Essay

Writing Our Essays? Get an Edge with These Tips

Here a few points we’re looking for when it comes to these Boston College-specific essay questions.

Main Essay 1: Please discuss how you plan to achieve your short and long term career goals following graduation from Boston College. What challenges will you face and how will you leverage your academic and professional experiences to achieve these goals?

Our tip: Be specific. Show us that you’ve taken the time to consider this question by providing detailed answers. Think about challenges that are specific to your candidacy, and how your strengths will balance them. This is one of our required essays (we read a lot of them), so authentic, thoughtful answers will stand out.

Second Essay 2: Please introduce yourself to the BC community. Feel free to be creative in expressing your message.

Our tip: We’ve said it before: admissions essays (even when optional) are a great way to creatively share your personal interests, outside commitments, or passions with the admissions committee. Writing an optional essay shows that you’re serious about Boston College, and also gives you the opportunity to set yourself apart from other candidates. By telling us about yourself, you’ll become more than just a representation of your resume or scores. Feel free to portray your uniqueness, but ask a friend or colleague to proofread your essay before you submit it to keep it free of embellishments.

Five Tips to Keep in Mind When Writing Your Essay

You’ve noted your educational background, provided your work experience, and shared your test scores. Next comes the essay. Essays offer applicants a unique opportunity to make an impression. What you say and how you present it conveys to admissions officers your personality, ambition, and diligence—so make it a great read. Here are five tips to consider as you compose your statements.

1. Use your own voice. Authenticity is key. Yes, you’re applying to business school, so you want to show your varied vocabulary as best you can, but admissions wants to see how you write, how you speak…and you should want to enroll in a school that appreciates your style.

2. Obey the word limit. No matter how much you have to say, admissions officers prefer you to be concise and stay within a certain word count (ours is 500). Write as much as you want at first, then go back and edit until every sentence matters. Ask yourself: Did I answer the question? What are the key points?

3. Focus on the how and why. Tell us how you will accomplish your goals, why you’re driven to be successful. We’ve seen your resume; now’s your chance to elaborate.

4. Prove your interest in the school. Did you visit campus, talk with alumni, and attend information sessions? Rather than regurgitate the website, share your first-hand observations and what resonated for you when indicating your reasons to apply. We love hearing that you’ve done your research and know, without a doubt, you’d be a good fit for our school, culture, and community.

5. Enlist proofreaders. You’re applying to graduate school; no matter how meticulous you may be, it is smart to ask others for help. What they should look for: genuineness (does it sound like you?); professionalism (does it show personality and maturity?); answers (do you actually address the question?); and of course, typos and grammatical errors.

USE below CV TO WRITE THE TWO ESSAYS MENTIONED ABOVE.

EDUCATION

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

Earned Bachelor of Science in Business Management. Graduating in August 2018 with Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.9 out of 4.0.

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ESLI

Made the dean’s list 7 times, respectively, out of 8 semesters. Graduated with honor (Summa Cum Laude).

Earned English as a second language international program Diploma at Texas A&M University.  Got the highest mark in class.

Professional Technical Institute of Training

Earned Diploma of sciences in Business Administration

EXTRA CURRICUALAR

MISK FOUNDATION

Successfully completed “Interview Skills Program” in Jun 2018.

IRS TAXPAYER ADVOCATE SERVICE

2009-20011

2014 - 2018

2013-2014

Successfully completed the Intake/Interview, Quality Review and Volunteer Standards of Conduct in Nov 2015.

LinkedIn Licenses & certifications

More than 36 course in management filed.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Authority Monitory (Central Bank )

Strategic Workforce Planning Specialist

Forecasting staffing needs

Skill development through employee training programs

Job fulfillment

Generation of reports showing production volume to assess future and current needs

Collection of data and analysis to improve business operations in one or more departments

Identifying critical job titles and classifying jobs

Reassigning workers to different titles

Deciding when a job becoming obsolete

Proposal of staffing plans and staffing budgets

Providing strategic advice to decision-makers

Al Rajhi Takaful Insurance Company

Organizational development Specialist

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY- university Center Operation

November 2018– August 2019

(OD)

Maintains all organizational designs and job descriptions according to HRD standards.

Processes and publishes OD Change Requests.

Attends job analysis/evaluation sessions and documents minutes of meetings.

Performs search on similar ODs & JDs for use in the OD Change review.

Drafts JDs & ODs according to HRD standards.

Processes Employee Status Change Requests and updates the database with the changes.

Prepares the annual increments proposal document.

Prepares the annual incentives/bonus proposal document.

Assisted hundreds of students and visitors, providing general University information and a

host of ad hoc customer service responsibilities.

 Interfaced with clients in organizing events and meetings, including facilities and other requests, including technology and administrative requirements

 Provided call center activities as well as in-person room reservation for dozens of students and visitor organizations.

AMERICAN EXPRESS

Credit Controller September 2010 – April 2011

 Collected outstanding balances, reporting daily progress against targets to Team Leader.

 Facilitated outbound collection calls and negotiated settlements with clients, including

following up on administration and payment reconciliation.

NAFA ENTERPRISES Public Relations Assistant February

 Marketed products to government agencies, and represented the company at industry events

and other corporate functions.

 Represented the company in the tender process, and collected debt from government

agencies and other companies.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEADESHIP AND SUCCESS Member.

AMERICAN RED CROSS

Treasurer & Representative at Texas A&M University.

president of Student Club at Texas A&M University.

Treasurer at Texas A&M University.

Club Cultural Activities Coordinator at Texas A&M University.

SKILLS

 Strong communication skills

 Ability to priorities requests

 Flexibility / Multi-tasking

 Able to deal with all levels of seniority

 Strong numeric skills

May 2016 – May 2017

May 2014 – May 2016

 Project management skills

 Team player

 Detail orientated

 Disciplined approach to managing processes with a desire to improve

 Software Proficiency: Microsoft Office (Advanced), Apple IMovie, Keynote), Social Media

(Advanced), MySQL, XLMiner Analysis Tool.

 Languages: English and Arabic (Fluent