17 Prompts to Cover in USF and UVA Essays

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17 Prompts to Cover in USF And UVA Essays
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• The University of Virginia (UVA) is a world-known
  research university located in Charlottesville,
  Virginia. It has 121 majors across 8
  undergraduate and 3 professional schools with
  22,391 students studying here from 148 countries.
  In the National Universities ranking, UVA has got
  the 24 place.

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• The University of South Florida is a public
  research university with 48,373 students studying
  here. Its location - Tampa, Florida. USF is the
  4th largest university in Florida with 14
  colleges, 80 undergraduate majors, and even more
  graduate programs. It belongs to the top research
  universities in the USA. No wonder why a
  competition among applicant for USF as well as
  UVA is so tense.

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• An application essay is a great chance for you to
  stand out from other candidates. It is usually
  approximately 500 words long but it can take days
  or even the whole week to write a decent and
  powerful UVA essay. The main problem is how to
  make it outstanding. Here are 17 tips which will
  definitely help you out.

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• 1. Read the requirements thoroughly
• Not following essay instruction will demonstrate
  the admission committee you wont be able to
  follow the universitys program at all. Word
  limit and a number of pages are indicated for a
  reason so follow all rules and come up with a
  good USF admissions essay.

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• 2. Organization is a key aspect
• Dont want to rewrite your written piece? Then,
  make a detailed plan indicating your main points
  and develop them. It will save you from stress
  and headaches because a sign of a successful USF
  essay is a great organization.

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• 3. Stick to a plan
• Divide your essay into 3 parts, define what
  points all of them will consist and follow it.
  Creativity is important but even a creative
  writing is well-organized.

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• 4. Brainstorm your ideas
• Come up with engaging ideas and estimate how long
  paragraphs should be in order to finish USF
  application essay and still follow the word
  limit. Then, make a schedule when youre going to
  write an introduction, body, conclusions, edit
  and proofread your written piece.

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• 5. Begin with a catchy introduction
• You need to catch the admissions attention so
  start with an anecdote or an engaging story that
  demonstrate your personality and strengths. Show
  the admission who you are and why youre the one
  who deserves a place in the program.

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• 6. Stay focused
• Dont include all possible information to your
  essay. You wont be able to cover everything
  simply because youre limited in words and pages.
  So, concentrate on the main point and develop it.

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• 7. Demonstrate instead of just telling
• Reading your UVA supplement essay, the admission
  committee will get to know better your
  personality. Overused phrases like a great
  leader, hard-working, enthusiastic wont
  tell anything new to the admission so provide
  everything you state with strong examples.

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• 8. Watch out vocabulary
• Overusing advanced vocabulary is never a good
  idea. Dont try to sound too smart. A plain and
  clear language is exactly what you need. Look for
  examples how a particular word is used in a
  sentence and ask yourself whether this word fit
  in yours.

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• 9. Make your language simple
• UVA essays with a complex language and too many
  complicated words and even scientific terms
  always seem pompous and make the admission laugh.
  So, be careful and make everything clear and
  simple.

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• 10. Be succinct
• Make your points concise and easy to understand.
  In such a way, you show the committee youre able
  to express your thoughts clearly and respect
  their time.
• 11. Be original
• Dont put phrases or words which hundreds of
  other applicants have used in their essays. Show
  your original and extraordinary way of thinking.

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• 12. Show how determined you are
• Express your determination to study on this
  particular program. Show you have knowledge of
  the course youre applying for so your choice is
  absolutely conscious.

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• 13. Set your goal
• Tell the reader what is your future goals and
  have you can achieve them with help of the chosen
  program. Ensure your University of Virginia
  supplement essay describes your relevant skills,
  strengths, and ambitions.

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• 14. Get rid of clichés
• If you want to distinguish yourself, stay
  original and eliminate all clichés from your
  essay. The admission committee has already looked
  through thousands of similar writings so let them
  see how unique you are.
• 15. Back up each statement with bright examples
• Dont state a fact from your life, but provide it
  with concrete details and examples.

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• 16. Use qualified help
• Before you submit your USF admission essay, ask
  somebody else to check it for you. It can be a
  friend who has got an application experience or a
  tutor who's aware of all requirements. While
  writing, we tend to commit mistakes and then,
  dont notice them. So, having someone else to
  proofread is a great opportunity to improve essay
  quality.

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• 17. Dont ask too many people to revise your
  written piece
• People have different opinions so their feedbacks
  can easily confuse you. If you follow each
  reviewers advice, the quality of your University
  of Virginia essay will be too poor. Pick up max 3
  people with the expertise in writing such papers.
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