Graduate admissions essays : write your way into the graduate school of your choice

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.
Teaches how to craft a winning essay with 50 state-of-the-art samples to inspire, instruct, and all but guarantee a top-of-the-pile application. Updated third edition includes an entirely new chapter dedicated to online applications and how they're managed, processed, and considered. Previous editions have sold 100,000 copies.

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Donald Asher is a veteran career and higher-education consultant and a featured speaker at more than 100 colleges and universities from coast to coast every year

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: How to Use This Book	p. xi
1 Should You Go to Grad School, and How Are You Going to Pay for This?	p. 1
2 Choosing a School or Program	p. 13
3 Planning and Managing Your Application Process	p. 27
4 What Happens to Your Application	p. 46
5 Getting Ready to Write	p. 55
6 Your First Draft: From Your Heart onto the Page	p. 64
7 Subsequent Drafts: From the Page into the Reader's Brain	p. 79
8 Samples, Samples, Samples	p. 88
9 Letters of Recommendation	p. 211
Resources	p. 231
Sample Essay Index	p. 235
General Index	p. 239

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