Example of a descriptive “thesis”: “In Common Sense, Thomas Paine presented his views on why the American colonists should break with Great Britain.” *Note: No one would ever disagree with this ...

The first essay anybody writes is for school. Same here. But the only examples I remember are the ones I wrote at the end, in my A-level exams. One compared Hitler to Stalin. Another, Martin Luther ...

Serious college applicants spend a lot of time crafting and telling their stories in application essays. But it’s also critically important that the essay is well written as much as it is well planned ...

Aaron is a chemical engineering student who does freelance writing on the side. Despite his ties to the scientific community, he has always had a passion for journalism after almost a decade of exp ...

A personal statement is often a pivotal factor in medical school admissions decisions. "The essay really can cause me to look more deeply at the entire application," Dr. Stephen Nicholas, former ...