At some point in our lives, most of us have had to deal with someone at the workplace or in school that tries too hard to look more accomplished than they actually are. The temptation to fictionalize one’s story or stretch one’s credentials becomes all the more tempting when your audience (at least initially) is a humming computer screen.
In the world of admissions essays – particularly in the context of students applying to highly competitive Ivy League schools – applicants face a tremendous amount of pressure. As much as some of us might be tempted to appear perfect and destined for imminent knighthood, the majority of admissions officers are a very wise bunch who have pretty much seen and heard it all when it comes to admissions essays. In other words, they are not easily fooled and can usually detect when an applicant is trying to be someone they are not.
Of course, it is important that we confidently write about our accomplishments. At the same time, it is also very important to eliminate all passages from our admissions essay which might come across as unnecessarily boastful or untruthful. This is one of the reasons why having an objective editor can be quite helpful: oftentimes it is quite difficult for us to “hear” the tone of our own essay. Have you ever noticed that when you hear your own voice on someone else’s answering machine it sounds different from how we think our own voice sounds? In a similar way, the way we think our essay “sounds” may be a bit different than the way it actually sounds to a stranger.
Admissions Ticket’s professional team of editors will help make writing your essay easy. We would be happy to provide you with a free sample edit. That way, you can see the quality of our editing before making a decision to work with us.
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