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Summary: I got accepted!
Review: Applying to graduate school can be a daunting task - especially if you have not attended college for a number of years.
How should I present myself? How do my experiences stack up against the competition? What are others saying about themselves?Asher's book gives you insight into the graduate admissions process like no other book on the market. Asher provides real life examples of successful personal statements. You can see first hand how others succeeded in selling themselves to a prospective program and respond appropriately. Don't be intimidated by the graduate admission process. Get Asher's book. It worked for me! I got accepted the MBA program of my choice.
Rating:
Summary: I got accepted!
Review: Applying to graduate school can be a daunting task - especially if you have not to attended college for a number of years.
How should I present myself? How do my experiences stack up against the competition? What are others saying about themselves? Asher's book gives you insight into the graduate admissions process like no other book on the market. Asher provides real life examples of successful personal statements. You can see first hand how others succeeded in selling themselves to a prospective program and respond appropriately. Don't be intimidated by the graduate admission process. Get Asher's book. It worked for me! I got accepted the MBA program of my choice.
Rating:
Summary: I got accepted!
Review: Applying to graduate school can be a daunting task - especially if you have not to attended college for a number of years.
How should I present myself? How do my experiences stack up against the competition? What are others saying about themselves? Asher's book gives you insight into the graduate admissions process like no other book on the market. Asher provides real life examples of successful personal statements. You can see first hand how others succeeded in selling themselves to a prospective program and respond appropriately. Don't be intimidated by the graduate admission process. Get Asher's book. It worked for me! I got accepted the MBA program of my choice.
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Summary: An Unusual Guide
Review: Chris, a perpetual graduate student, January 5, 2002,
An Unusual Guide
The strength of Mr. Asher's book is not, necessarily, the writing Mr. Asher inserts at the beginning and the end of the book. Rather, Mr. Asher's book is ingenious because the bulk of it is composed of writing done by other people. That is, actual exemplars of good to down right excellent specemens of graduate personal statements. I'm not the kind of person who typically uses a book like this: I consider myself a writer and I like to write. When it came to this damn statement, I felt like I needed to see what other people did, how they succeded in selling themselves to a prospective program. Mind you, the portions that Asher writes are good and helpful if you can make the excercises yours. The great thing, however, is seeing others transform themselves and their goals through their writing. Whenever I have to write a personal statement (grant, fellowship applications, etc.) I look through the sample essays to see the elements that others have used as inspiration for my own. I can see this book would not be for everyone but if you have a talent for squinting between the lines and letting your writing take off, this book may help you chart a strategy.
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Summary: Not for serious b-school applicants
Review: I don't know the process works for applying to other grad school programs, but if you're trying to get into a top tier b-school, this book has little to offer you.
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Summary: Not Helpful for B-School
Review: I found this book to be a waste of my time and money. Its a complete book in that it offers a lot of essays, however only 5 of the essays were for business school, and 2 of those were were somewhat bazarre. I am surprised by all the people that loved the book. I found it to be very elementary and not targetted to professionals with more than one year of experience. Thereby, making the examples impractical. As for the letters of recommendation, again not helpful. He talks a lot about getting LORs from professors...that's great if you are in your senior year of undergrad....again impractical. If your're going to a competive B-School, you will be disappointed with this book.
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Summary: Keeping the Moon
Review: I really liked how the author, Sarah Dessen, made each character unique and special. Each person contributed some important lesson or value that taught Colie about how to live the life that she wanted to live. She traveled to a small town called Colby where she lived with her eccentric Aunt Mira and escaped a poor, undeserved reputation from back home. After three months, Colie finally felt comfortable being herself, she found true friends, stood up for herself, and learned to pass on, but also learn from and remember the struggles she had encountered in her life.
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Summary: A comprehensive "how-to" book!
Review: Ranging from the verbally-challenged to the most ardent of writers, this is a great source for those students who dread the thought of preparing the ubiquitous personal statement. Included are a number of examples; a perfect reference to get the gray-matter flowing. If you're applying to graduate school, this IS the book for you!
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Summary: Concise aid about how to survive the application process
Review: This book covers most of the admissions process in a general manner but really gets specific when it comes to the personal statement and essay portions of the book. It really helped me prepare my essay and application.
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Summary: A fun and easy guide
Review: This book is a welcome change from text and boring how to books, that only give you half the answers. In addtion to being fun to read it was easy to use. As a first generation college graduate Asher's book is full of wonderful suggestions and tips.
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