing      me about brand worth, client relations,     These companies have been able to
                                                             difficult to adjust the spaces between the    better pen grips to more universally     and the importance of the entrepreneurial   combine business, innovation and design
                                                             individual letters in words or finesse the                                                                                         into products that have changed the world
                                                             spaces between the lines of text; to most                                                                                          and improved peoples’ lives. Working
                                                             people these are minor and trivial things,                                                                                         at either of these companies or another
                                                             but I have spent weeks in class studying                                                                                           similar to them, I feel would give me the
                                                             these basic type design elements and                                                                                               experience necessary to lead a group of
                                                             how they lead to innovative typographic                                                                                            problem solvers to transform outlandish
                                                             solutions for a more enjoyable experience                                                                                          ideas into workable solutions, and prepare
                                                             for the reader.                                                                                                                    me for my future goal of running my own
                                                                                                                                                                                                company.
                                                             Developing creative solutions to
                                                             problems is my career goal. During my                                                                                              I feel that my career goals are ambitious
                                                             undergraduate studies at Washington                                                                                                but are still within my reach. I have had
                                                             University, I have been devoted to learning                                                                                        some business experience, but feel that
                                                             about design and creating visual solutions                                                                                         the advanced business education an MBA
                                                             to help information travel between                                                                                                 could provide would transform me into the
                                                             businesses and consumers. Through                                                                                                  leader I feel that I can become. An MBA
                                                             freelance design consultant jobs I have                                                                                            education would allow me to use skills
                                                             been able to put my learning into practice                                                                                         and training in innovation and design to
                                                             in fields from baked goods to hydrogen                                                                                             change the world for the better.
                                                             research. Through these experiences
12   Core Essay 2                                                                                                                                                                      13
                                                                                                                                                   of the week. The only mandatory event at        had garnered some inherent authority
                                                                                                                                                   the bakery was a weekly meeting where           amongst the other bakery workers by
                                                                                                                                                   all the bakery members would gather             virtue of experience. I decided to work
                                                                                                         and expand its business. After visiting   to collectively discuss what products           directly with the experienced workers
                                                                                                         the bakery I knew that I could use my     would be produced during the week, what         to run the meetings. I taught the

                                                             Anarchy.                 For some people,
                                                                                      images of
                                                             black flags with red stars and idealistic
                                                                                                         training in visual communications
                                                                                                         to help in its transformation and
                                                                                                                                                   ingredients needed to be ordered, and
                                                                                                                                                   any other decision that would affect the
                                                                                                                                                                                                   experienced workers brainstorming
                                                                                                                                                                                                   tools and stepped back as they worked
                                                                                                         immediately offered my services as a      bakery.                                         together to develop solid ideas that I
                                                             teenagers wearing Che Guevara t-shirts      design consultant.                                                                        could then develop into finished designs.
                                                             come to mind. However, when I think of                                                When I first attended these meetings            Whenever I made independent decisions
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                                                             Anarchy, I think of fresh baked oatmeal     People often joke that their              to discuss ways to update the bakery’s          I handed them to the more experienced
                                                             raisin cookies, good coffee, and the        workplaces descend into anarchy           visual identity, there was a lot of friction,   bakery members to be presented and
                                                             importance of being a flexible leader.      when the boss goes on vacation or         because I was trying to lead in a system        discussed by the group, so the changes
                                                                                                         a project approaches its deadline,        that frowned upon authority. During the         appeared to happen from within the
                                                             I met a member of the Black Bear Bakery,    however the Black Bear Bakery truly       meetings each bakery member would               community. I became less frustrated
                                                             an anarchist bakery collective, during      was an anarchic organization. There       propose disparate design directions that        with having to incorporate many
                                                             a Washington University night school        were no bosses, managers or shift         would be difficult to combine into a unified    individuals’ viewpoints and less conflict
                                                             course about social entrepreneurship.       leaders. Each bakery member made          design. When I would make independent           occurred when I needed to make
                                                             The member talked to me about how the       his or her own hours and received an      decisions to unify design elements, the         independent design decisions.
