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After years of rewriting AI essays, it has become easy to notice when an essay is written by AI. Certain words, phrases, and punctuation styles just “feel” like AI writing, and AI also tends to have a certain “voice,” which is very dry and formal, and lacks any sense of personal style. Here is an AI-generated essay (a Personal Statement for a graduate school application). In the essay, I highlighted all of the words or phrases that seem like AI: Some of the highlighted words above may be fine, but with several of these words and phrases in one essay,…

Applying for college can be an incredibly stressful time for students and parents alike. The Common Application (or “Common App” as it’s commonly known) helps to simplify and streamline the process. Similar to the UCAS process in the UK, the Common Application makes it possible for students to apply to several schools using a single application. Although you don’t need to use the Common App—as you can also apply directly to a school using their website or paper application—the Common App makes it much easier to apply to multiple schools at once. The Common App is accepted by nearly 900

When preparing your application to university or graduate school, you may notice that some schools ask for a “Statement of Purpose”, whereas others require a “Personal Statement”. This leads everyone to inevitably type into the search bar: What’s the difference between a Statement of Purpose and a Personal Statement?  Think of it like this: A Statement of Purpose is more about the Statement. A Personal Statement is more about the Personal. Statement of Purpose A Statement of Purpose (SOP) is like a CV in paragraph form. You need to start with an introduction describing why you are interested in your

The Common Application can be used to apply to over 800 colleges or universities in the USA. For the Common App, you will need to submit an answer to an essay prompt. The good news is: the Common App provides a list of seven essay prompts, and those for the 2019/2020 year are the same as those from the previous year. So if you need help, you can surely find samples and ideas online. The essay prompts for 2019/2020 are at the bottom of this post. You should choose one of these prompts and write an essay of no more

What is UCAS? The Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS) facilitates the application process for many higher education institutes in the UK, from undergraduate to postgraduate. The UCAS application process will involve filling out the application form, writing a personal statement, submitting reference letters, and other steps depending on your level and subject. Level- and subject-specific guidelines can be found on the official UCAS site: https://www.ucas.com/ The UCAS Personal Statement The personal statement is a key part of the UCAS application, as it is your chance to present your individual qualities and convince schools that you are a worthy applicant.

If you intend to study abroad in a university program in Australia, you will need to satisfy the Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) Criterion as part of your visa application. To do this, you need to provide a written statement of no more than 500 words, which convinces the immigration officer that you are worthy of a student visa. What is the GTE Criterion? Basically, the Genuine Temporary Entrant Criterion exists to determine whether to issue GTE visas to applicants. The Department of Immigration and Border Patrol (DIBP) officers want to see the following in your application: Acceptance from an educational

We here at Essaysmith provide writing and editing services, so, of course, we’re a bit biased when it comes to the writing services available online. But our bias is borne out by experience. The dirty little secret of online writing services—including SEO companies that offer “original” blog articles, academic writing services that promise to write your homework papers, or SOP writing services that charge ridiculously low fees ($25 for an SOP!)—is that much of this writing is farmed out to the Philippines. This is not to suggest that there’s anything inherently wrong with the Philippines. It’s a lovely country, with