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November 14, 2022

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STEM Applicants: Why Your Statement of Purpose is So Important

STEM Applicants: Why Your Statement of Purpose is So Important

“What is the most important part of my application?” ask many of my clients applying to graduate programs in STEM fields. They, like you, want to know where they should exert the most effort. The Most Important Part of Your Application is… My response: All parts of the application are of interest to an admissions committee. However,… 

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Article by Karin Ash / Grad School Admissions / career goals, grad application essays, personal statement

June 9, 2022

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Writing About Your Experiences Abroad

Writing about your experiences abroad

You studied, worked, or volunteered abroad. Now you want to include part of this in your personal statement as part of an undergrad, AMCAS or other application. Maybe you want to show that you’ve experienced a different culture and expanded your perspective through your eye-opening experiences meeting new people, mountain-climbing, assisting in a rural community,… 

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

November 12, 2018

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Admissions Tip: Thanksgiving Appreciation

happy thanksgiving

I could write now about the aspects of my life I am thankful for: my husband, five healthy children, two delightful, adorable grandchildren, my daughter’s recent engagement, a thriving business, work that I enjoy, and good health. I have done so in the past as I wished you a Happy Thanksgiving, a US holiday that… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / application essay, leadership, personal statement

April 19, 2018

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Get a GRIP on Team Questions

team

I took away a lot of wonderful concepts, frameworks and strategies from my MBA education that led to a successful admission career. In fact, one of the most powerful lessons I learned at Michigan (now Ross) was how to lead and work effectively on teams. Professor Noel Tichy, one of the gurus of Organizational Behavior… 

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Article by Natalie Grinblatt / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / personal statement

March 21, 2017

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Linda Abraham’s Admissions Assortment

Admissions season is going strong and the application questions are pouring in. Listen in as Linda Abraham answers some of the most common questions of the season and shares her formula for giving your application the ultimate last check before you hit submit. 1:31 – MBA applicant dilemma: Round 1 advantage vs. improving credentials and… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / personal statement, podcast

August 20, 2014

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Residency Application Tip: Settling, and How To Avoid It

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Have you ever “settled” in a relationship? You know what I mean – you’re with someone who’s not perfect, but they’re good enough. You might not feel much passion, but you’re comfortable, moderately happy, and that’s… well, that’s good enough. The thing is, the person on the other end of this deal (and that might… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / personal statement, residency

August 20, 2014

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Epidemic Among Applicants!

Your personal statements, application essays, and statements of purpose are suffering. It’s serious. And could be fatal to your application. This latest epidemic of vacuous, declarative sentences that either state the obvious or make non-credible claims has reached epic proportions in applicant essays, personal statements, and statements of purpose. The cure? Substance and specifics. Stories… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / application essay, College Video Tips, Grad Video Tips, Law Video Tips, MBA Video Tips, Med Video Tips, personal statement, writing techniques

August 19, 2014

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The Biggest Application Essay Mistake [Video]

What is the very worst thing you could possibly do in your application essays? Watch Linda’s answer and add your own comments below: Accepted.com ~ Helping You Write Your Best

Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / College Video Tips, Grad Video Tips, Law Video Tips, MBA Video Tips, Med Video Tips, personal statement

July 17, 2014

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5 Keys to Concreteness

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I like to apply the principles established in Chip Heath and Dan Heath’s Made to Stick to personal statements and application essays. In this post I focus on concreteness. The third of Made to Stick‘s six key principles, concreteness, doesn’t seem to apply to intangibles like leadership, achievement, teamwork, or character – the topics you… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / personal statement

January 6, 2014

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How to Edit Your Application Essays

iTunes Admissions Straight Talk

In an exclusive interview with… well, herself, Linda Abraham shares some advice that she’s learned over the course of almost two decades of application essay editing. Listen to the full recording of this excellent episode to learn concrete steps you can take right now to ensure that your essays are working for –and not against… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / application essay, personal statement, podcast, writing techniques

August 20, 2010

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In your medical school personal statement, do not generalize, criticize doctors