                                                             bakery was working to evolve its image      equal share of the revenue at the end     bakery members became defensive
                                                                                                                                                   because they felt like an outsider was          Once I became a flexible leader, the
                                                                                                                                                   forcing decisions upon them. After              design process progressed much faster.
                                                                                                                                                   several weeks of making little progress I       The bakery members were able to have
                                                                                                                                                   had to think of a way to reconcile my need      a voice in the direction they wanted
                                                                                                                                                   to exercise my training as a designer and       to move their bakery’s visual identity
                                                                                                                                                   position as a consultant with the bakery’s      and I was able to create a functional
                                                                                                                                                   culture of consensus.                           design identity. A system of labels was
                                                                                                                                                                                                   developed that could be applied to all
                                                                                                                                                   After spending some time in the bakery I        the bakery’s products, an attractive
                                                                                                                                                   discovered that all the workers were not        menu was designed that stood out both
                                                                                                                                                   equal; some worked only a few hours a           in the bakery and at farmers’ markets
                                                                                                                                                   week while others worked from open to           and a sales kit was developed that
                                                                                                                                                   close almost every day. I realized that the     allowed them to expand their wholesale
                                                                                                                                                   workers who spent more time in the shop         business to new customers.
14   Core Essay 3              This question was posed to us        What would this poster mean to the
                                                                                                                                                                                                              15
                                                                                                                                                                           Commemoration as well as showcase the
                                                             Q: Could an        at the beginning of a class discussion
                                                                                of race as a framework in art.
                                                                                                                            retirees at the Jewish Community Center
                                                                                                                            where I work out? Would the Bosnian
                                                                                                                                                                           importance of diversity on campus. First
                                                                                                                                                                           I reduced the amount of Dr.King imagery
                                                             African-American   Obviously an African-American could
                                                                                paint a landscape, but the question
                                                                                                                            immigrants down the street want to pick
                                                                                                                            up a book with this cover? Are these
                                                                                                                                                                           in most of my designs, so people wouldn’t
                                                                                                                                                                           view the event with preconceived notions.

                                                             paint a serious    was really asking, could the African-
                                                                                American’s painting escape from the
                                                                                                                            informational symbols communicative to
                                                                                                                            the stylists at the African hair salon where
                                                                                                                                                                           Then to showcase the importance of
                                                                                                                                                                           diversity I designed “diversity tags”.
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                                                             traditional,       connotations and history of the African
                                                                                American and exist without any irony
                                                                                                                            I get my hair done?                            These tags were displayed in places
                                                                                                                                                                           such as restrooms, classrooms, campus

                                                             romantic
                                                                                or mockery of a traditionally white art     When I was asked last year by Washington       eateries and other places that had
                                                                                form? Is it possible to break deep-         University’s Dr. Martin Luther King            historically been segregated. The tags
                                                                                rooted norms and assumptions?               Commemoration committee to design              read, “This area has been desegregated
                                                             landscape?                                                     promotional material I thought it would        for your benefit” and featured outlines
                                                                                I address the issue of race and culture     be a good opportunity to help diversify        of people using the areas. Instead
                                                                                whenever I begin a new design or            what had traditionally been a rather           of addressing specific races I filled
                                                                                business project. Growing up as a           homogeneous event. I started the project       the outlines with different patterns to
                                                                                biracial person in a neighborhood           by interviewing a cross section of people      reference the idea of being diverse without
                                                                                with people of various ages, races,         who did not attend the event. Some             setting parameters for what diversity
                                                                                and socioeconomic levels, diversity         people didn’t attend the event because         specifically is.
