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Lesson One:
Tackling the Question |
Lesson Two:
Brainstorming
a Topic |
Lesson Three:
Structure
and Outline |
Lesson Four:
Style
and Tone |
Lesson Five:
Intros
and Conclusions |
Lesson Six:
Editing
and Revising
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Application
Essay Writing 101
The
application is a lifeless thing--a few sheets of paper and a few numbers.
The
essay is the best way to breathe life into it. - Admissions Officer
Welcome to EssayEdge’s Admissions Essay writing
course. After editing tens of thousands of admissions essays for applicants, we created the ultimate course for
students seeking an extra edge in
the ultra-competitive college and graduate school application process.
The course contains six lessons and over 100 pages of
content. Each of the lessons should help you with a different portion of the
essay.
Enter the course by clicking a link below or to the
left.
Lesson One: Tackling the Question
Question-specific
strategies and samples
of various types of questions with comments by admissions officers:
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College
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Business
School
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Law
School
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Medical
School
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Extra: Who's reading my essay?
Lesson Two: Brainstorming and Selecting an Essay
Topic
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Descriptions
and examples of five popular essay structures
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Sample
outline and essay
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Strategies
and examples of short essays
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Templates,
severe writer's block cure
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Sentence
variety with exercise
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Word
choice: Common pitfalls
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Transitions:
Improving flow
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Verbs:
Active voice vs. Passive voice
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Essay
cliches: Top 10 essay cliches
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Descriptions,
examples, and critiques of nine popular styles of introduction
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Conclusions:
Do's and don'ts
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Paying
attention to substance, structure, interest, and proofreading
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Actual essay gaffes (funny)
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Final
steps
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Extra: To title or not to title
From ESSAYS THAT WILL GET YOU INTO COLLEGE, by Amy Burnham,
Daniel Kaufman, and Chris Dowhan.
Copyright 1998 by Dan Kaufman.
Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
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