In addition to regular forum rules and information, this sticky contains rules specific to the AWA Essay folder; read this information even if you have already read stickies in other folders.

This folder is for AWA ESSAY questions; please post any other questions in the other appropriate folders on the site.

It is ILLEGAL to reproduce / post questions that you (or someone) saw on the test when you took an official GMAT. Any offending posts will be deleted immediately from our forums. We also strongly recommend that you don't post official questions on any other forum; if you are caught, the people who make the test can ban you from taking it forever AND cancel any scores you already have (and there go your b-school hopes).

We regret that we cannot score or give comprehensive advice on complete essays; this simply takes too long. If you are in one of of our courses, you will have an opportunity to have essays graded during the course. If you are not and would still like to have essays graded, please see our web site for details about our essay grading service (this is not free - you will have to pay a fee).

Other Notes

We instructors will strive to respond to posts within 3 business days, but we can't always guarantee this during high-volume days. We will do our best though! If you are currently a student in one of our classes, use your office hours and/or your instructor for any pressing questions.

If one user posts 5 or more questions in a short period, it may take longer for that user to get a response to all questions because we will try to allocate our time evenly over all posters (to ensure that one person doesn't get a monopoly on instructor time).

We may respond to some very open-ended questions with a request to narrow the topic. For example, "How do I get better at essays?" is too broad to be answered in a forum (we spend hours on this in class!).

Happy studying!

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Stacey Koprince
Instructor
Director of Online Community
ManhattanGMAT

I am not taking a MGMAT Course but I would like to get feedback/a grade on my essays. Where do I go to do this?

Send an email to studentservices@manhattangmat.com and ask them for details. I think the pricing is around $50 for two essays, but I'm not sure - check with them.

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Stacey Koprince
Instructor
Director of Online Community
ManhattanGMAT

That's quite reasonable for that price, any discounts for students? Very beneficial indeed for students to improve their essay writing skills.

Since this was originally posted, GMAC launched a service called GMAT Write, where you can get essays graded using the official GMAT essay grading software. One round of grading is included in our course. For students not taking our course, go to www.mba.com and look for GMAT Write.

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Stacey Koprince
Instructor
Director of Online Community
ManhattanGMAT