Graduate Admissions Essays
Subtitle: Write Your Way into the Graduate School of Your Choice (Graduate Admissions Essays)
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: March 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781580088725
Subjects: Advice on education; Colleges of higher education; Study Aids; Reference; Test Prep; College Entrance; Graduate School Guides - General; Admission; College applications; Exposition (Rhetoric); Graduate work; United States; Universities and colleges
First sentence: BEFORE LAUNCHING the applications process, it seems prudent to consider whether you should go to graduate school at all.
Description: Veteran higher-education consultant Donald Asher demystifies the graduate school application process and offers a detailed action plan that has proved successful for some of the most competitive programs in the country. The 50 sample essays-selected from thousands of candidates-showcase the best of the best, while the Essay Hall of Shame identifies common pitfalls to avoid. Sample letters of recommendation and essays for scholarships, residencies, fellowships, and postgraduate and postdoctoral applications cover all stages of the application process.