How to Write College Admission Essays Using SMART
Mnemonic
Using the most popular SMART acronym Nine out of ten
college students who write college admissions essays use popular writing
techniques and persuasion strategies to win the hearts of the evaluator. SMART
mnemonic, though widely used in project management vocabulary, is now extending
its hands to help students write college admission essays better and smarter.
SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time bound.
This is article is not just fun to read but easy to apply too.
Specific: Examiners look for candidates who are specific,
clear and concise in their thoughts and opinions in the essays. For instance,
If you think you believe hard work and smart work together play vital role for
success, give specific instances and incidents in your life that supports your
belief to persuade the examiner.
Measurable: Here, measurable means a measurable tone of
voice. Does your essay have a friendly, polite, yet persuasive style of
language? Does it contain phrases that are positive, words that are politically
correct, statements that do not provoke any community, culture, tradition and
custom beliefs in to arguments? If yes, you have more chances to get good
scores in your essay tests.
Attainable: "Once I graduate from your University, I
will cure AIDS, eliminate this deadly disease from the world" is one
statement made by a medical student in one essay. Is this promise attainable?
If yes, what are your support details? Are these details persuasive enough so
that the examiner accepts them as practical evidence?
Realistic: Though you are selling yourself in the
admission essay, the sales pitch must be realistic. Too exaggerated vocabulary
such as "I saved the life of millions" or "I am the only
responsible son in the family other any of my siblings" could be avoided.
Time Bound - Do you still carry the old resume as your
essay? Or using the out-dated essay format that you used last year? Or
copy-paste an essay template to all the colleges irrespective of the subject,
place and course? It is time to up-date your college admission essay. Time
bound is including all your recent achievements in a chronological order with
the recent awards and recognitions at the top of essay.
So, be smart, use SMART Mnemonic to enhance your essay
skills
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