Grad's Guide to Graduate Admissions Essays] : Examples from Real Students Who Got into Top Schools

212 Pages·2015·1.86 MB·English

by  Reding

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Introduction: Mastering the Admissions Essay
PART I: LAW
Chapter 1 University of Houston Law Center
Chapter 2 Fordham University School of Law
Chapter 3 University of Chicago Law School
Chapter 4 University of Florida Levin College of Law
Chapter 5 Emory University School of Law
Chapter 6 Georgetown University Law Center
Chapter 7 Boston College Law School
Chapter 8 George Mason University School of Law
Chapter 9 University of Texas School of Law
Chapter 10 Georgetown University Law Center: Transfer Application
Chapter 11 American University Washington College of Law
Chapter 12 Harvard Law School
Chapter 13 Boston College Law School
PART II: BUSINESS
Chapter 14 Harvard Business School
Chapter 15 University of California, Los Angeles: Anderson School of
Management
Chapter 16 University of Pennsylvania: The Wharton School
Chapter 17 Dartmouth College: Tuck School of Business
Chapter 18 Northwestern University: Kellogg School of Management and
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science [Dual
Degree]
Chapter 19 London Business School
Chapter 20 Northwestern University: Kellogg School of Management
Chapter 21 University of California, Berkeley: Haas School of Business
Chapter 22 Duke University: Fuqua School of Business
Chapter 23 University of Virginia: Darden School of Business
Chapter 24 Harvard Business School
Chapter 25 Stanford Graduate School of Business
PART III: MEDICINE/NURSING/HEALTH
Chapter 26 Rush Medical College
Chapter 27 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Chapter 28 University of Southern California: Division of Biokinesiology &
Physical Therapy
Chapter 29 Yale School of Public Health
Chapter 30 George Washington University: School of Public Health and
Health Services
Chapter 31 Northeastern University: Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Chapter 32 Georgetown University School of Medicine: Department of
Microbiology and Immunology
Chapter 33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Gillings School of
Global Public Health
Chapter 34 Georgetown University: School of Nursing & Health Studies
Chapter 35 The Ohio State University College of Medicine
PART IV: GENERAL GRADUATE STUDIES
Chapter 36 Middlebury College: The Bread Loaf School of English
Chapter 37 Harvard Graduate School of Education
Chapter 38 University of Minnesota: Department of Anthropology
Chapter 39 Cornell University: School of Hotel Administration
Chapter 40 Columbia University: Teachers College
Chapter 41 Georgetown University: School of Continuing Studies
(Journalism)
Chapter 42 University of Southern California: Dornslife College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences (Statistics)
Chapter 43 Columbia University: Teachers College, Summer Principals
Academy
Chapter 44 University of Pennsylvania: Department of Romance Languages
Chapter 45 Georgetown University: Communication, Culture & Technology
Chapter 46 Northwestern University: Medill School of Journalism, Media,
Integrated Marketing Communications
Chapter 47 University of Dayton: Department of History
Chapter 48 University of St Andrews: School of English
Chapter 49 Georgetown University: Security Studies Program
Chapter 50 University of Southern California: School of Cinematic Arts
Chapter 51 Harvard Graduate School of Education
Chapter 52 Columbia University: School of International and Public Affairs
Chapter 53 New York University: Steinhardt School of Culture, Education,
and Human Development
Chapter 54 University of Michigan: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Conclusion: Starting the Writing Process
About the Author
NOTES
The contents of this book represent the original works of the essays’
respective authors. Any attempt to copy from this written work or other sources
would be considered plagiarism.
Some identifying information such as the names of employers, professors,
and family members has been modified or extracted at the discretion of the
essays’ contributors. Additionally, minor changes were applied to some essays
for editorial and style purposes.