                                                                                has always been an important part           they felt that they had learned everything     The tags were successful in attracting
                                                                                of my life. When I began studying           about Dr.King from their elementary and        a more diverse audience to the Dr.King
                                                                                visual communications, I realized           middle school experiences. Other people        Commemoration and several residential
                                                                                that addressing diversity would help        didn’t attend the event because they           assistants used them in floor programs
                                                                                tremendously with my work. The field        thought diversity was no longer a major        about campus diversity. Diversity is
                                                                                of visual communications is primarily       issue and didn’t need to be addressed or       important and needs to be addressed
                                                                                concerned with how to communicate           celebrated.                                    in our work and community. I look at
                                                                                with people as clearly and effectively                                                     diversity to help solve problems and
                                                                                as possible. When I begin a new             The material I designed attempted              discover new points of view, and will
                                                                                project I try to approach it as if I were   to address both these issues and               continue to do so throughout my career.
                                                                                trying to address diverse audiences:        attract people both to the Dr.King
16      School Specific Essay                                                                                                                                                          17
                                                                Washington University                                                               I understand that Olin’s MBA program will

                                                        It     never seems like there is enough       find very useful from my undergraduate                                                       Ultimately though I am interested pursu-
                                                                                                                                                    be challenging, especially for someone
                                                               time; whether trying to savor the      design curriculum. With unique pro-                                                          ing an MBA from the Olin School of Busi-
                                                                                                                                                    who has spent his undergraduate educa-
                                                        last five minutes before the alarm clock      grams such as the intense Integrative                                                        ness because it will prepare me for the
                                                                                                                                                    tion in art studios, but I was relieved that
                                                                                                      Case Experience Week I would have the                                                        career I aspire to as soon as possible.
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                                                        goes off or speeding a product to market                                                    Olin allows students to take appropriate
                                                        to beat the competition, time is very         opportunity to solve previously unsolvable                                                   When I mapped out my career goals this
                                                                                                                                                    academic risks through its high-pass/
                                                        important. At the beginning of my search      problems of major corporations and then                                                      past Spring I realized that I would need
                                                                                                                                                    pass/low-pass/no-pass grading system.
                                                        for MBA programs I was worried about not      present the recommendations to corpo-                                                        an advanced business education, and Olin
                                                                                                                                                    I am looking forward to exploring new
                                                        having enough full-time work experience       rate executives. No other business school                                                    stood out as the best school that would
                                                                                                                                                    classes like Capital Markets and becom-
                                                        that many programs required. I became         provides such an opportunity to someone                                                      offer me the opportunity to earn such an
                                                                                                                                                    ing more proficient in underdeveloped
                                                        further discouraged at the prospect of        who is still an undergraduate student. It                                                    education in an efficient manner. I feel
                                                                                                                                                    skills such as Statistics. This opportunity
                                                        building my career only to need to take a     is a challenge that I am anxiously awaiting                                                  that after I graduate from Olin I will be
                                                                                                                                                    to be academically adventurous excited
                                                        break to pursue an immersive full-time        to meet head-on.                                                                             able to transform business in the same
                                                                                                                                                    me as I thought about how it would trans-
                                                        MBA experience. Everything changed                                                                                                         way that Olin is transforming the MBA
                                                                                                                                                    form the way I learn and extract informa-
                                                        when I learned about the Olin School of       I was also impressed by Olin’s genuine                                                       classroom. No other school gives me the
                                                                                                                                                    tion from a variety of business disciplines.
                                                        Business Young Leaders Program and the        focus on teamwork and fostering a diverse                                                    same opportunity to combine my art edu-
                                                                                                                                                    Even before I applied to Olin I understood
                                                        3-2 MBA format. I was excited to learn        business community where the goal is to                                                      cation with an advanced business educa-
                                                                                                                                                    the benefits that this system could bring.
                                                        that I had an opportunity to pursue an        help each other attain success. Being an                                                     tion like the Olin School of Business.
                                                                                                                                                    During the accounting case study discus-
                                                        MBA while finishing my undergraduate          art student trying to transition to a busi-   sion at the recent Diversity Weekend, I
                                                        degree at Washington University.              ness program I was really looking for a       discovered that I enjoyed accounting and
                                                                                                      MBA program where I could get support         began seeking out other cases in newspa-
                                                        When I investigated Olin’s MBA program        from and be challenged by both my faculty     pers and magazines. If one hour in Simon
                                                        further, I was impressed by its innovative    and peers. Even though I haven’t applied      Hall can make me enjoy accounting, I am
                                                        curriculum. The Olin classroom is very        yet I have already felt the warmth and ac-    excited about what else I could learn dur-
                                                        research and application focused, it is not   ceptance of the Olin students, faculty, and   ing another two years with Olin.
