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Thirty samples of successful application essays with insights from admissions officers on winning strategies. Every student needs help writing essays.
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-Easy, step-by-step instructions on style, concept, format, and themes -Top 10 DOs and DON’Ts for writing the essay -Tips from admission officials from Columbia, Michigan, and other high-profile schools -Prep strategies for your personal interview -Tactics on whom should write your recommendation letters
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Waste of Money and Time - Don't Buy This Book!,
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This review is from: Perfect Personal Statements, 3rd edition (Peterson's How to Write the Perfect Personal Statement) (Paperback)
I purchased this book without looking through it first and am extremely disappointed. While it did provide some good advice on what not to include in a personal statement, the sample essays provided seemed trivial and senseless. Also, the book seems to be written for kids still in college and recent grads, and focuses mostly on medical and law school admissions. It totally ignores working adults and people seeking admission into other graduate programs, such as human services and education. The time I wasted reading this book could have been better spent actually writing my own admissions essay!
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This review is from: Perfect Personal Statements, 3rd edition (Peterson's How to Write the Perfect Personal Statement) (Paperback)
Horrible book. The title should read "Perfect personal statements for law, medical and graduate school rejections"
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Useless and insulting,
This review is from: Perfect Personal Statements, 3rd edition (Peterson's How to Write the Perfect Personal Statement) (Paperback)
Do not buy this book.
It's advice is useless at best, insulting at worst. It is full of idiotic phrases such as "use your creativity to..." that are too abstract to be actually helpful. It relies on jargon and a casual tone, which good writing books eschew. The only concrete advice it gives is so obvious as to be disconcerting. What graduate school applicant wouldn't already know not to misspell the name of the university? What kind of mutant would find this book helpful? Only the collection of actual essays and responses from admissions boards at the end of the book made me not wholly regret spending $4 (including shipping) on this waste of trees. Still, I wish I had my $4 back, along with my belief that the pool of graduate school applicants weren't foolish egotists with no social skills, self-awareness, or basic understanding of the expectations the professional world has for them.
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The admission process for graduate and professional school is more competitive today than ever before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
evaluative interviews, admissions officials, undergraduate record, recommendation letters, personal statement, recommendation forms, undergraduate grades, admissions committee Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Dean's Certification, Statement of Purpose, United Nations, Latin America, Applicants Clearly Focused, Branch Manager, Essays That Connect the Applicant's Past, Essays That Explain Deficiencies, Multifaceted Applicants, Third World New!
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The admission process for graduate and professional school is more competitive today than ever before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
evaluative interviews, admissions officials, undergraduate record, recommendation letters, personal statement, recommendation forms, undergraduate grades, admissions committee Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Dean's Certification, Statement of Purpose, United Nations, Latin America, Applicants Clearly Focused, Branch Manager, Essays That Connect the Applicant's Past, Essays That Explain Deficiencies, Multifaceted Applicants, Third World New!
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