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HUGE overhaul on my essay. 6th draft. Help please!

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:41 pm
by restless
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Re: HUGE overhaul on my essay. 6th draft. Help please!

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:58 pm
by LSATclincher
There was not enough content about you. You can open up w/ that neat story about your mother, but keep it one para tops. Then you MUST begin talking about you. You can tone down the literary writing in the first para, as well. Avoid any slang, and avoid one word sentences. That's nice for a creative writing class, but it's inappropriate here. I would also lose the study abroad thing. I can't see how that would make you a better lawyer.

The legal profession is petty dry. You don't need to be a cultural phenom to succeed. Keep the PS simple. That's a nice situation you overcame. Just show how it built you into a stronger woman today. Those who succeed are mentally strong; and it seems you fit the fill, but unfortunately this PS does not let us know that.

Good luck!

Re: HUGE overhaul on my essay. 6th draft. Help please!

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:01 pm
by CanadianWolf
Terrible. Your earlier version was much better.

P.S. In your earlier version you wrote of heat waves altering your vision; that line made a memorable impact.

Re: HUGE overhaul on my essay. 6th draft. Help please!

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:46 pm
by restless
Alright. Thanks for being blunt. I'm glad I didn't save over previous drafts. I'll tweak up the previous one.