                                                        just about taking tests and writing papers,   administrators.
                                                        but applying learning from the classroom
                                                        to real-world problems, something that I
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This book was designed and printed by Shay Merritté for
the Olin School of Business MBA application during the
fall and winter of 2007, using the typeface Din.

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  • 2. i ii This is a Hanger Through my training as a graphic designer, I have followed one guiding principle: THINGS ALWAYS NEED TO LOOK sweater vest. GOOD and COMMUNICATE IDEAS. shay merritté | application | sweater vest supplement I follow this idea in nearly everything I do, from the food I eat, to most importantly, the clothes that I V-Neck wear. Several years ago when I was reevaluating my wardrobe I was looking for a style that was businesslike and professional, but still youthful It says almost and stood out. I decided that my wardrobe should center around the sweater vest. Sweater vests follow both my wardrobe and design philosophies. They are usually considered aged and dorky, but by wearing them I make them youthful and funky. because they are sleeveless I can wear them everything throughout the year. Most sweater vests have Cotton Knit a "v-neck" that allows me to accent outfits with or Wool ties. The details and clean minimalist lines follow my design philosophies. If you would like to learn more about my wardrobe...as well as requisite MBA application information, please turn the page. about me. Sleeves
  • 3. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Core Questions Personal Data [ 2,3 ] Employment [ 8,9 ] Academics [ 4,5 ] shay merritté | application | sweater vest supplement Test Scores [ 6,7 ] Employment History [ 8,9 ] Resume [ 8,9 ] Core Essays Core Essay 1 [ 10,11 ] Core Essay 2 [ 12,13 ] Core Essay 3 [ 14,15 ] School Specific Essays [ 16, 17 ] Transcripts [ 18 ] GMAT Score [ 19 ] Certification & Signature [ back cover ]
  • 4. shay merritté | application | sweater vest supplement 2 first name MALE SINGLE St.Louis MO 63146 3
  • 5. 4 School Attended: Washington University in St.Louis Graduation Date: Bachelor of Fine Arts Candidate May 2009 5 Major: Visual Communications shay merritté | application | sweater vest supplement *No graded classes were taken this summer. ** This book was designed before final fall 07 grades were released.
  • 6. 6 7 Quantitative Verbal Total Analytical Writing 48% 84% 71% 83% shay merritté | application | sweater vest supplement 36 38 610 5.5 GM AT GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSIONS TEST test date: 11/24/07
  • 7. J ob Experience Young Scientist Program {Spring 2004—Fall 2004} Position: Research Intern 9 V olunteerism Responsibilities: American Red Cross Youth Corps Black Bear Bakery { } {Fall 2006—Fall 2007} Position: Position: Freelance Designer Shay Responsibilities: Responsibilities: SP SU FA WI SP SU FA WI SP SU FA WI SP SU FA WI Project Rambling {Fall 2006—Spring 2007} V V Position: Freelance Designer American Red South Side A Merritté Responsibilities: Students Against Bullying and Rage Cross Youth Corps Day Nursery { } WashU Alumni & Parents Admissions Program Position: shay merritté | application | sweater vest supplement V C {Spring 2007—Fall 2007} Responsibilities: Students Against WashU MOMA RedStudio Position: Intern Bullying and Rage Film Board Responsibilities: J A C V Sierra Club Voter Education Program Young Scientist Social Justice Dr. Martin Luther King {Spring 2004—Fall 2004} Contact: University of Missouri-Rolla Hydrogen Bus Program Winner Program Center Commemoration {Spring 2007—Fall 2007} Position: Position: Responsibilities: Email: V A J Responsibilities: Convention Representative Sierra Club Voter Black Bear Education Program Bakery sjmerritte@gmail.com South Side Day Nursery {Fall 2006—Present} Phone: Pride St.Louis- PrideFest Position: J KT Family Foundation Red Cross National Project {Fall 2007—Present} Responsibilities: Scholarship Winner Rambling (314)703-1094 Position: Freelance Designer Responsibilities: Address: Dr.Martin Luther King Commemoration A C Black Anthology 1312 Thames Ct. {Fall 2007—Present} Position: Designer Responsibilities: St.Louis MO. 63146 J A wards & Honors St. Louis Red Cross School Alumni and Parents Admissions Program Education: and Community Award Washington University in St.Louis C lub Executive J MOMA RedStudio Contest Winner UMR Hydrogen Bus {Winter 2004} Candidate for Bachelor of Fine Arts, Details: WashU Film Board { } A A J May 2009 Red Cross National Convention Representative Position: PrideFest { } Responsibilities: Major: Details: C Visual Communications Dean’s List Two Pieces Selected for AIGA Enterprise Rent-A-Car Scholar Social Justice Center Des Lee “Core Show” { } { } Details: Position: A Responsibilities: