Special Edition: Most common essay corrections

Some of the most common corrections we make in essays:

• Clichés: often wordy and trite, just avoid them like the plague. (joke intended)
• "Thing": there is always a better, stronger word or a way to rewrite the sentence to eliminate this word.
• Compound words: alot? highschool?
• Proper nouns and capitalization errors: maybe it's the texting generation, but proper capitalization matters. It reflects attention to detail and understanding of grammar.
• Overused phrases:
  ...will be able to...
  ...will allow me to...
• Comma usage. Maybe students don't have a love of commas, but they do matter, especially for the reader to see that the applicant understands basic grammar rules and read the essay as the applicant intended.