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Author Reding, Colleen, 1987-

Title Grad's guide to graduate admissions essays : more than 50 real-life admissions essays from students who gained admission to Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Georgetown, and more / Colleen Reding.

Publication Info. Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press Inc., [2015]
©2015

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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  CC 378.1616 REDING    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  CAREER 808.042 REDING    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Career Shelf Materials  CC 378.1056 REDING    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 239 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Mastering the admissions essay -- Law -- Business -- Medicine/Nursing/Health -- General graduate studies -- Starting the writing process.
Summary Provides more than 50 successful admission essays straight from the source--recent college graduates making the transition to earning advanced degrees at highly selective graduate programs. Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, and Northwestern are just a few of the universities to which these students were admitted. Each of the essays contains designated segments highlighting the particular characteristics that make them outstanding admissions essays. Additionally, the essays are interspersed with segments labeled "Writer's Words of Wisdom," which contain statements from the author of the particular essay with advice on the admissions process. By offering guidance from successful graduate school applicants, readers can glean advice from a variety of perspectives, while still obtaining the critical information as it relates to well-written essays for programs within a variety of fields including law, business, medicine, education, and humanities.c--Publisher's description.
Subject College applications -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Graduate work -- Admission.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Essay -- Authorship.
College applications. (OCoLC)fst00867684
Essay -- Authorship. (OCoLC)fst00915428
Exposition (Rhetoric) (OCoLC)fst00918796
Universities and colleges -- Graduate work -- Admission. (OCoLC)fst01161787
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Title Graduate Admissions Essays
ISBN 9781618213938 (paperback) $18.95
1618213938 (paperback)
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