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Welcome to EssayEdge's Admissions Essay writing course. After editing tens of thousands of admissions essays for applicants, we created the ultimate course for students seeking an extra edge in the ultra-competitive college and graduate school application process.

The course contains six lessons and over 100 pages of content. Each of the lessons should help you with a different portion of the essay. If you have a specific question on essay writing, ask our expert.

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Question-specific strategies and samples of various types of questions with comments by admissions officers:

• College
• Business School
• Law School
• Medical School
  
  EssayEdge Extra: Who's Reading My Essay?

• Brainstorming worksheet
• Selecting a Topic: Do's and don'ts with comments by experienced admissions officers
  
  EssayEdge Extra: One essay, multiple applications

• Descriptions and examples of five popular essay structures
• Sample outline and essay
• Strategies and examples of short essays
• Templates, severe writer's block cure

• Sentence variety with exercise
• Word choice: Common pitfalls
• Verbs: Active voice vs. Passive voice
  • Active or Passive? Verb quiz
  • Making sentences active voice, an exercise
• Transitions: Improving flow
• Essay clichés: Top 10 essay clichés
  
  EssayEdge Extra: Trimming the Fat - Reducing wordiness

• Descriptions, examples, and critiques of nine popular styles of introduction
• Conclusions: Do's and don'ts
  
  EssayEdge Extra: No Introduction??!!

• Paying attention to substance, structure, interest, and proofreading
• Actual essay gaffes (funny)
• Final steps
  
  EssayEdge Extra: To title or not to title