Sample Grad School Essay: Below is a sample essay from “Graduate Admissions Essays: Write Your Way Into The Graduate School Of Your Choice,” 3rd Edition, by Donald Asher that demonstrates many of the ...

Here’s a quick run-down of tips from Halpin and Marie Boisvert, director of graduate admission at Pacific Lutheran University. Read the question. Many writers don’t read the question, or they give it ...

Thought your 40-page senior thesis on post-colonial lit was tough? Meet the graduate admissions essay. This 500-word statement-of-purpose holds the key to your future — and is also really hard to ...

Every year during the fall semester, I receive hundreds of e-mails from eager students inquiring about graduate school at Penn’s Graduate School of Education. As I am a firm believer in responding to ...

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In writing a college or graduate school application essay (or job application), there can be a temptation to write whatever will “work,” that is “get you in” to a more selective college than would ...

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If you’re teaching at a four-year college or university, you may have had some training in the needs of your first-generation college students, many of whom have probably transferred to your ...

Summary: Classics Graduate students are invited to submit essays to be judged by a committee of three faculty members. The writer of the essay judged to be the best will receive $1,500 and will ...

The two essays most commonly associated with graduate school applications are the statement of purpose and the personal statement. This is an opportunity for you to connect more deeply with both the ...