Real Essays for College and Grad School (Real-Resumes Series)

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Summary: How to Put Your Admissions Committee to Sleep
Review: This book might be helpful to give you a general idea of what a cover letter or personal statement should be, but the examples given would put Richard Simmons to sleep. Do yourself a favor and take a look at "Graduate Admissions Essays" instead, which also has a lot of great advice about the whole grad school process.

The examples are also very limited in that they also do not encompass fields such as the humanities or fine arts--only social work, education, law, medicine, and a few for college and military school. I wish I could say something better about this book, but for me it was a total disappointment. None of the essays would make anyone stand up and take notice from the first line, and most start with the boring "With the enclosed information" or "College is important to me because..." A very disappointed 2 thumbs down!

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Summary: Extremely Useful!
Review: When I was applying for graduate school, I bought tons of guide books on graduate and college application essays. Among all of them, this one is the most useful one I found--authentic, REAL SUCCESSFUL ESSAYS! A must for those who want to have a clicking effect..