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September 25, 2023

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Why Is Writing Your Law School Personal Statement So Difficult?

Why Is Writing Your Law School Personal Statement So Difficult?

How do you put your heart and soul – and 20-plus years of your life – into a two-page, double-spaced document? The personal statement is often a source of many starts and stops for law school applicants. It’s also a powerful tool through which you can share more about who you are with the admissions… 

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Article by Sadie Polen / Law School Admissions / law application essays, The Law School Application Series

September 7, 2023

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

Four-Ways-to-Show-How-Youll-Contribute-in-the-Future

Schools are looking for  and will actively contribute not only to their student/alumni communities but also to the greater community and society.  Many applications include an essay question with some variation of “What would you contribute to your future campus community?” or “How will you contribute to our program?” If you are invited to interview, you’ll… 

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Article by Kelly Wilson / 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

August 24, 2023

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Three Must-Have Elements of a Good Statement of Purpose

What are the essential components of a strong statement of purpose essay?  Very simply, you’ll need to include your MAP: your Motivation, Aspiration, and Perspiration. At Accepted, MAP has a double meaning for individuals writing statements of purpose and goals essays. It illustrates the road one should follow when writing one of these essays. Here’s… 

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Article by Mary Mahoney / 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

August 21, 2023

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How to Project Professionalism, Positivity, and Confidence in Your Statement of Purpose

What is the right tone to aim for when writing your statement of purpose (SOP) or other application essays? Should you try to sound more mature or intellectual than you actually feel? Or is it better to sound casual and friendly? Will boasting about your achievements hurt you?  It can be difficult to pin down… 

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Article by Judy Gruen / 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

May 11, 2023

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Writing an Excellent Diversity Essay

What is the diverstiy essay question and how do you answer it

What is the diversity question in a school application, and why does it matter when applying to leading programs and universities? Most importantly, how should you respond? Diversity is of supreme value in higher education, and schools want to know how every student will contribute to it in their community. A diversity essay is an… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, diversity, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays, Non-Traditional Med School Applicants

March 16, 2023

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Four Tips for Displaying Teamwork in Your Application Essays

Teamwork and its close cousin leadership are highly prized by graduate programs and universities. But if you haven’t worked in teams on any regular basis, don’t worry! You’ve probably got a number of examples of teamwork in your back pocket that you didn’t even realize were there. Consider the following four ideas when you are writing… 

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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, leadership, mba application essays, med application essays, teamwork

March 13, 2023

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Can You Use the Same Personal Statement for Different Schools?

Can you use the same personal statement for different schools

One of the questions we are asked most often by college and graduate school applicants is this: “I’m applying to six different schools, and each one requires two to seven essays/personal statements. That’s so much writing! Can I reuse the same essay for different schools? How can I keep up the quality and not burn… 

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Article by Sadie Polen / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions / college application essays, essay editing, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays

March 10, 2023

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Admissions Tip: Be Yourself!

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Would you like to know one thing that admissions committee members really want from applicants? Here it is: they wish – really, truly wish – that applicants would not try to write what they imagine the adcom wants to hear but instead just be themselves. Time and time again, admissions committee members tell us they want applicants… 

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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, overrepresented mba applicants

March 5, 2023

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Four Tips for Highlighting Your Strengths in Your Application Essays

4 Tips for Showing Your Strenghts in Your Application Essays

One of the most important pieces of advice you can receive regarding your personal statements and application essays is this: Show, don’t tell.  But you might have been given this advice before and are wondering how to go about it. Let’s dive into how to show effectively. Here are four tips to help you achieve… 

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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

March 3, 2023

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Whatever You Do, Do Not Leave the Law School Optional Essay Blank!

Whatever you do do not leave the optional essay blank

Many law schools invite applicants to share more about themselves through optional essays.  For example, the University of Pennsylvania Law School provides the following optional essay prompts: Are these essays optional? Well, technically, they are; it says so right there in the name. In fact, however, the only truly optional essay here is the one… 

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Article by Sadie Polen / Law School Admissions / law application essays, optional essay

March 2, 2023

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Writing a Lead That Pops

Writing a Lead that Pops

How many times have you sampled the first few lines of a book and decided, “Nah, this isn’t for me.” Whether you picked up the book in a store or library, or tested the free sample on your e-reader, you probably made a pretty speedy decision about whether it would hold your interest.   The human… 

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Article by Judy Gruen / 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 20, 2023

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Proving Character Traits in Your Essays

Proving Character Traits in Your Essays

When you write an application essay or statement of purpose, you’re trying to accomplish two equally vital goals at once. First, you need to prove your worthiness for acceptance at your target school. Second, you need to show the adcom that you have the desirable character traits that their program values. But how do you prove… 

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Article by Judy Gruen / 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 19, 2023

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Resilience: How Flaws and Failures Can Strengthen Your Application

Resilience: How Flaws and Failures Can Strengthen Your Application

A speaker recently told a story about traveling in Asia, where he saw a stunning emerald. Enchanted by the stone’s beauty, he decided to buy it – on the spot. He returned home and took the emerald to a jeweler for appraisal. The jeweler began examining the stone through his magnifier, and as he did… 

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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, weakness

February 10, 2023

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Revise and Polish Your Application Essays

Revise and Polish Your Application Essays | Accepted

Check out all of the blog posts in this series: You’ve completed your first essay draft – this is a great milestone! Now it’s time to revise and edit that draft. Outstanding essays are not sprung into the world on the first try. Here’s how to edit and polish your essay until it shines: 1. Let… 

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Article by Judy Gruen / 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 9, 2023

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How to Start Your First Draft of an Application Essay

How to Start Your First Draft of an Application Essay | Accepted

Check out all of the blog posts in this series: Now that you have reflected on the questions that helped you identify and develop your theme, you have a clear sense of what will make your essay effective. Time to start writing! First, make an outline. An outline can be formal, with clearly delineated categories… 

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

February 8, 2023

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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… 

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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

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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… 

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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 6, 2023

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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… 

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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

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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… 

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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

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… 

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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

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