Enterprise Rent-A-Car Scholar Additional Skills: KT Family Foundation Scholarship Winner { } Details: Office Software A Black Anthology Micr W r P erP cel St.Louis Red Cross: School and Community Award {Spring 2007—Present} Job Volunteer Club Exec Award { } Position: Details: Responsibilities: J V C A Design Software Event Happens Second Place, SLU’s Idea Second Place- Saint Louis University’s Idea to Product Competition to Product Competition t strat te {Spring 2007} AIGA-American Institute of Graphic Artists Web Software Details: {Fall 2007—Present} Once Position: Dr Wea S Des Lee “Core Show” Responsibilities: {Spring 2007} Spring Summer Fall Winter CAD Software Details: Event Happens For a Period t C etchUp SP SU FA WI Dean’s List {Spring 2007} Event Continues Details: to the Present
  • 8. 10 Core Essay 1 11 understood landmine-warning symbols. spirit, but it hasn’t taught me everything. I understand that there are many steps Through an MBA education I could that I need to take before I can run a complement my experiences with classes I have discovered that innovation can successful company. Just as I have from international money markets to W riting these essays has been very difficult for me, not because I dislike writing essays or that I am solve problems as basic as drawing people into an event or as complex as designing a building system from steeped myself in the culture and education of design to become a better designer, I feel that to be a successful operations management, skills that would take me years and multiple jobs to learn on my own. having problems defining answers to recycled materials. businessperson, it is imperative to the questions, but because the essays become immersed in the theory and After earning an MBA I would like to have to be composed inside a Microsoft Ultimately, I would like to run my own techniques of successful management work as a group leader at a design shay merritté | application | sweater vest supplement Word Document. The problem with the innovation and design consultancy and other business practices that an consultancy such as Metaphase, creators Microsoft Word Document format is that and think-tank, performing research MBA education can provide. Working as of Microsoft’s first ergonomic mouse it doesn’t allow for innovative type or and developing workable solutions a freelance design consultant has taught or IDEO, designers of the Palm V PDA. layout design. Microsoft Word makes it for diverse problems from designing me about brand worth, client relations, These companies have been able to difficult to adjust the spaces between the better pen grips to more universally and the importance of the entrepreneurial combine business, innovation and design individual letters in words or finesse the into products that have changed the world spaces between the lines of text; to most and improved peoples’ lives. Working people these are minor and trivial things, at either of these companies or another but I have spent weeks in class studying similar to them, I feel would give me the these basic type design elements and experience necessary to lead a group of how they lead to innovative typographic problem solvers to transform outlandish solutions for a more enjoyable experience ideas into workable solutions, and prepare for the reader. me for my future goal of running my own company. Developing creative solutions to problems is my career goal. During my I feel that my career goals are ambitious undergraduate studies at Washington but are still within my reach. I have had University, I have been devoted to learning some business experience, but feel that about design and creating visual solutions the advanced business education an MBA to help information travel between could provide would transform me into the businesses and consumers. Through leader I feel that I can become. An MBA freelance design consultant jobs I have education would allow me to use skills been able to put my learning into practice and training in innovation and design to in fields from baked goods to hydrogen change the world for the better. research. Through these experiences
  • 9. 12 Core Essay 2 13 of the week. The only mandatory event at had garnered some inherent authority the bakery was a weekly meeting where amongst the other bakery workers by all the bakery members would gather virtue of experience. I decided to work and expand its business. After visiting to collectively discuss what products directly with the experienced workers the bakery I knew that I could use my would be produced during the week, what to run the meetings. I taught the Anarchy. For some people, images of black flags with red stars and idealistic training in visual communications to help in its transformation and ingredients needed to be ordered, and any other decision that would affect the experienced workers brainstorming tools and stepped back as they worked immediately offered my services as a bakery. together to develop