support@accepted.com
Get Your Free Consultation!

Which program are you applying to?

  • - Select a program -
  • MBA/EMBA
  • Law School
  • Grad School, PhD
  • MD/DO, Residency
  • Other Healthcare Programs
  • College
  • About Accepted
    • About us
      • The Accepted Advantage
      • Clients Accepted At
      • In The News
    • Client Feedback
    • Contact Us
  • Meet the Team
    • MBA Admissions Consultants
    • Med School Admissions Consultants
    • Grad School Admissions Consultants
    • Law School Admissions Consultants
    • College Admissions Consultants
  • Free Resources
    • MBA
      • Free Guides
      • Selectivity Index
      • Sample Essays
      • Essay Tips
    • Med School
      • Free Guides
      • Selectivity Index
      • Sample Essays
      • Essay Tips
    • Healthcare Programs
      • Free Guides
    • Grad School
      • Free Guides
      • Sample Essays
    • Law School
      • Free Guides
      • Selectivity Index
      • Sample Essays
    • College
      • Free Guides
      • Sample Essays
  • Services
    • MBA
      • Complete Packages
      • Essay Editing
      • Resume Services
      • Interview Prep
      • MORE
    • Med School
      • Premed Packages
      • Primary App Packages
      • Secondary App Packages
      • Essay Editing
      • Interview Prep
      • MORE
    • Healthcare
      • Postbac Packages
      • MPH Packages
      • NursingCAS Packages
      • PharmD Packages
      • Essay Editing
      • MORE
    • Grad School
      • Complete Packages
      • PhD Packages
      • Essay Editing
      • CV/Resume Assistance
      • MORE
    • Law School
      • Complete Packages
      • Essay Editing
      • Interview Prep
      • MORE
    • College
      • Complete Packages
      • Common App Package
      • Essay Editing
      • MORE
  • Blog
    • MBA Blog Posts
    • Medical School Blog Posts
    • Other Healthcare Blog Posts
    • Grad School Blog Posts
    • Law School Blog Posts
    • College Blog Posts
    • Admissions Straight Talk Podcast
Accepted

Accepted Admissions Blog

Everything you need to know to get Accepted

LAW SCHOOL ADMISSIONS

February 8, 2023

Reading Time: 27 minutes

How to Get Accepted to Berkeley Law [Episode 504]

Kristin Theis-Alvarez, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at the UC Berkeley School of Law, shares her insider perspective on the recent decision to withdraw from US News Rankings and describes how students can demonstrate the Berkeley ethos to secure a spot in this prestigious program. [Show Summary] Thanks for joining me for the 504th… 

Read More

Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Law School Admissions / 2023 Law School Admissions, 2023 Law School Applications, Law Adcom Podcast, law school interview, podcast, UC Berkeley

February 8, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Writing Your Career Goals Essay

Writing Your Career Goals Essay | Accepted

Check out all of the blog posts in this series: The career goals essay demands a laser-like focus. Unlike personal statements that can cover one’s career goals but also allow for more flexibility in content, the career goals essay has a specific and packed agenda. In fact, a career goals essay prompt could actually involve… 

Read More

Article by Judy Gruen / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / career goals, college application essays, Exemplary Application Essays Series, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, MBA career goals, med application essays

February 7, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Finding a Theme for Your Statement of Purpose

Finding a Theme for Your Statement of Purpose | Accepted

Check out all of the blog posts in this series: All effective essays have a distinctive theme. Referring back to the essays we examined in the previous post, we might say that  was her passion for finding answers to significant public health issues. Our law school applicant’s theme was his yearning for greater intellectual challenges while remaining in the… 

Read More

Article by Judy Gruen / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, Exemplary Application Essays Series, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays

February 7, 2023

Reading Time: 18 minutes

LSAT and Law School News [509]

LSAT and Law School News

Test optionality seems to be coming to law school admissions. Top schools have withdrawn mostly from the US News rankings. What does it all mean? We ask a law school admissions expert for his input. [Show Summary] Welcome to the 509th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Thanks for joining me. Before we meet our guests,… 

Read More

Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Law School Admissions / Law Adcom Podcast, LSAT, podcast

February 6, 2023

Reading Time: 5 minutes

Identifying the Ingredients of a Winning Essay

Identifying the Ingredients of a Winning Essay | Accepted

Check out all of the blog posts in this series: As you gear up to write your application essays, you might have looked at sample “winning” essays published in books or on websites, only to ask yourself afterward, “Sure, these are great, but what do these essays have to do with me?” This blog series will… 

