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The personal statement serves as a terrific opportunity to share with admissions committees an interesting and unique aspect of your life. How much should you tell, and how much is…
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To really draw your readers into your goal-focused essay, you’re going to want to lay the scene for your future accomplishments. After all, what better way to convince the adcom…
One of the things admissions committee members tell us again and again is that they wish – really, truly wish – that applicants would not try to write what they…
Each year, Accepted consultants are witnessing a recurring epidemic. And it’s worse than you can imagine: Generic-itis. What generic-itis looks like Here is an example of a severe case of…
This might be a great opening line for a comedy night at a university student center, but can you use humor in a graduate school application essay? Should you even try?…
Most applicants – whether applying to med school, law school, business school, or any other grad school or college program – need to deal with rigid character or word limits…
Having trouble getting those first few words and sentences of your application essay up on your computer screen? Don’t fret – even the most accomplished novelists or famous journalists have a tough…
In my previous post, I discussed the importance of maintaining an appropriate tone in your admissions essay, and provided tips for checking your tone, specifically for finding a confident tone…
Most of us have heard the saying “less is more,” but how many of us put it into practice when it counts? Your application essays are the perfect forum for…
How many times have you wandered through a bookstore, opening up a book to read the first few lines only to quickly close it again? How often have you read…