More About Richard Stelzer
Richard Stelzer is a California-based consultant who advises a wide variety of clients on strategy for written presentations. He is also an author whose acclaimed book, How to Write A Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School, is an outgrowth of more than 20 years of successful experience working with applicants from all over the world. “Many intelligent, accomplished and normally articulate individuals are completely at a loss when it comes to presenting themselves and their achievements in a suitably impressive way in the application essay,” says the author. “And yet this is imperative in this competitive arena. Indeed, whether writing for law school admission, business school admission or medical school admission, the applicant must proceed on the assumption that his or her personal statement will be given considerable scrutiny.” Mr. Stelzer is a frequent lecturer at such schools as UCLA and USC.
More About the Book
Richard J. Stelzer’s How to Write A Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School (Peterson’s; 3rd edition; can be obtained online and in libraries) addresses one of the most challenging facets of the application process. This one-of-a-kind reference work, embraced by applicants since 1989, includes more than three dozen examples of successful personal statements (or application essays), as well as exclusive interviews with admissions officers from top law, business and medical schools. It also contains invaluable suggestions from the author, a seasoned consultant who has advised countless successful applicants to many of the nation’s leading graduate programs.