solid ideas that I teenagers wearing Che Guevara t-shirts design consultant. could then develop into finished designs. come to mind. However, when I think of When I first attended these meetings Whenever I made independent decisions shay merritté | application | sweater vest supplement Anarchy, I think of fresh baked oatmeal People often joke that their to discuss ways to update the bakery’s I handed them to the more experienced raisin cookies, good coffee, and the workplaces descend into anarchy visual identity, there was a lot of friction, bakery members to be presented and importance of being a flexible leader. when the boss goes on vacation or because I was trying to lead in a system discussed by the group, so the changes a project approaches its deadline, that frowned upon authority. During the appeared to happen from within the I met a member of the Black Bear Bakery, however the Black Bear Bakery truly meetings each bakery member would community. I became less frustrated an anarchist bakery collective, during was an anarchic organization. There propose disparate design directions that with having to incorporate many a Washington University night school were no bosses, managers or shift would be difficult to combine into a unified individuals’ viewpoints and less conflict course about social entrepreneurship. leaders. Each bakery member made design. When I would make independent occurred when I needed to make The member talked to me about how the his or her own hours and received an decisions to unify design elements, the independent design decisions. bakery was working to evolve its image equal share of the revenue at the end bakery members became defensive because they felt like an outsider was Once I became a flexible leader, the forcing decisions upon them. After design process progressed much faster. several weeks of making little progress I The bakery members were able to have had to think of a way to reconcile my need a voice in the direction they wanted to exercise my training as a designer and to move their bakery’s visual identity position as a consultant with the bakery’s and I was able to create a functional culture of consensus. design identity. A system of labels was developed that could be applied to all After spending some time in the bakery I the bakery’s products, an attractive discovered that all the workers were not menu was designed that stood out both equal; some worked only a few hours a in the bakery and at farmers’ markets week while others worked from open to and a sales kit was developed that close almost every day. I realized that the allowed them to expand their wholesale workers who spent more time in the shop business to new customers.
  • 10. 14 Core Essay 3 This question was posed to us What would this poster mean to the 15 Commemoration as well as showcase the Q: Could an at the beginning of a class discussion of race as a framework in art. retirees at the Jewish Community Center where I work out? Would the Bosnian importance of diversity on campus. First I reduced the amount of Dr.King imagery African-American Obviously an African-American could paint a landscape, but the question immigrants down the street want to pick up a book with this cover? Are these in most of my designs, so people wouldn’t view the event with preconceived notions. paint a serious was really asking, could the African- American’s painting escape from the informational symbols communicative to the stylists at the African hair salon where Then to showcase the importance of diversity I designed “diversity tags”. shay merritté | application | sweater vest supplement traditional, connotations and history of the African American and exist without any irony I get my hair done? These tags were displayed in places such as restrooms, classrooms, campus romantic or mockery of a traditionally white art When I was asked last year by Washington eateries and other places that had form? Is it possible to break deep- University’s Dr. Martin Luther King historically been segregated. The tags rooted norms and assumptions? Commemoration committee to design read, “This area has been desegregated landscape? promotional material I thought it would for your benefit” and featured outlines I address the issue of race and culture be a good opportunity to help diversify of people using the areas. Instead whenever I begin a new design or what had traditionally been a rather of addressing specific races I filled business project. Growing up as a homogeneous event. I started the project the outlines with different patterns to biracial person in a neighborhood by interviewing a cross section of people reference the idea of being diverse without with people of various ages, races, who did not attend the event. Some setting parameters for what diversity and socioeconomic levels, diversity people didn’t attend the event because specifically is. has always been an important part they felt that they had learned everything The tags were successful