How Do I Not Make My Essays Sound...Like That

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AttemptingScholar

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It's time to start my school's committee letter app, and it has a lot of writing prompts.

I've been rereading my college app essays and proofreading my friend's essays to do the community college to university switch, and I've proofread a few med school essays through this forum.

In all of these, I notice the writing is technically and grammatically perfect, they answer the prompt, might even have an interesting story...but they all have this dull, straightforward...tone, I guess? I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, but it just conveys the feeling of "this is a STEM kid that was forced into every humanities class she's ever taken." I'm sure some of the answer will come down to practicing writing, but I don't know what to practice.

What exactly is wrong with these essays? Can anyone help me identify what exactly they have in common so I can work on avoiding it?
 
Tap into what makes your heart sing. If it is the warm fuzzies doing something for someeone who needs help. if it is the excitement of discovering something new that pushes science forward, if it is the satisfaction of having someone "get it" when you share your knowledge in a way that they can understad, whatever it is that drives you toward medicine, tap into that feeling when you write about your experiences.

What you want is the delight and passion that you feel for the work you've done and the work you'll do as a physician to come through in your writing.
 
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