Do not forget that physicians will be reviewing your application; therefore it is probably not a good strategy to suggest that most physicians are incompetent and you are going to be the ideal doctor and will rescue our health care system. Also, be mindful of the fact that the people evaluating your application have many… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Medical School Admissions / 101 Tips on Getting into Medical School, personal statement

July 29, 2010

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Do not make Excuses for Poor MCAT Scores

Right after the MCAT scores are released, phones go wild in medical school admissions offices. It will not help to panic over disappointing scores, or to call or e-mail blaming your scores on “bad sushi” the day of the exam. Take responsibility for your disappointing scores, and be honest with yourself and the medical schools… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Medical School Admissions / 101 Tips on Getting into Medical School, MCAT, personal statement, webinar

July 22, 2010

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Plagiarism in Residency Essays: Just Don’t

The WSJ’s Health Blog recently posted “Study: Medical Residency Applicants and Plagiarism” which cites a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine by a team of researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.  The researchers found “evidence of plagiarism” in 5.2% of residency application personal statements by comparing the essays to publicly available material… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, Medical School Admissions / AIGAC, Chicago Booth, Dartmouth Tuck, Fellowship, INSEAD, Michigan Ross, personal statement, residency, UCLA Anderson, UVA Darden, Wharton

July 2, 2010

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Do Not Blame Your Professors For Your Poor Grades

Do not try to make excuses for your poor grades or try to defend them. If you are invited for an interview, be prepared to discuss those grades, but instead of placing the blame on someone else, focus on the positive and perhaps highlight your academic performance since then. Emphasize what you learned from the… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Medical School Admissions / 101 Tips on Getting into Medical School, personal statement, webinar

June 18, 2010

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Do Not Quote Robert Frost in Your Med School Personal Statement

Be original. Quotes from Robert Frost are very popular on medical school applications. You should probably leave him out of the process. You can be serious or use a bit of humor, but be creative, original, and yourself. One student, with research experience in entomology, began his essay by comparing the different roles of ants… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Medical School Admissions / 101 Tips on Getting into Medical School, personal statement, webinar

June 6, 2010

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Haas New MBA Curriculum–Interview with Pete Johnson

I recently chatted with Peter Johnson, Director of Admissions at the Haas School of Business, about the new curriculum that Haas announced a couple of weeks ago. Peter clarified specific aspects of the new curriculum and also discussed with me its impact on applicants. This post is a summary of our discussion. Linda Abraham: How… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / leadership, personal statement, UC Berkeley Haas

September 10, 2008

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Law School Admissions: Yale Law Admissions Blog

I am a fan of Yale Law’s admissions blog, 203. An Admissions Blog, but I have to take issue with a recent post, New Questions, specifically the author’s response to the question, “Is it still okay to have an admissions consultant give me guidance on my application?” The author, Asha, states clearly that applicants who… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, Law School Admissions / leadership, LSAT, personal statement

July 24, 2008

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Accelerated Two-Year JD Program at Northwestern University Launches in 2009

Northwestern University will offer an accelerated two-year JD degree program beginning in 2009, hoping to attract highly motivated students who might otherwise have considered a two-year MBA program or others interested in fast-tracking a law degree. The two-year program will require the same number of credits as the traditional three-year program, relying on a compressed… 

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Article by Judy Gruen / Law School Admissions / finance, leadership, personal statement

February 20, 2008

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Personal Statement Tip: Once Upon a Time…

Once upon a time there was a wedding (actually yesterday). The father of the bride wanted to give a speech. His wife (me) worried that he would bore the guests. Mildly insulted and not wanting to forgo an opportunity to praise the bride, his new son-in-law, his son-in-law’s parents, and to share a few words… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / leadership, personal statement

May 26, 2007

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Personal Statement Tip: Failure Questions

Facing a failure question? Keep in mind this maxim from Michael Josephson of the Josephson Institute: "Find the lesson in every failure, and you’ll never fail." That concept is the key to successfully answering failure questions on applications and in interviews. 

Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions / personal statement

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