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I've had the honor of being asked to read some PS essays. And WOW! You guys all have such great experiences! I was amazed!
Based on what I've read... I'd like to put some tips here.
1. Cut out the run-on sentences.
This is a sentence: "The man fell off a cliff."
This is THREE sentences: "A man fell of a cliff, I wanted to help him, because he had broke his ankle, and this sparked my interest in medicine."
I know how it is... I used to be the run-on sentence queen... but they really do sound bad... and can get really confusing.
2. A lot people seem to want to put down research. I understand that many of you are not interested in research. That's fine... and certainly you should explain in your essay why research is not for you... but a lot of the people who sent me their essays inadvertantly made research some like a useless, cold, impersonal activity that only nerdy, anti-social people would want to do. Seriously, almost every essay I read had an element of this in it...
Those are just two things I thought I should mention to everybody. Hope this helps someone
Based on what I've read... I'd like to put some tips here.
1. Cut out the run-on sentences.
This is a sentence: "The man fell off a cliff."
This is THREE sentences: "A man fell of a cliff, I wanted to help him, because he had broke his ankle, and this sparked my interest in medicine."
I know how it is... I used to be the run-on sentence queen... but they really do sound bad... and can get really confusing.
2. A lot people seem to want to put down research. I understand that many of you are not interested in research. That's fine... and certainly you should explain in your essay why research is not for you... but a lot of the people who sent me their essays inadvertantly made research some like a useless, cold, impersonal activity that only nerdy, anti-social people would want to do. Seriously, almost every essay I read had an element of this in it...
Those are just two things I thought I should mention to everybody. Hope this helps someone