Posted on September 30, 2010

A personal statement essay, a statement of goals essay, or a statement of purpose essay – no matter how you call it, this can be one of the most important essays in your life and, definitely, a crucial part of your college application package. Your personal statement essay might be a decisive factor for the adcom in their final image of you as the best applicant.
 
Hope you have already developed some unique strategies for writing your personal statement essay that will make it stand out. In other words, you need to have a clear understanding of what you need to do to draw the reader’s attention. What we want to tell you about are some things that you should NOT DO or some blunders to avoid in your personal statement essay so that not to spoil it.
 
Do not repeat information
 
Do not waste precious space of your personal statement essay on repeating info that can be found elsewhere in your application. Better leave it for additional explanations, e.g. why you decided to participate in some activities or how they helped to improve or reveal your talents.
 
Do not complain, but explain
 
Do not try to blame your teachers for low grades or any other academic problems when writing personal statement essays. Writing about problems is okay, but the reader of your personal statement essay is more interested in how you overcame them.
 
Do not be guided by money or prestige
 
Writing something like “I want to earn a lot of money” or “I want to study here, because it is one of the most prestigious schools” is a big mistake students make in their personal statement essays. These reasons are pretty obvious, but the adcom wants to see your love for studies first of all.
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Posted on September 29, 2010

Do you think there is nothing special about writing compare and contrast essays? Do you think you should not be aware of some peculiarities? Well, if you are a writing genius, probably you really do not need any explanations. However, if you face this type of essay for the first time, we would not be that self-assured.
 
Yes, a compare and contrast essay is not the most complicated assignment, but we still advise you to start with an analysis of examples of compare and contrast essays if you are not experienced in writing this particular type of papers. We should point out that one example of compare and contrast essay will not be enough.
 
You need to get several examples and compare them, because this type of essay can be written in different ways, and you should define which way suits you better.
 
Here are some instructions for you on how to use examples of compare and contrast essays.

• So, find several examples of compare and contrast essays, read each one carefully.
• Define the purposes of writing those essays. Actually, compare and contrast essays are not written just to compare something, but to inform, analyze, persuade, etc.
• Carefully read thesis statements in every example of compare and contrast essay. Do they reflect the purpose of writing an essay? Do they sound strong?
• Now, check the overall organization of your examples of compare and contrast essays. We have already mentioned that they can be arranged in different ways. To be specific, there are two main methods used for writing compare and contrast essays: a block method and point-by-point method. So, check what methods are used in different examples of compare and contrast essays. Which one seems to be easier?

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Posted on September 28, 2010

On the one hand, growing up is associated with something new and exciting. For parents, growing up means the first steps, the first words, and the first achievements of their children. For kids, growing up means everything new and unknown, and every kid at some point dreams to become a grown up one day.
 
Now, growing up is the topic of your next written assignment. You are not a kid anymore, but not yet an adult as well. We are sure it will be very interesting for your teacher to find out what you really think about your experience of growing up. Thus, writing a narrative personal essay on growing up seems to be one of the great ways to get your paper done.
 
Although you will be covering a well-known topic (about yourself), we still strongly recommend you to plan everything and decide what exactly your essay on growing up will be devoted to. After all, describing everything you remember since the early childhood is not a good idea. Here are several hints for essays on growing up:
 

• write about your family values and how they have been shaping your personality;
• describe in the essay on growing up various roles you have had in your family, how and why they change;
• describe your personal changes in the course of growing up.

In other words, try to focus on something that made your growing up special and tell about it in the essay on growing up.
 
What if you do not feel like talking about own experience in the essay on growing up? Do not worry, since there are many other ways to complete your paper. What follows next are additional ideas for you:
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Posted on September 27, 2010

It is pretty natural that you feel stumped a little with your sexual orientation essay. It is one of those topics that are called “discussed to death”, which means it is really hard to add something new to such topic or surprise a teacher with an outstanding paper.
 
However, this is exactly what your teacher is waiting for – an excellent sexual orientation essay, where he/she will read at least something new. Thus, forget about writing essays on gay marriage, adoption by gay families, and stuff like that in your sexual orientation essay. It is also not that great idea to continue the discussion of the origins of sexual orientation – whether sexual orientation is an in-born characteristic or a decision that a person makes at some point in life.
 
Then, what is the right way to get sexual orientation essays done? Actually, it is not a hard question to answer, because to prepare an excellent sexual orientation essay you need to read or watch the recent news on the topic. By the way, tracing news is a very useful habit for a student.
 
So, what have you heard so far about the rights of gays and lesbians, or anything related to your sexual orientation essay? Nothing? And what about the meeting in Portland, Maine, which was held on September 20, 2010? This meeting was organized to support the rights of gay, lesbian, and bisexual members of the U.S. military service and to support the abolition of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. By the way, the famous singer Lady Gaga also participated in the meeting and called her fans from all the other states to support the rights of gays and lesbians.
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Posted on September 24, 2010

Do you not know what reference papers mean? Well, everything is simple, and these are just papers that contain references. The situation is more complicated if you have a fair idea of what references are all about. Then you should figure this out as soon as possible, because essay references might play a very important role for you and your works. So, here you will find all the necessary details about making reference essays
 
What references in papers are all about
 
In a few words, references can be defined as “keys” to sources you have used to prepare your essay. This means that if you use other authors’ ideas, you have to show where they come from and give all the necessary publishing details about those sources.
 
Why references in essays are so important
 
One of the main reasons is that essay references “protect” you from being accused of plagiarism. However, there are some other good reasons:

• essay references show how well you have researched a topic and how much reading you have done;
• you have a chance to back up your ideas with experts’ opinions if you make proper references in a paper.

When exactly you should make references in essays
 
There are two major instances when you have to use essay references:

1. When you insert a direct quote;
2. When you paraphrase someone’s words or summarize.

How references in essays should be organized
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