{"id":31650,"date":"2015-12-22T03:21:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T10:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=31650"},"modified":"2016-07-27T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:58:23","slug":"can-i-use-humor-in-my-application-essays-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/can-i-use-humor-in-my-application-essays-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Use Humor In My Application Essays?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to let your funny side show in your application essays? Here is what Linda Abraham has to say about humor in admissions:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hxhyQd45Ad0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/info.accepted.com\/MBA\/Five-Fatal-Flaws?utm_campaign=gmatclub&amp;utm_medium=5fatalflawsmba&amp;utm_source=blogcta\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d1n2i0nchws850.cloudfront.net\/portals\/58291\/b2caf7de-e2f4-4df9-ba85-306e6665da0e-1325645125491\/5ffgeneric.jpg?v=1325645127.14\" alt=\"Download our FREE report: &quot;5 Fatal Flaws to Avoid in Your Application Essay or Personal Statement&quot;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-28527 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Accepted_PremierAdmissionsCosultancy.png\" alt=\"Accepted: The Premier Admissions Cosultancy\" width=\"429\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/09\/17\/linda-abrahams-admissions-assortment\/\">Linda Abraham\u2019s Admissions Assortment<\/a>\u00a0[podcast]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/08\/03\/so-these-two-grad-school-applicants-walk-into-a-bar-2\/\">So These Two Grad School Applicants Walk Into A Bar . . .<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/09\/09\/first-drafts-of-personal-statements-let-yourself-go\/\">First Drafts Of Personal Statements: Let Yourself Go<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/12\/21\/when-to-use-humor-in-application-essays\/\">This article\u00a0<\/a><em>originally appeared on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/\">blog.accepted.com<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Applying to a top b-school? The talented folks at Accepted have helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to their dream programs. Whether you are figuring out where apply, writing your application essays, or prepping for your interviews, we are just a call (or click) away.<\/p>\n<p>Contact us, and get matched up with the consultant who will help\u00a0<em>you\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hubs.ly\/H01gxJF0\">get accepted<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to let your funny side show in your application essays? Here is what Linda Abraham has to say about humor in admissions: &nbsp; &nbsp; Related Resources: \u2022\u00a0Linda Abraham\u2019s Admissions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,939,775,113,243],"tags":[621,39,784,370,147,12],"class_list":["post-31650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-accepted","category-admission-consultants","category-applications","category-blog","tag-application-essays","tag-mba-admissions","tag-mba-admissions-essay","tag-mba-advice","tag-mba-application","tag-the-mba-application-process","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31650"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31652,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31650\/revisions\/31652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}