Writing graduate admission essays

Writing the graduate school personal statement is not just another task when it comes to gaining admission into graduate school. To put it succinctly, it sells who you are to the panel who decides who gets admitted into the school or not!

And this is not about the ‘numbers’ because they don’t reveal the desire that the candidate possesses nor does it express their love (for the goal!) or for the profession that they intend to pursue.

A very good example of this is often the medical school admission essay which in more ways than not determines whether the applicant (whose scores are just as good as all the others!) will be able to meet the demands of the rigorous program that they intend to pursue.

So, in other words, these essays ‘sell’ your relevant experiences, accomplishments and the potential and passion that you have to the college admission advisors.

And for this, graduate admission essays often require careful scrutiny in the way it is presented keeping in mind that the success or failure of your application often hinges on the purposefulness that this essay reveals to the college admission advisors.

Even though some people cannot write, there are experts who can write it out for them. But what about people who are able to string a few sentences together? For them, taking a second opinion for improvement (also known as critiquing an essay) as well as making improvements through editing, one can really polish your already existing essay for the best results.