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Your statement of purpose is the most important document in your application to a graduate or professional school. This essay can determine acceptance to the program you want, influence a decision about your funding, or lead to your rejection. Learn more>>

Searching For a Graduate Program?

How do you put together an effective search to find the programs best suited to your academic needs? At this point in the application cycle you should be narrowing your list of schools - but how do you find the right ones, and once you do, how do you put together a successful graduate school application?


Purposeful Statements

If you are stuck I will help you to get unstuck. My editing is respectful and responsive. I do not ghost write. The essay is yours; it is about you, it must reflect you and academic integrity demands that you are its author.

In Editing, I will

  • Encourage you to expand ideas or add information that will show you to better advantage
  • Suggest changes in wording, grammar or organization
  • Advise you to remove distracting or unnecessary elements
  • Help you to rethink and reimagine your entire essay