The fully updated fifth edition of the go-to guide for crafting winning essays for any type of graduate program or scholarship, including PhD, master's, MD, JD, Rhodes, and postdocs, with brand-new essays and the latest hot tips and secret techniques. Based on thousands of interviews with successful grad students and admissions officers, Graduate Admissions Essays deconstructs and demystifies the ever-challenging application process for getting into graduate and scholarship programs. The book presents:

• Sample essays in a comprehensive range of subjects, including some available from no other source: medical residencies, postdocs, elite fellowships, academic autobiographies, and more!
• The latest on AI, the GRE, and diversity and adversity essays.
• Detailed strategies that have proven successful for some of the most competitive graduate programs in the country (learn how to beat 1% admissions rates!).
• How to get strong letters of recommendation, how to get funding when they say they have no funding, and how to appeal for more financial aid.
• Brand-new sample supplemental application letters, letters to faculty mentors, and letters of continuing interest.

Dr. Donald Asher is a veteran career and higher-education consultant, and one of the nation's foremost authorities on the graduate admissions process. He is a featured speaker at more than 100 colleges and universities from coast to coast every year and has spoken internationally on careers, higher education, and globalism. He has been a contributing writer to the MSN homepage and The Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com, and is the author of twelve books.