An essay is a composition or a mission statement that speaks of your goals and how the education you are about to pursue will assist you and lead you towards that goal.

It is time to have a war with words.  By now you must have gathered that universities believe that you, the student, must have something more than your academic grades to present to the admissions committee.  Essays are one of the important tools of impressing upon the admissions committee the reason to select you over the thousands of other applicants. This step requires careful thought, as this is your only chance to express yourself, whereas your teachers had their say in the recommendation letters, your transcripts conveyed how much effort you put in your academics, the standardized tests reflected your aptitude and so on.  Use this opportunity to illustrate your real self wisely.  The admission committee weighs essays very carefully.  They look for content, flow and your wherewithal. They want to know how you think and feel.

Essays are one of the only avenues for the students to say something for themselves.  These essays can pivot the admission’s committee in your favor or disfavor.  The students who take the worst mental beating are those applying for some of the top 50 MBA programs and those applying for the top competitive undergraduate programs.  The basic assumption being that most students who apply to the top schools are of a certain academic standing, hence the Essays stand as the only factor distinguishing one student from another.

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