Gail Godwin, in her lovely essay "Working on the Ending" (Dec. 12), laments the "slowdown of word retrieval" but points out the companion benefit, "an increased intolerance for the threadbare phrase".
Because of an editing error, an essay on July 17 about gay bookstores misstated the sexual orientation of Patricia Nell Warren, whose novel "The Front Runner" was sold in the Oscar Wilde Bookshop when the writer of the essay worked there in 1983.
If your family members and friends don't think that your essay works, listen to them.
OF course not all the essays work.
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays, work of literary criticism by Northrop Frye, published in 1957 and generally considered the author's most important work.
The application process is a long one; it requires you to prepare thoroughly for the GMAT admissions test, write essays, work with referees and create an overall presentation that reflects who you are.
But most of these essays work as comic relief, tailor-made to the publications in which they first appeared (an essay for O is significantly gushier than one written for The New Yorker) but executed with overall sharpness and panache.
College essays, work and life experiences, and extracurricular activities will factor into the admission decision.
Applicants to the MBA program are evaluated based on commitment to the mission of BYU and the LDS Church, undergraduate academic performance, Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) standardized test scores, essays, work experience, recommendations, written applications, and interviews, if applicable.
