The fully updated fourth edition of the go-to guide for crafting winning essays for any type of graduate program or scholarship, including PhD, master’s, MBA, MD, JD, postdocs, DDS, DVM, Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright--you name it. Based on thousands of interviews with successful grad students and graduate admissions officers, Graduate Admissions Essays deconstructs and demystifies the ever-challenging and seemingly more impersonal application process for getting into graduate and scholarship programs. The book presents 50 sample essays in a comprehensive range of subjects, detailed strategies that have proven successful for some of the most notoriously competitive graduate programs in the country, as well as sample letters of recommendation, essays for residencies and fellowships, and postgrad applications.

An updated directory to thousands of scholarships for undergraduates covers every major field of study. Bibliog.

For 15 years, Daniel J. Cassidy, President of National Scholarship Research Service, has been providing students with all of the tools needed to earn a private sector scholarship. Completely revised & updated annually, Cassidy identifies 4,000 private sector scholarship sources, 400,000 awards worth over $2 billion, awards up to $40,000 per year, specific tuition savers, & easy-to-read index on awards offered by fields of study.

From radio and television's most listened-to personal finance adviser come straightforward methods for rebuilding one's financial life. Tailored to the economic realities of the 1990s and beyond, Steve Crowley's practical approach to personal finance will help readers at any income level with specific information on credit cards, tax havens, car-leasing programs, and more.

A directory describes thousands of scholarships from a wide range of sources for undergraduates in every major field of study.

Knowledge is power. Simply stated, Managing the Graduate School Experience: From Acceptance to Graduation and Beyond provides graduate students with power as it helps them to understand and complete a graduate degree, regardless of how the degree is offered—online or on-campus. It also encourages them to take control of the graduate school process as much as possible and negotiate with faculty and the administration regarding all aspects of the program. Some additional key features of this book include: Experienced faculty members who have served on more than 400 graduate committees, have chaired more than 100 doctoral dissertations and eighty master’s theses, and have instructed thousands of learners on their journey to earning their degree Reflections of more than fifty cumulative years of graduate school experience A non-technical, no jargon, easy-to-read style. Succinct and to the point A Student centered approach that has helped hundreds of graduate students complete graduate degrees

There is an enormous amount of financial aid money available in direct scholarships and grants to fund college study; the trick is to identify the sources of athletic awards and to find the right one for you. In Free Money for Athletic Scholarships, Laurie Blum shows the high school athlete where and how to apply for the millions of dollars available each year to help finance education costs.