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A few weeks ago Linda presented the packed-to-capacity presentation of Essays that Stick for AIGAC's Graduate Admissions Summit. The first-run, “sold-out” webinar was followed by a second heavily-attended presentation. People…
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Since last week's presentation of "Essays that Stick" for the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants did not have enough room for all who wanted to attend, I decided to…
They want to save the world. That’s what a lot of my MBA clients say they want to do, by leading a tech-based effort to bring education to rural areas…
Lesson #5 of a five-part series for drafting exemplary essays. You've got your first draft ready -- this is a great milestone! Now it's time to revise and edit; outstanding…
Lesson #4 of a five-part series for drafting exemplary essays. Now that you have a clear sense of what makes an essay effective, and have reflected on the questions that…
Lesson #2 of a five-part series for drafting exemplary essays. All effective essays have a distinctive voice and theme. Referring back to the essays we looked at in “Identifying the…
Lesson #1 of a five-part series for drafting exemplary essays. As you gear up to write your application essays, you may have looked at some sample essays only to ask…
I am slowly (more slowly than I anticipated) applying the principles established in Chip Heath and Dan Heath’s Made to Stick to personal statements and application essays. For this post:…
In my non-admissions life, I recently went to a lecture given by a biographer whose work I admire. In the course of his talk he mentioned that while writing about…
As an EMBA applicant, you have many years of impressive experiences and intriguing insights. How will you fit them all into your essays? You won’t. In fact, you shouldn’t. It’s…