Some students apply for admission only to their first-choice school, while others apply to several
schools. Which plan do you agree with, and why? Be sure to include details and examples
to support your opinion.
A graduate school application process can be challenging, requires a lot time and commitment which causes candidates to be stressed a lot with the fear of getting a rejection. Also, this stress and fear of rejection limits their perspective and causes them to focus on what that single program wants rather discovering their own interests. Even though I understand that some students may choose to give their all energy to their first choice school, it is better to keep options available to overcome this problems. By creating several options, candidates will reduce their risk of getting a rejection and also they will have more motivation to discover new areas of interest by doing more research on other programs.
To begin with, applying only to the first program of choice is very risky since getting a rejection means losing all the chances of attending to a graduate program at least for a year. This creates a lot of stress and pressure which makes it harder to control the whole process. For example, I am currently applying for several graduate programs which of them are highly competitive due to their reputation and successful academics. I am aware of the fact that I might get rejected but by ensuring myself that even if I got a rejection from my top choice, I can still get into another program that is almost equally good. Knowing that I’ll eventually get at least one acceptance helps me deal with stress and gives me more control over the overall application process.
Secondly, the fear of getting rejected from my top choice motivates me to do more research on my area of study and this way I discover more about the researches conducted in other US institutions in my profession.To expatiate more, I am applying to civil engineering graduate programs on energy efficient building design however as I do more research I realize that there are some programs that aims to make whole neighborhood energy efficient by integrating buildings with energy infrastructure system. Discovering new research and different program focuses has broadened my perspective and I acquired new ideas that I can benefit during my graduate studies. My priority has not changed however, I explored several other ways to contribute science and realized that I will be almost equally happy in attending such programs.
To conclude, the stress arising from the competitive nature of the graduate program application progress and risks of getting a rejection can limit the perspective of the applicants to fit exactly the program requirements if they have only one choice. Applying to several programs helps solving the problems and increases chances of getting acceptance.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 502, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...r to keep options available to overcome this problems. By creating several options, ...
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Line 5, column 214, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: To
... other US institutions in my profession.To expatiate more, I am applying to civil ...
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Line 7, column 288, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[5]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to solve' or 'solve'.
Suggestion: to solve; solve
...ice. Applying to several programs helps solving the problems and increases chances of g...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, still, at least, for example, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 15.1003584229 53% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 13.8261648746 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.0286738351 118% => OK
Pronoun: 53.0 43.0788530466 123% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 60.0 52.1666666667 115% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 8.0752688172 186% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2243.0 1977.66487455 113% => OK
No of words: 440.0 407.700716846 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09772727273 4.8611393121 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.57997565096 4.48103885553 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83036132816 2.67179642975 106% => OK
Unique words: 215.0 212.727598566 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.488636363636 0.524837075471 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 702.9 618.680645161 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 9.59856630824 94% => OK
Article: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.86738351254 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.94265232975 81% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 20.6003584229 68% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 31.0 20.1344086022 154% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 94.5962688568 48.9658058833 193% => OK
Chars per sentence: 160.214285714 100.406767564 160% => OK
Words per sentence: 31.4285714286 20.6045352989 153% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.21428571429 5.45110844103 132% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 11.8709677419 76% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.85842293907 130% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.88709677419 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.157849262499 0.236089414692 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0632724224918 0.076458572812 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0514056523842 0.0737576698707 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.100338744931 0.150856017488 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0446951282432 0.0645574589148 69% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.3 11.7677419355 156% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.01 58.1214874552 69% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 10.1575268817 152% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 10.9000537634 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.94 8.01818996416 111% => OK
difficult_words: 105.0 86.8835125448 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.002688172 140% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.4 10.0537634409 143% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.
So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:
reasons == advantages or
reasons == disadvantages
for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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