{"id":31689,"date":"2015-12-29T12:46:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T19:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=31689"},"modified":"2016-07-27T15:58:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:58:22","slug":"what-applicants-should-not-do-in-2016-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/what-applicants-should-not-do-in-2016-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"What Applicants Should Not Do in 2016: A Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"night-before-deadlines\"<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

'Twas the night before deadlines, and all through the world,
\n<\/span>Our consultants sat cramming, coffee brewing, brows furled;
\n<\/span>Though the essays were written with effort and care,
\n<\/span>There were still a few things that were cause for despair!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The clich\u00e9s! Oh, forsake! Terrible, were they \u2013
\n<\/span>That all our consultants could think was \"oy vey!\"
\n<\/span>The bloopers! The follies! The overused phrases \u2013
\n<\/span>Oh what would the adcom say? Imagine the look on their faces!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

So we cleaned and we scrubbed and we checked all the words;
\n<\/span>We made sure that nothing sounded clich\u00e9d or absurd.
\n<\/span>Then swift as a mouse looking for plum pie crumbs,
\n<\/span>We sent those essays back with the click of our thumbs.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

And oh, the good cheer and ah, the delight,<\/span>
\n<\/span>To see a perfect essay with no clich\u00e9s in sight!
\n<\/span>Then with boundless cheer and some joy and some tears;
\n<\/span><\/em>The applicants submitted their essays! Phew \u2013 they were in the clear!<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

Moral of the story:<\/strong> phrases and idioms come and go in waves. While it's okay to use some popular phrasing, you want to make sure that your essay is original and not chock full of clich\u00e9s. The first time someone used \"take it to the next level\" in their essay, the reader probably stopped and thought \u2013 wow, that's a great way to put it. They probably thought the same thing the second and third and even tenth time they heard it. But the hundredth time? The thousandth? It's just not as impressive. In fact, after original phrases get used to death, they become boring, even silly, and lose their meaning. <\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this month we polled Accepted\u2019s consultants and asked \u201cWhat are the most abused and misused clich\u00e9s used by applicants?\u201d<\/strong> When we dug out from under the flood of responses, we found the following to be the ultimate winners\/losers:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Take it to the next level
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0Lend a helping hand
\n\u2022\u00a0Been there for me
\n\u2022\u00a0Want to give back
\n\u2022\u00a0Outside my comfort zone
\n\u2022\u00a0Making a difference
\n\u2022\u00a0Disruptive-anything
\n\u2022\u00a0Global-anything
\n\u2022\u00a0Diverse-anything
\n\u2022\u00a0Onboarding
\n\u2022\u00a0Thinking outside the box
\n\u2022\u00a0Synergy
\n\u2022\u00a0Touch base
\n\u2022\u00a0Circle back<\/p>\n

When writing your essays, try to move outside your comfort zone and take your writing to the next level. You want to really make a difference and get onboard with this global thinking and diverse wordification. <\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, we thought that would help make our\u00a0point. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Download<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Accepted:<\/a><\/p>\n

Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0From Example to Exemplary<\/a>\u00a0[free guide]
\n\u2022\u00a0How to Use Good Grammar to Create Essays That Flow<\/a>
\n\u2022\u00a0The Biggest Application Essay Mistake<\/a>\u00a0[short video]<\/p>\n

This article\u00a0<\/a>originally appeared on\u00a0<\/em>blog.accepted.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Contact us, and get matched up with the consultant who will help\u00a0you\u00a0<\/em>get accepted<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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