Essay -- is who are you and how you're going to impress school within 500 words (each essay) and what you're going to benefit school in the future if they take you. However, you have to convince admission for your leadership, ability, networking skill, and your thinking of the future career (can be changed when getting in school, but has to be cleared one direction while your are applying)
Aware of your story making, it’s the key to show your personality, skill, ability, and strengths.
Resume – is again for the leadership skill, and what you did in the past. It’s equally important to clear your background and who you are, and where you are in the career path.
Personal statement – is a good chance for you to add any additional information you’d like reader to know. It’s could be for example one, wants to do finance in the future, never took accounting or e-count at college but taking many of this courses at this moment and having very good grade to show off….. . Or, one failed one particular course and try to explain why…
Let me know if you need help, and good luck
Judiewu@umich.edu
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