Admission to the world's best universities is a long way to
go, during which you need to earn good grades, gain maximum English
proficiency, develop your talents, and of course, write a brilliant essay that
will attract the attention of the admissions committee.
So how to write an essay that will be a pass to the top
universities of the world, is there a template or a certain scheme?
Unfortunately, there is no specific answer to this question. However, there are
a few tips that can be followed to write a really brilliant and effective essay.
Why should an essay be given special attention?
According to representatives of admissions committees of Ivy
League universities, it is an essay that can fully characterize an applicant.
The essay, in their opinion, is the brightest document of the whole package of
provided papers. It is through your essay that admissions officers will try to
see you in the present and determine what you are and what is important to you
in life. As is well known, universities submit papers with excellent grades to
the TOP. Thousands of applicants have a higher academic and linguistic score.
But of these thousands, the commission tries to single out only the dozens that
are clearly different and stand out from the grey masses. This is the goal to
be pursued when writing an essay in the first place.
In addition, this essay shows the members of the admissions
committee how you can present yourself, how you assess yourself, analyze
yourself, and present information. All of this information can tell a lot more
about you than you think. After you read the paper, the Admissions Office forms
a personal opinion about you that greatly affects your chances of admission.
What to write about, and what
questions to ask.
Each university may require you to answer certain questions
in your essay. However, there are some of the most common questions that are
most commonly asked in top university requirements:
- Do you have a hobby and what do you do in your spare time? Do you have any talents?
- Which relatives/knowns have influenced your life? How did you spend your vacation?
- Describe your best day in life. How has your life changed in the last 3-5 years?
- What are your achievements that make you proud? What makes you different from others?
- What is your most important character trait?
- What is your life philosophy? What was the most challenging task in your life?
- Are you a leader, and how does it manifest itself?
- What are your plans for the future?
- What course do you want to study and why?
- Is there more information that you want to tell about yourself?
How to make an essay unique
According to experts, many students do not pass qualifying
rounds in the top universities of the world precisely because of the
consistency and lack of originality of their essays. This does not mean that
they rewrote an essay on the Internet and sent it to the university. It means
that the essay does not cover unique topics. For example, most people write
about their impressions of traveling with their parents, their passion for
sports or about a book from world classics. All this has long been described
and is not interesting at all for the admissions committee.
Of course, it is good if you have unique achievements in
sports, but to surprise the university representatives, you must be an Olympic
champion. Therefore, find a different approach in the description of your
talent. Show passion, emotions, paint your essay with bright colors so that the
reader can clearly imagine your feelings and your fire.
Choose interesting and unexpected cases to answer your
questions. For example, on the question who influenced your life the most, many
cite the example of parents and teachers. Step away from stereotypes. Remember,
maybe there was a really interesting moment in your life that you just forgot
about. Remember your childhood, maybe the neighbor's old man chased you away
from his apple tree, calling you a thief and an ignoramus, and after that you
decided to get a good education and your life has changed?
How to pay attention to yourself
The best
way to pay attention to yourself is to be yourself. When writing your essay,
the last thing you should think about is what the committee members will think
about you. Choose topics that are close to you and that evoke emotion in you.
Listen to yourself, your essay should be imbued with sincerity and meaning.
Many applicants make a fatal mistake by describing mediocre and superficial
information. You should write in such a way that people reading your essay can
reflect on your actions, motivations and desires.
Another
important point to draw the commission's attention to your essay is an
introduction. You should start your essay so that it would want to read
further, so that the members of the commission did not have a desire to
postpone the sheet and go to lunch. The introduction should cling to it. For
example, as a performance, write, what you are afraid of and how you try to
overcome your fear. Forget about standard styles of presentation. There is no
need to write as if you are writing a synopsis. Use an original style of
communication. However, avoid specialized vocabulary and a lot of jokes.
Remember that abroad your humor can be incomprehensible. Be sure to show an
example of your personal growth. Take a separate situation, write how difficult
it was for you to solve it and how you were able to find a way out.
Be sure to
describe what you have learned from it and how your life has changed since
then. This information will help the commission see how you have changed, how you
have grown over yourself, and how you have assessed your chances of studying at
university. Remember, no one needs students who do not want to grow and
overcome themselves.
The endings
are also important in your writing. The best solution for completing an essay
is to implement the thought in the reader's mind. This will draw attention to
you and make the commission members remember you.
