Build a better accomplishments essay by following this recipe.  Accomplishments are the bread and butter of personal statements and application essays. That may sound straightforward, however, a fascinating brainstorming session of Accepted admissions consultants reveals that applicants don’t always know what an accomplishment is. What goes...

Math Quantity A Quantity B Quantity A Quantity B The area of rectangular plot A The area of rectangular plot B A) Quantity A is greater.B) Quantity B is greater.C) The two quantities are equal.D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.       Correct Answer - A  - (click and drag your...

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Verbal The recent change to all-volunteer armed forces in the United States will eventually produce a gradual increase in the proportion of women in the armed forces and in the variety of women's assignments, but probably not the dramatic gains for women that might have been expected....

Math Point S (not shown) lies above the x-axis such that ΔRSTΔRST has area equal to 6. Quantity A Quantity B The x-coordinate of point S The y-coordinate of point S A)The quantity in Column A is greater.B)The quantity in Column B is greater.C)The two quantities are equal.D)The relationship cannot be determined from...

Verbal Many find it strange that her writing is thought to be tortuous; her recent essays, although longer than most of her earlier essays are extremely (i) ____________ . Blank (i) (A) painstaking (B) tedious (C) insightful (D) sophisticated (E) clear   Correct Answer - E  - (click and drag your mouse to see...

The most common challenge that my clients face when writing a statement of research interests or statement of purpose (SOP) for a Master’s or PhD application is how to describe, in concrete terms, what their research interests and goals are. This is understandable—some people worry...

Math To cover the floor of an entry hall, a 1′ * 12′ strip of carpet is cut into two pieces, shown as the shaded strips in the figure above, and each piece is connected to a third carpet piece as shown. If the 1′ strips...

Math Town A has a population of 160,000 and is growing at a rate of 20% annually. Town B has a population of 80,000 and is growing at a rate of 50% annually. Quantity A Quantity B The number of years until town B’s population is greater than that...

If you have ever engaged in disorderly conduct, petty theft, gotten a DUI, been arrested during a political protest, or have any other infractions (minor or major) on your record, we hope that you have learned important lessons from those experiences and won’t repeat them....