| Editing and proofreading your MBA admissions essay | | | | Sometimes, you get immune with your own writing |
| is necessary to give it an an edge over those of the | | | | that you fail to notice mistakes such as typo, |
| other applicants. Writing an MBA entrance essay | | | | grammatical, and logical errors. This is why asking |
| concerns not only on what you will say about | | | | someone to read your essay aloud while you listen |
| yourself, but also on how you will say it. This is why | | | | can be a great way to spot errors. You can also let |
| double checking your work is a must. If your essay | | | | your peers read your essay and ask them to |
| has faulty editing, you can give the impression that | | | | comment on it. Aside from your peers, you can |
| you are a careless person. Aside from this, it can | | | | also ask your former teachers to read your essay |
| also give the readers the notion that you are not | | | | and give suggestions on how to improve it. You |
| serious about your application. Below are some | | | | then have to consider the suggestions made by |
| things that you should do to ensure that you are | | | | others. Make your revisions and then after doing it, |
| submitting an essay that would be noticed by the | | | | allow others to read and comment on your revised |
| school admissions officers. | | | | college admissions essay. Do this several times. |
| Doing substantive copy-editing | | | | Checking for technical flaws |
| Substantive copy-editing is one of the things you | | | | Some applicants who are confident on having written |
| should do after you have written your essay. This | | | | excellent essays wonder why they still have not |
| involves checking your work for clarity and sentence | | | | made it to the school that they want. The problem |
| structure or organization, and making revisions if | | | | probably rests on their faulty proofreading. Double |
| necessary. In substantive editing, you have to ask | | | | checking your work for technical errors is as |
| yourself if your work has unity. Does it have a | | | | important as writing a substantial content. Among |
| theme or a thesis that binds the sentences together? | | | | the things you have to watch out for when you do |
| Are all the sentences related to your main thesis? | | | | your proofreading are syntax and typographical |
| These are just some of the questions that you have | | | | errors. In proofreading, take pens of different |
| to ask yourself when you do substantive editing. If | | | | colors. You have to read your work several times. |
| proofreading is about the technical issues such as | | | | At first reading, you have to watch out for the |
| grammar and typos, substantive editing, on the other | | | | spelling. You can use a red pen for this. Then you |
| hand, is more about checking the logical flow of the | | | | should read again this time for unnecessarily repeated |
| sentences and paragraphs. You should do | | | | words and other typos and make corrections using a |
| copy-editing several times until you think there is no | | | | pen of different color. To easily spot errors, you |
| more room for revisions. | | | | have to read and examine each sentence well. |
| Having another pair of eyes check your work | | | | |