Graduate school admissions essays are an opportunity to stand apart from other applicants. Follow these tips for crafting a strong statement of purpose and personal history statement. (Karin ...

For students considering graduate school, the daunting task of writing the perfect personal statement may be holding them back. Most students who apply to graduate school have not written an entrance ...

Long gone are the days of staring at blank Google Docs — or Microsoft Word; to each their own — when tackling graduate school applications. As deadlines draw closer, students may struggle with how to ...

Read about each program and related faculty members online. Find personal statement guidelines for each school/program you’re applying to and print out any prompts for quick reference. Using the ...

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 ...

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