Admission Essays

The applicant must avoid grammatical mistakes, incoherent language, exceeding the specified word limit, and not answering the question properly. You should also avoid repetitive information and copying from the internet, in your admission essays. 

The number of admission essays required may vary from university to university. The applicant must attempt all the essays. 

The word limit is specified by the university along with the question/ prompt. The word limit can be anywhere between 100-1000 words, depending on the university. The candidates must strictly adhere to the word limit specified.

Most universities require the applicants to write essays on the prompts that they provide. Admission essays help the Ad Com to learn about the personality and other qualities of the candidate that are not reflected anywhere else in the application. 

There should be consistency in the tenses. Using past, present, and future tense in the same sentence is odd. Try to use the same tense throughout, or at least in the same paragraph. You may change the tense, as per need, in different paragraphs.

Using is the correct grammar is paramount for admission essays. Spelling mistakes, wrong tenses, and other grammatical errors will show that you do not have a good command over the English language, which is the medium of instruction in universities abroad. Correct grammar also reflects your professionalism, seriousness, and credibility as an applicant. Thus, to make a good impression on the Ad Com, you must be extra careful about writing a grammatically correct essay.