Bibliograph

Grad's guide to graduate admissions essays, more than 50 real-life admissions essays from students who gained admission to Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Georgetown, and more, Colleen Reding

Type

Label

Grad's guide to graduate admissions essays, more than 50 real-life admissions essays from students who gained admission to Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Georgetown, and more, Colleen Reding

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Grad's guide to graduate admissions essays

Oclc number

896787546

Responsibility statement

Colleen Reding

Sub title

more than 50 real-life admissions essays from students who gained admission to Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Georgetown, and more

Summary

Provides more than 50 successful admission essays straight from the source--recent college graduates making the transition to earning advanced degrees at highly selective graduate programs. Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, and Northwestern are just a few of the universities to which these students were admitted. Each of the essays contains designated segments highlighting the particular characteristics that make them outstanding admissions essays. Additionally, the essays are interspersed with segments labeled "Writer's Words of Wisdom," which contain statements from the author of the particular essay with advice on the admissions process. By offering guidance from successful graduate school applicants, readers can glean advice from a variety of perspectives, while still obtaining the critical information as it relates to well-written essays for programs within a variety of fields including law, business, medicine, education, and humanities.c--Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Mastering the admissions essay -- Law -- Business -- Medicine/Nursing/Health -- General graduate studies -- Starting the writing process

Target audience

adult

Classification