Writing Your Graduate School Admissions Essay

First Things First The first thing you should know is that graduate school applications require essays that fall into two major categories: · the general comprehensive personal statement, which allows maximum latitude when you write. · the essay, which requires responses to very specific questions. Getting Started Your essay will be just one of hundreds read by members of an admissions committee. Admissions committees want essays that stand out and are thought provoking. In order to set …

…of caution: make sure that through all of your edits you don?t let others put their voice into your essay. Use your own words to express yourself. Finally, Career Services has two publications that can be of considerable help through this process. They are: Stelzer, R.J. How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School. Asher, D. Graduate Admissions Essays ? Write Your Way Into the Graduate School of Your Choice