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