in attracting of my life. When I began studying about Dr.King from their elementary and a more diverse audience to the Dr.King visual communications, I realized middle school experiences. Other people Commemoration and several residential that addressing diversity would help didn’t attend the event because they assistants used them in floor programs tremendously with my work. The field thought diversity was no longer a major about campus diversity. Diversity is of visual communications is primarily issue and didn’t need to be addressed or important and needs to be addressed concerned with how to communicate celebrated. in our work and community. I look at with people as clearly and effectively diversity to help solve problems and as possible. When I begin a new The material I designed attempted discover new points of view, and will project I try to approach it as if I were to address both these issues and continue to do so throughout my career. trying to address diverse audiences: attract people both to the Dr.King
  • 11. 16 School Specific Essay 17 Washington University I understand that Olin’s MBA program will It never seems like there is enough find very useful from my undergraduate Ultimately though I am interested pursu- be challenging, especially for someone time; whether trying to savor the design curriculum. With unique pro- ing an MBA from the Olin School of Busi- who has spent his undergraduate educa- last five minutes before the alarm clock grams such as the intense Integrative ness because it will prepare me for the tion in art studios, but I was relieved that Case Experience Week I would have the career I aspire to as soon as possible. shay merritté | application | sweater vest supplement goes off or speeding a product to market Olin allows students to take appropriate to beat the competition, time is very opportunity to solve previously unsolvable When I mapped out my career goals this academic risks through its high-pass/ important. At the beginning of my search problems of major corporations and then past Spring I realized that I would need pass/low-pass/no-pass grading system. for MBA programs I was worried about not present the recommendations to corpo- an advanced business education, and Olin I am looking forward to exploring new having enough full-time work experience rate executives. No other business school stood out as the best school that would classes like Capital Markets and becom- that many programs required. I became provides such an opportunity to someone offer me the opportunity to earn such an ing more proficient in underdeveloped further discouraged at the prospect of who is still an undergraduate student. It education in an efficient manner. I feel skills such as Statistics. This opportunity building my career only to need to take a is a challenge that I am anxiously awaiting that after I graduate from Olin I will be to be academically adventurous excited break to pursue an immersive full-time to meet head-on. able to transform business in the same me as I thought about how it would trans- MBA experience. Everything changed way that Olin is transforming the MBA form the way I learn and extract informa- when I learned about the Olin School of I was also impressed by Olin’s genuine classroom. No other school gives me the tion from a variety of business disciplines. Business Young Leaders Program and the focus on teamwork and fostering a diverse same opportunity to combine my art edu- Even before I applied to Olin I understood 3-2 MBA format. I was excited to learn business community where the goal is to cation with an advanced business educa- the benefits that this system could bring. that I had an opportunity to pursue an help each other attain success. Being an tion like the Olin School of Business. During the accounting case study discus- MBA while finishing my undergraduate art student trying to transition to a busi- sion at the recent Diversity Weekend, I degree at Washington University. ness program I was really looking for a discovered that I enjoyed accounting and MBA program where I could get support began seeking out other cases in newspa- When I investigated Olin’s MBA program from and be challenged by both my faculty pers and magazines. If one hour in Simon further, I was impressed by its innovative and peers. Even though I haven’t applied Hall can make me enjoy accounting, I am curriculum. The Olin classroom is very yet I have already felt the warmth and ac- excited about what else I could learn dur- research and application focused, it is not ceptance of the Olin students, faculty, and ing another two years with Olin. just about taking tests and writing papers, administrators. but applying learning from the classroom to real-world problems, something that I
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  • 13. This book was designed and printed by Shay Merritté for the Olin School of Business MBA application during the fall and winter of 2007, using the typeface Din.