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"Prospective MBA students will find everything they need to prepare successful admission essays in this book. Containing 50 real essays students have written to gain admission to top business schools, this guide details the strengths of each essay, the inspiration of the student who wrote it, and what makes it a winner. The essays represent a diverse group of students and include those with traditional consulting and business backgrounds, as well...
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What do high school teachers expect from your writing? Here's the inside information on how your teachers think. If writing essays is challenging for you-- or if you want to turn a B essay into an A essay -- you'll want to read this book. How To Write Any High School Essay is the essential, easy-to-use, and comprehensive guide for any high school essay you could ever want to write-- no matter the teacher, no matter the subject. Grounded in more than...
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"The C.A.P.E. Crusade is a refreshingly new take on the College Application Personal Essay, Billy Lombardo provides a balance of broad guidance and nitty-gritty tips to help young writers craft meaningful essays in response to what can feel like an impersonal process."--
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Provides more than 50 successful admission essays straight from the source--recent college graduates making the transition to earning advanced degrees at highly selective graduate programs. Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, and Northwestern are just a few of the universities to which these students were admitted. Each of the essays contains designated segments highlighting the particular characteristics that make them outstanding admissions essays. Additionally,...
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Few, if any, writers in history have made major contributions to as many fields of knowledge as Aristotle ...
'If there are two definitive features of ancient Greek civilization, ' writes Hugh Lawson-Tancred in his wide-ranging Introduction, 'they are articulacy and competition.' In the city-states oratorical competence was an essential asset for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils and even for ordinary citizens in the courts of law. In response,...
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"[This book] builds confidence and helps kids fall in love with writing! [Includes] 21 story starters from detective adventures to space missions ; visual guides for structuring stories; illustrated writing prompts; descriptive vocabulary lists; [and] creative writing techniques. Developed with teachers and assessment experts" -- Back cover.