The Building Blocks of a Winning Grad School Personal Statement

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The writing style and tone can set the difference between a winning piece and a lackluster admission essay. Here are some hints to help you out, so instead of looking at the personal statement as a problem, you’ll see it as a sweet challenge.

Writing about Your Motivations in Personal Statement Graduate School

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There are so many aspects of your life that could be included in the graduate admission essay. There are life-changing experiences and aspirations you can talk about.

Preparations in Writing an Essay for Admission to Grad School

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Writing an admission essay for grad school is a truly challenging task. If you’re vying for the limited slot, you should do your best to stand out.

Discussing Career Plans in Your Admission Essay

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Discussing your career plans in your admission essay is essential to explain to admission panels your agenda in pursuing a course. In a way, the admission essay is your human voice on top of the facts and figures presented in your transcript of records, recommendation letter, and other application requirements.

Tips on Rewriting Your Graduate School Personal Statement

Filed under graduate admission essay writing guide with No Comments, October 17th, 2009 by Graduate Admissions Assistant

Writing a graduate school personal statement can be quite nerve-racking and downright difficult, which is why you’ll probably end up making numerous rewrites. Still, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to write an amazing essay that will get you admitted into the graduate school of your dreams.

Blog Critique of BrokeGradStudent.com

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The blog Broke Grad Student was created by a former med student in order to share experiences and learnings from med school. In this blog, the writer talks about college loans and other issues about college students’ financial concerns. The blog also gives advice and tips on how to deal with money-related issues in college [...]

Weird Topics in Graduate Admission Essay

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Top 5 Reasons for Not Discussing Weird Topics in Your Graduate Admission Essay Knowing the top five reasons for not discussing weird topics in your graduate admission essay is very important.  There is really no strict requirement about what kind of topic you use, as long as you can discuss it effectively.  However, choosing weird [...]

Scholarship and Your Graduate Admission Essay

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Effectively Discussing in Your Graduate Admission Essay Why You Deserve A Scholarship Spot Tailoring your admission essay with the goal of getting a scholarship in mind is perhaps a common move of most grad school hopefuls.  After all, who would not want to have the chance of going to graduate school for free or for [...]

Competitive Graduate Schools Prefer Topnotch Essays

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Coming up with a Graduate Admission Essay When Applying to Schools with the Most Competitive Graduate Programs in the US Coming up with a graduate admission essay when applying to schools with the most competitive graduate programs in the US is a challenging yet exciting task.  Applying to top grad schools means that you have [...]

The Spotlight on Graduate Schools: North Carolina Central University, Portland State University, and Cornell University

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North Carolina Central University Though starting out as a historically black academic institution, the North Carolina Central University or NCCU now has over 9,000 students of various ethnicities enrolled in its programs. This institution founded in 1910 has then went on to produce graduates who have become professionals and leaders in their own industries and [...]