<p>I recently found out that these services do exist. I was wondering if they are used as much as their websites indicate? Are they worth the money? One of my grad schools is requesting a 2,000 word personal essay. I don't know how much to write about my life and studies so far. Anyone have any good tips or suggestions, especially those who have used these services.</p>
<p>Even if you pay someone else to write your essay for you, you will still need to supply the information about yourself and future goals - that is, you will need to decide what to include in the statement. Once you have decided what needs to be in the essay, the bulk of the work is already done. The most those essay-writing services can do is put the material you've provided into sentence form.</p>
<p>Think about these questions: What do you want to do during grad school (specific research topics if possible)? What do you want to do after grad school? What have you done up to this point that has prepared you for grad school and the work that will come afterwards?</p>