Read More

Article by Judy Gruen / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays

February 6, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Bring Your Personal Statement to Life With Vivid, Active Verbs

Bring your personal statement to life with vivid action verbs

Your personal statement is an essential element of your application and allows the adcom great insight into who you really are aside from your stats. However, no matter how extensive your experience or how accomplished you might be, all that can be lost in prose that does not do a good job of profiling who… 

Read More

Article by Mary Mahoney / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, essay editing, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays

February 4, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes

What to Do If You’re Rejected from Grad School

What to Do if You’re Rejected from Grad School

Rejection hurts, especially if it’s from a school that you really had hoped to attend. Competition is always tough at good schools, and space is limited. Not everyone who is qualified can get in. You can still achieve your dreams by taking this threefold approach: (1) Reassess your qualifications, and based on that, revise your… 

Read More

Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / Grad school rejection, Law school rejection, MBA rejection, medical school rejection

February 3, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Got a Criminal Record? Here’s How to Address It in Your Application

Heres how to address a criminal record in your application

If you have ever engaged in disorderly conduct or petty theft, gotten a DUI, been arrested during a political protest, or garnered any other kind of infraction (minor or major) on your record, we hope that you have learned important lessons from the experience and won’t repeat it. But if you are applying to a… 

Read More

Article by Christie St-John / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, grad application essays, mba application essays, med application essays, weakness

January 31, 2023

Reading Time: 15 minutes

Law School Letters of Recommendation: A Quick Guide [with Sample Letters]

Letters Rec Quick Guide CTA 2022

At this stage of the law school admissions process, you probably have Application Season Fatigue Syndrome. Corralling people to write your letters of recommendation (LORs), a nagging and seemingly redundant task, might be the last thing you feel like doing. After all, haven’t you already proven your worth through your polished essays, work experience, LSAT… 

Read More

Article by Judy Gruen / Law School Admissions / Law School Letters of Recommendation

January 31, 2023

Reading Time: 13 minutes

How a Non-Traditional Applicant Gets Into UCLA Law [Episode 507]

How a Non-Traditional Applicant Gets Into UCLA Law

Everyone has challenges when applying to top law schools. But combine non-traditional work experience, a low stat or two, and a growing family, and this applicant faced significantly more than the usual hurdles. He overcame them all and got into his top choice program. Let’s find out how he did it, and how he’s doing… 

Read More

Article by Accepted / Accepted Podcast, Admissions Straight Talk, Law School Admissions, Uncategorized

January 18, 2023

Reading Time: 5 minutes

Get Off That Waitlist!

Landing on a school’s waitlist can be disappointing and nerve-wracking. And sometimes, waitlisted applicants let their anxiety or disappointment cloud their thinking, which makes it harder to do the work needed to get off that waitlist and earn an acceptance.  If you are waitlisted, know this: “waitlisted” does not mean “rejected!” If you play your… 

Read More

Article by Judy Gruen / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college waitlist, grad waitlist, law waitlist, MBA Waitlist, med waitlist, weakness

January 17, 2023

Reading Time: 9 minutes

What Does 2022 Mean for Applicants in 2023 [Episode 505]

What Does 2022 Mean for Applicants in 2023 [Episode 505]

Reflecting on trends that impacted graduate admissions in 2022, Linda Abraham shares her predictions for 2023 and offers an action plan for those planning to apply in the new year. [Show Summary] Thanks for joining me for today’s solo show. I’m going to review a few trends from 2022 and also attempt to inspire you for… 

Read More

Article by Accepted / Accepted Podcast, Admissions Consulting, Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions, Uncategorized / podcast

January 13, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutes

Recipe for Writing an Accomplishment Essay

Recipe for Writing an Accomplishment Essay - Accepted

Build a better accomplishments essay by following this recipe.  Accomplishments are the bread and butter (and jam!) of MBA personal statements and application essays. That might sound straightforward, but a fascinating brainstorming session among Accepted admissions consultants revealed that applicants don’t always understand what an accomplishment is in this context. What goes into this application staple? And… 

Read More

Article by Judy Gruen / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays

December 16, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Why is It So Hard to Write Your Law School Personal Statement?

