Grad's Guide to Graduate Admissions Essays

Grad's Guide to Graduate Admissions Essays provides more than 50 successful admissions essays straight from the source-recent college graduates making the transition to earning advanced degrees at highly selective graduate programs. Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, and Northwestern are just a few of the universities to which these students were

Colleen Reding grew up in Mt. Prospect, IL, and became a proud member of Georgetown University's Class of 2010. Colleen gained acceptance to her first-choice program for graduate study at Harvard University and credits her admission with the outstanding examples of admissions essays from her Georgetown classmates.

Introduction: Mastering the Admissions Essay PART I: LAW Chapter 1 University of Houston Law Center Chapter 2 Fordham University School of Law Chapter 3 University of Chicago Law School Chapter 4 University of Florida Levin College of Law Chapter 5 Emory University School of Law Chapter 6 Georgetown University Law Center Chapter 7 Boston College Law School Chapter 8 George Mason University School of Law Chapter 9 University of Texas School of Law Chapter 10 Georgetown University Law Center: Transfer Application Chapter 11 American University Washington College of Law Chapter 12 Harvard Law School Chapter 13 Boston College Law School PART II: BUSINESS Chapter 14 Harvard Business School Chapter 15 University of California, Los Angeles: Anderson School of Management Chapter 16 University of Pennsylvania: The Wharton School Chapter 17 Dartmouth College: Tuck School of Business Chapter 18 Northwestern University: Kellogg School of Management and McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science [Dual Degree PART II: BUSINESS, CONTINUED Chapter 19 London Business School Chapter 20 Northwestern University: Kellogg School of Management Chapter 21 University of California, Berkeley: Haas School of Business Chapter 22 Duke University: Fuqua School of Business Chapter 23 University of Virginia: Darden School of Business Chapter 24 Harvard Business School Chapter 25 Stanford Graduate School of Business PART III: MEDICINE/NURSING/HEALTH Chapter 26 Rush Medical College Chapter 27 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Chapter 28 University of Southern California: Division of Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy Chapter 29 Yale School of Public Health Chapter 30 George Washington University: School of Public Health and Health Services Chapter 31 Northeastern University: Bouvé College of Health Sciences Chapter 32 Georgetown University School of Medicine: Department of Microbiology and Immunology Chapter 33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Gillings School of Global Public Health Chapter 34 Georgetown University: School of Nursing & Health Studies Chapter 35 The Ohio State University College of Medicine PART IV: GENERAL GRADUATE STUDIES Chapter 36 Middlebury College: The Bread Loaf School of English Chapter 37 Harvard Graduate School of Education Chapter 38 University of Minnesota: Department of Anthropology Chapter 39 Cornell University: School of Hotel Administration Chapter 40 Columbia University: Teachers College Chapter 41 Georgetown University: School of Continuing Studies (Journalism Chapter 42 University of Southern California: Dornslife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Statistics PART IV: GENERAL GRADUATE STUDIES, CONTINUED Chapter 43 Columbia University: Teachers College, Summer Principals Academy Chapter 44 University of Pennsylvania: Department of Romance Languages Chapter 45 Georgetown University: Communication, Culture & Technology Chapter 46 Northwestern University: Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications Chapter 47 University of Dayton: Department of Religious Studies Chapter 48 University of St Andrews: School of English Chapter 49 Georgetown University: Security Studies Program Chapter 50 University of Southern California: School of Cinematic Arts Chapter 51 Harvard Graduate School of Education Chapter 52 Columbia University: School of International and Public Affairs Chapter 53 New York University: Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Chapter 54 University of Michigan: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Conclusion: Starting the Writing Process About the Author