An admission essay provides the college or program with a glimpse of who the applicant is beyond the application form and grades. It should convey enthusiasm, related experience, academic preparation and trajectory in a style that is true to oneself. Our admission essay support can assist the applicants to plan, refine and polish their own story, so that it is clear and demonstrates all relevant evidence in the best light without embellishment to the prompt

First the actual question, word limit, course details and application deadline are given. An adviser is used to recognise experiences which reflect the attributes that the programme values, for example intellectual curiosity, resilience, leadership, service, creativity or professional commitment. The best example does not necessarily have to be the most dramatic. A narrative about a significant choice, struggle or success, can have a greater impact than a bullet point list of accomplishments.

Structure includes a strong main idea. The introduction should make the reader want to know more and each paragraph should be a further development of the evidence and insights given. Specific details reveal applicant’s thinking and action; reflection explains why experience is significant. The conclusion is related to past learning with the proposed course and future goals. However, if two or more institutions are using the same prompt, it may be considered but each version must answer the prompt and not be copied and pasted.

Experts provide questions for brainstorming and feedback, both in outline and detailed, on drafts. Editing enhances the clarity, grammar, flow and word economy of a document without altering the applicant’s natural voice. Experiences, qualifications, and personal hardships are not made up and nor is an applicant’s identity created. The essay is a tool that may be referred to during the interview process by the admissions staff, and it can be a positive attribute as well as an ethical responsibility. The applicant will need to be able to articulate each example and claim.

The quality of the checks is evaluated according to the relevance, specificity and consistency with the whole of the application. No repetition of information unless it is new. Actions, reading, projects/experiences back up what is said if it is vague, like being “passionate.” The name of the course and institution is verified and the language is adapted to the use of English. The final proofreading eliminates so many distracting errors that the essay does not sound like a corporate brochure; it should sound like a human voice.

No service can guarantee admission, scholarship funding or a particular decision. What we offer is individual, thoughtful advice to the applicant to allow them to use their limited space as best as possible with full transparency. The final essay is clear, catchy and readable. It demonstrates the applicant’s learning, his/her contribution and his/her next step and is still the applicant’s own work.

Personal statements and scholarship essays are essentially the same, with a few differences. A personal statement may require the subject to be shown in multiple experiences while a scholarship response may be more focused on the impact and need, and leadership/community contribution. Our counsellors assist in assigning words to the prompt and eliminate any extraneous information that will not support the application. When English is not the first language of the applicant, editing helps to make it accurate, but it doesn’t remove individual expression or use any vocabulary that the applicant would never use naturally. A final review can look at the essay to check for discrepancies between the essay and the CV and application form. This judicious alignment ensures an application that seems cohesive, believable and prepared for sincere conversation during an interview.