Why is it so hard to write your law school personal statement

Why is the personal statement so hard to start? How do you put your heart and soul, and 20+ years of life, into a two-page double-spaced document? The personal statement is often a source of many starts and stops for the law school applicant. I imagine the writer, in a non-digital world, with a wastebasket… 

Read More

Article by Christine Carr / Law School Admissions / law application essays, The Law School Application Series

December 13, 2022

Reading Time: 27 minutes

The Questions You SHOULD Be Asking – ANSWERED! [Episode 500]

500 The Questions You SHOULD Be Asking - ANSWERED!

Invaluable insights into all aspects of the graduate admissions process [Show Summary] In celebration of Admissions Straight Talk’s 500th episode, Linda Abraham invites Accepted consultants to pose and answer the questions that students should be asking – and frequently don’t ask. This conversation is filled with invaluable insights that will benefit anybody preparing for graduate… 

Read More

Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions

December 9, 2022

Reading Time: 9 minutes

Bonus Episode: USN Rankings, LSAT, and Laid-off Workers: What Does it All Mean?

Bonus Episode: USN Rankings, LSAT, and Laid-off Workers: What Does it All Mean?

Find out the latest admissions news and what it all means [Show Summary] It was a very newsy November and in this episode, Linda Abraham is covering the most notable updates in the graduate admissions world: law school test waivers, top school withdrawals from US News rankings, accommodations for laid-off workers, and more! In this… 

Read More

Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions / law school rankings, LSAT, mba news, podcast, US News

December 7, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes

How Can You Show Passion in Admissions?

How can you show passion in admissions

When one thinks of passion, one doesn’t generally think of investment bankers. But the admissions committees are looking for passion in their applicants; so how are you – a computer guy, an engineer, a biology major, or yes, an investment banker – going to craft a winning application that shows them the passion they’re looking… 

Read More

Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays

December 5, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes

How to Answer Character and Fitness Questions on Law School Applications

How to answer character and fitness questions on law school applications

A legal career requires all who enter the field to possess strength of character and to be fit to practice the law. Not physical fitness or endurance – though that may help you survive first year of law school! – but fitness under the definition of suitability. This is why law school applications include a… 

Read More

Article by Christine Carr / Law School Admissions / law application essays, The Law School Application Series

December 2, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes

4 Ways to Show How You’ll Contribute in the Future

4 Ways to Show How Youll Contribute in the Future

Schools are looking for applicants who can show that they have strong leadership qualities and experiences and can demonstrate that they will actively contribute to their student/alumni communities, not to mention to the greater community and society.  Many applications include an essay question with some variation of “what would you contribute to your future campus… 

Read More

Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays

November 30, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes

U.S. News & World Report Sees High Drop Out Rate Among Elite Law Schools

U.S. News & World Report Sees High Drop Out Rate Among Elite Law Schools

They’re falling like dominoes. On November 16, Yale and Harvard Law Schools announced their withdrawal from the U.S. News & World Report law-school rankings. On November 17, the University of California, Berkeley School of Law followed suit. Since then, eight others among the highest-ranked law schools in the U.S. have also opted out. As a consequence, this… 

Read More

Article by Accepted / Law School Admissions / law school rankings, researching law schools, US News

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 21
  • Next Page »

Get Accepted!

Sign up for a free consultation today!

Which program are you applying to?

Most Popular Blog Posts

1. 7 Simple Steps to Writing an Excellent Diversity Essay

2. 4 Ways to Show How You’ll Contribute in the Future

3. How to Write About Your Research Interests

4. Tips for Answering the Yale University Supplemental Essays and Short Answer Questions [2022-2023]

5. When Will Medical Schools Give You an Answer?

6. Sample Essays from Admitted HBS Students

7. Tips for Answering the University of Pennsylvania Supplemental Essay Prompts [2022-2023]

8. Top STEM MBA Programs: A Comprehensive List and Overview of STEM-OPT Eligible B-Schools

Sample Essays

MBA Personal Statement Examples

Medical School Personal Statement Examples

Graduate School Personal Statement Examples

Law School Personal Statement Examples

College Application Essay Examples

 

This Site is Featured on GMATClub

Home Page Services and Prices MBA Med School Law School Grad School College

About Us Press Room Contact Us Podcast Accepted Blog
Privacy Policy Website Terms of Use Disclaimer Client Terms of Service

Accepted 1171 S. Robertson Blvd. #140 Los Angeles CA 90035 +1 (310) 815-9553
© 2022 Accepted

BBB A+ RatingStamp of AIGAC Excellence

Copyright © 2023 · Education Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in