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Of School Grades and Admission Essays

The value of a College Admission Essay or discussion of his personal background and
graduate school admission essay, as part the limited experiences that he was able
of the college or graduate admissions to acquire given the restrictions that he
process can never be over-emphasized. To faced then. John presented all these in
validate the value of an admission essay painstaking detail, adding in a few of
or graduate school admission essay, let his own personal observations as well as
us look at the following the lessons that the experiences taught
illustration:James and John are two good him.When the results of the admissions
friends who share one common dream: to exams was released including the
become doctors. James wants to specialize Admission Essay, James and John
in pediatrics while John is bent on discovered they had to go their separate
concentrating in orthopedic surgery. ways. John was admitted to the medical
After finishing their respective pre-med school of his choice while James settled
undergraduate studies and armed with for his second choice.What did the
almost identical grade point averages, preceding illustration seek to imply?
and also identical scores in the That high grades alone is not a
standardized admissions tests (SAT and guaranteed passport to admission in a
MCAT) the two buddies decide to apply to college or university. This is especially
the same Medical schools. In his true in this modern times wherein people
Admission Essay, James decided to list in the academe are not impressed anymore
and discuss his school experiences, with excellent grades and a high test
including his extracurricular works and score. They want more from a prospective
achievements. He has quite a lot since he candidate. Specifically, they want a
has a number of relatives as well as background profile of the candidate, a
close friends who are either working or look into his real self, his life and his
used to work in various hospitals and goals, his experiences and the lessons
clinics. Gaining the needed medical that these gave him. The kind of
exposure proved quite easy for him. He information that can never be revealed by
wrote them all down, since he figured a high MCAT or GPA but can possibly be
that the more experiences and reflected in a Admission Essay.But such
accomplishments he could present, the information can only be provided by the
better will be his chances of getting applicant himself. This is where the
admitted.John, on the other hand, took a Admission Essay will play a key role.
slightly different approach. He realized This is where the candidate is requested
that he will be stepping into a higher to supply the data mentioned above and to
level of learning, where school grades supply them in clear and specific, and if
may not be the only determining factor possible, crisp and fresh, fashion.Often,
for admission. He believed that detailed it is in this part of the admissions
and personal experiences will also count process, i.e., the Admission Essay, that
a lot. So in his Admission Essay, John could mean the difference between
listed and discussed two memorable acceptance or rejection. Many applicants
accounts or experiences. He particularly are like James. They possess a
mentioned his volunteer work in a housing nonchalant attitude towards admission
facility for the aged in the outskirts of essays, thinking that it is not an
the city where he was exposed to the integral part of the application process,
usual problems of many senior citizens in or they feel over confident because they
the physical as well as in the emotional have the right grades and test scores.
realm of life.John also cited in his But the truth is, school officials take
Admission Essay his involvement in a admissions essays quite seriously. And
suburban clinic near the university where coming up with a detailed and
he was then studying wherein he processed clearly-defined admission essay is as
and prepared the medical documents of the valuable as performing well in the
clinic's senior patients.In both admissions test itself. An applicant
accounts, as listed down in his Admission should not separate one from the other.
Essay, John provided a comprehensive If he is wishing to gain access to the
detail of the nature of his work, the college or university of his choice then
particulars of the clinic he worked for, he should be aware of the fact that
and the insights he was able to collate admission essays constitute a vital
in the course of his work. He realized portion of the application process. As
that compared to his good friend James, such, it should be taken seriously and
he had limited resources, both in given sufficient preparation in the same
finances and in contacts. So what he did manner that one thoroughly prepares for
is to present a lengthy and specific the MCAT itself.




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