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A Comprehensive
Admissions Essay Help Course (with samples):
Lesson One: Tackling the Question
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 Introduction
Think of the essay as the face of your application. An application without an
essay is a statistic-just another faceless person in a crowd. An application
with a poorly written essay does not give admissions officers the chance to care
about you. Use simple psychology: make them feel that they know you, and it will
be harder for them to reject you. Make them know you AND LIKE YOU, and they might
accept you despite your weakness in other areas. Understanding the importance
of the essay is a necessary first step toward perfecting your application. If
you are normally a procrastinator, you should understand that your success depends
entirely on the amount of time and effort you put into the essay writing process.
If all of this has you sweating, you can relax now. Taking this process seriously
is the first step. This course will help you get through the other steps.
Admissions
essay questions tend to be very broad and difficult to tackle. Yet, it is imperative
that you actually answer the question in your essay. It should go without saying,
but if your essay does not address the question, then everything you learn in
the rest of this course is for naught.
While
looking at your application, you are probably asking yourself: "Why in the world
are these admissions people asking me this question?
What do they want me to write about?" While there is no one answer to
either of these questions, there is some reason behind the most popular questions
posed by applications.
Continue on for Question-Specific Strategies on the most common application questions
and Sample Essays with comments by admissions officers.
Select One:
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Extra: Who's Reading My Essay?
Contrary to
popular belief, all admissions officers are not old men with bowties and English
accents. In fact, the first people to read your application are often people not
much older than yourself. At most colleges and universities, recent graduates
of the college serve as assistants, conducting the first read on all of the essays.
If they like your essay, they will pass it on to the associate directors or only
read what the assistants pass along. Then, the associate directors choose which
essays to pass along to the director, who makes the final decision. So essentially,
the mysterious group that holds your future in its hands is composed of a few
recent grads of the college, a couple of associate directors, and a director who
must evaluate thousands of applications in a month or two. The moral of the story:
Don't write your essay for an old British guy. Be yourself. Write in a relaxed
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From
ESSAYS THAT WILL GET YOU INTO COLLEGE,
by Amy Burnham, Daniel Kaufman, and Chris Dowhan. |
Copyright
1998 by Dan Kaufman. Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational
Series, Inc. |
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