Find all School-related info fast with the new School-Specific MBA Forum
Learn more about the recent changes... close

It is currently 25 May 2013, 14:52
Customize  |  Hide

Search
Register
New posts
Unanswered

Working with Consultants on Essays

  Question banks Downloads My Bookmarks Reviews  
  Oldest Best Reply
Search for:
 
Print view
First unread post
Author Message
CEO
CEO
Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Posts: 3291
Followers: 17

Kudos [?]: 419 [0], given: 0

GMAT Tests User
Working with Consultants on Essays [#permalink] New post 21 Nov 2006, 20:02
Working with Consultants on Your Essays

Since this topic comes up frequently this time of year, I figured it was time for a post.

1. NEVER let the consultant write your essay for you. If the consultant is sending you entire sentences that she has written for you and that you are incorporating into the essay, you are no longer the author of the essay. This is an unacceptable ethical violation and often produces very weak essays.

2. There is always a great risk that you will lose your "voice" in the editing process. Make sure that the consultant does not try to transform your essay into her own.

3. Grammar and structure should not be viewed as an afterthought. How you express your ideas can often be as important as the substantive content.

4) The best consultants will tell you what you do not want to hear.

5) Reasonable minds can (and often should) differ when it comes to admissions questions. Do not be surprised if consultants came to different opinions with regard to your essays.
CEO
CEO
Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Posts: 3291
Followers: 17

Kudos [?]: 419 [0], given: 0

GMAT Tests User
 [#permalink] New post 22 Nov 2006, 18:14
No Comments?
Intern
Intern
Joined: 19 Nov 2006
Posts: 44
Location: Toronto
Followers: 0

Kudos [?]: 0 [0], given: 0

Great Topic [#permalink] New post 22 Nov 2006, 19:05
I'm thinking of using one of these services as I have recently written my gmat and cut the timing a bit tight for round 2. Does anyone have any good experiences/references?
VP
VP
User avatar
Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 1360
Followers: 8

Kudos [?]: 175 [0], given: 0

GMAT Tests User
Re: Working with Consultants on Essays [#permalink] New post 10 Dec 2006, 20:56
Hjort wrote:
Working with Consultants on Your Essays

4) The best consultants will tell you what you do not want to hear.


Definitely true. The consultant I'm working with is brutally blunt. I get responses to essays like:

- Yeah, it's crap.
- This is a boring piece of S***.

And so on. But that means that when I get the odd: "this works great", I truly appreciate it and believe it.

Cheers. L.
Senior Manager
Senior Manager
User avatar
Joined: 12 Aug 2007
Posts: 324
Followers: 1

Kudos [?]: 3 [0], given: 0

GMAT Tests User
Re: Working with Consultants on Essays [#permalink] New post 07 Jan 2008, 13:22
lepium wrote:
Definitely true. The consultant I'm working with is brutally blunt. I get responses to essays like:

- Yeah, it's crap.
- This is a boring piece of S***.

And so on. But that means that when I get the odd: "this works great", I truly appreciate it and believe it.

Cheers. L.


Whom are you working with lepium?
Manager
Manager
User avatar
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 86
Followers: 2

Kudos [?]: 4 [0], given: 0

Re: Working with Consultants on Essays [#permalink] New post 07 Jan 2008, 23:39
toDoorNot wrote:
lepium wrote:
Definitely true. The consultant I'm working with is brutally blunt. I get responses to essays like:

- Yeah, it's crap.
- This is a boring piece of S***.

And so on. But that means that when I get the odd: "this works great", I truly appreciate it and believe it.

Cheers. L.


Whom are you working with lepium?


From the comments I would guess that his name stars with S and ends with Y :)
Director
Director
User avatar
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
Posts: 588
Location: Canada eh
Followers: 4

Kudos [?]: 30 [0], given: 0

GMAT Tests User
Re: Working with Consultants on Essays [#permalink] New post 09 Jan 2008, 02:41
My opinion is the best essays are written by you. If you need someone else to write your essay, or to revise it (there is a difference between getting an opinion and getting someone to restructure/rephrase it for you) then you haven't tried hard enough.

Plus spend the money you can save on Vodka instead!!
Re: Working with Consultants on Essays   [#permalink] 09 Jan 2008, 02:41
Display posts from previous: Sort by

Working with Consultants on Essays

  Question banks Downloads My Bookmarks Reviews  
Print view
First unread post

Moderator: Hjort

Search for:


GMAT Club MBA Forum Home| About| Privacy Policy| Terms and Conditions| GMAT Club Rules| Contact| Sitemap

Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group and phpBB SEO

Kindly note that the GMAT® test is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admission Council®, and this site has neither been reviewed nor endorsed by GMAC®.

Main navigation

GMAT Resources

Partners

MBA Resources

www.gmac.com|www.mba.com