| The value of a College Admission Essay or graduate | | | | specific discussion of his personal background and the |
| school admission essay, as part of the college or | | | | limited experiences that he was able to acquire given |
| graduate admissions process can never be | | | | the restrictions that he faced then. John presented all |
| over-emphasized. To validate the value of an | | | | these in painstaking detail, adding in a few of his own |
| admission essay or graduate school admission essay, | | | | personal observations as well as the lessons that the |
| let us look at the following illustration:James and John | | | | experiences taught him.When the results of the |
| are two good friends who share one common dream: | | | | admissions exams was released including the |
| to become doctors. James wants to specialize in | | | | Admission Essay, James and John discovered they |
| pediatrics while John is bent on concentrating in | | | | had to go their separate ways. John was admitted to |
| orthopedic surgery. After finishing their respective | | | | the medical school of his choice while James settled |
| pre-med undergraduate studies and armed with almost | | | | for his second choice.What did the preceding illustration |
| identical grade point averages, and also identical | | | | seek to imply? That high grades alone is not a |
| scores in the standardized admissions tests (SAT and | | | | guaranteed passport to admission in a college or |
| MCAT) the two buddies decide to apply to the same | | | | university. This is especially true in this modern times |
| Medical schools. In his Admission Essay, James | | | | wherein people in the academe are not impressed |
| decided to list and discuss his school experiences, | | | | anymore with excellent grades and a high test score. |
| including his extracurricular works and achievements. | | | | They want more from a prospective candidate. |
| He has quite a lot since he has a number of relatives | | | | Specifically, they want a background profile of the |
| as well as close friends who are either working or | | | | candidate, a look into his real self, his life and his goals, |
| used to work in various hospitals and clinics. Gaining | | | | his experiences and the lessons that these gave him. |
| the needed medical exposure proved quite easy for | | | | The kind of information that can never be revealed by |
| him. He wrote them all down, since he figured that the | | | | a high MCAT or GPA but can possibly be reflected in |
| more experiences and accomplishments he could | | | | a Admission Essay.But such information can only be |
| present, the better will be his chances of getting | | | | provided by the applicant himself. This is where the |
| admitted.John, on the other hand, took a slightly | | | | Admission Essay will play a key role. This is where the |
| different approach. He realized that he will be stepping | | | | candidate is requested to supply the data mentioned |
| into a higher level of learning, where school grades | | | | above and to supply them in clear and specific, and if |
| may not be the only determining factor for admission. | | | | possible, crisp and fresh, fashion.Often, it is in this part |
| He believed that detailed and personal experiences will | | | | of the admissions process, i.e., the Admission Essay, |
| also count a lot. So in his Admission Essay, John listed | | | | that could mean the difference between acceptance |
| and discussed two memorable accounts or | | | | or rejection. Many applicants are like James. They |
| experiences. He particularly mentioned his volunteer | | | | possess a nonchalant attitude towards admission |
| work in a housing facility for the aged in the outskirts | | | | essays, thinking that it is not an integral part of the |
| of the city where he was exposed to the usual | | | | application process, or they feel over confident |
| problems of many senior citizens in the physical as | | | | because they have the right grades and test scores. |
| well as in the emotional realm of life.John also cited in | | | | But the truth is, school officials take admissions essays |
| his Admission Essay his involvement in a suburban | | | | quite seriously. And coming up with a detailed and |
| clinic near the university where he was then studying | | | | clearly-defined admission essay is as valuable as |
| wherein he processed and prepared the medical | | | | performing well in the admissions test itself. An |
| documents of the clinic's senior patients.In both | | | | applicant should not separate one from the other. If he |
| accounts, as listed down in his Admission Essay, John | | | | is wishing to gain access to the college or university of |
| provided a comprehensive detail of the nature of his | | | | his choice then he should be aware of the fact that |
| work, the particulars of the clinic he worked for, and | | | | admission essays constitute a vital portion of the |
| the insights he was able to collate in the course of his | | | | application process. As such, it should be taken |
| work. He realized that compared to his good friend | | | | seriously and given sufficient preparation in the same |
| James, he had limited resources, both in finances and in | | | | manner that one thoroughly prepares for the MCAT |
| contacts. So what he did is to present a lengthy and | | | | itself. |