The website “wordcount“, is an artistic experiment in the way we use language. It presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonality..

The book published in 1971 is worth looking at. It gives a feel of how Computers were imagined by common people.

http://davidguy.brinkster.net/computer/

The topic “This Year, Next Year, Sometime…?“, particulary is worth looking at…

15 years ago, when Internet was not available to masses, People sought the help of library for Essay writing skills, Vocabulary improvement and elegant Sentence formations. But today, there is a magic wand called “Internet”. You get so many tips and tutorials on “how to write good Application Essays?”, each providing atleast one solid suggestion. The process of looking up for alternate words, for conveying a message, is amazingly simple. Years before, one had to go through the dictionary, page by page, to fit and match different words. Now you have all those reverse dictionaries, synonym finders etc. either in a software or in a website.

Another advantage that the current day people have is the forums, where like-minded people share information with each other on all aspects of business schools, including applications. Yet another advantage is the email which puts you in touch with your friends(reviewers) all over the world. Review process becomes much simpler with Advanced word processors like Microsoft word.

Naturally, with so much assitance from technology, Application essays are becoming increasingly professional, well-formed and looking great! Standards have increased. But there are some people out there, who literally do ‘copy-paste’ plagiarism either from old essays or websites. with today’s search engines like “google”, such plagiarisms can be easily identified in an essay, . Many applicants fail to see through the underlying threat and persist with plagiarism. Moreover, its always best to present yourself as you are, in a honest fashion. Otherwise, true colours will come out one day, spoiling all your hard work till that date.

Keep in mind that I am talking only about presentation of essays. The content for the essays would in all probability be a unique one, as experiences and circumstances of each individual are vastly different.

With so much free assistance thrown at you now-a-days, it will be foolish to neglect them. Admission committee knows these forms of assistance, so naturally the expectation rises. So, wish you all the best with your essays and I kindly request you to utilize all the facilities that you have in your hand today…

PS: There is a misconception regarding adcoms comparing AWA with your essays. No way this comparison would yield a result. Simply because the AWA is written in 30 minute time frame, with little time for presentation of essays and review of essays. Application essays on the other hand, is an output of days or weeks or months of effort! The Comparison doesn’t come close at all…

Gmail has introduced “Pop Access” and “Email Forwarding” features. Here’s what it has to say…

“It’s your mail. You should be able to choose how and where you read it. Access your mail the way you want to, with free POP access and automatic forwarding. You can even switch to other email services without having to worry about losing access to your messages. Think of it as email portability.”
Cool!