Confidence and Interviewing

You have worked diligently for months preparing for the GMAT/GRE/TOEFL/IELTS and crafting compelling essays and now you have received a coveted interview invitation from your ideal graduate program. Congratulations – this is already a huge accomplishment! But...

Essay Writing: Less is Often More – Part II

Our previous post discussed that concise writing is imperative to squeeze lots of information into tight admissions essay prompts. Clear and concise writing will also ensure that admission officers’ with short attention spans do not overlook your key ideas. To do so...

Essay Writing: Less is Often More

Imagine that you are an admissions officer at a top university: you will need to sift through endless application essays for the next several months. In the beginning, you’ll diligently read the essays attempting to understand each writer’s ideas.  But after a while...