A good MBA school can build a senior manager

I had estimate that three out of five MBA applicants to top their schools have traveled widely, for work or for fun. It follows that in their MBA applications they cite travel as an activity they value and put it among the important experiences they have .
This is true. But there is a lot of value to be had in travel that MBA applicants often don’t get to. Here I tip my metaphorical hat to the mother of an MBA Studio If all mothers had this depth of insight, I had be out of a job. But, seriously, the task here, and everywhere in MBA admissions, is to extract the full admissions value from any activity you have done, experiences you have had, or choices you have made.
Look at your experiences, look at the skill sets and character traits of middle to senior managers, and make the relation.
In this case an applicant following this advice would be showing Adcom not just “Travel” but a nuanced outlook on foreign cultures; an appreciation of genuinely alternative value systems and social cohesion including alternative forms of innovation; a non materialist sensibility, an ability to ride out adversity, practice at calculated risk management, and so on. Now this is a platform a good school can build on, to create a senior manager for significant 21st Century organizations.