Writing Resources

Drexel Fellowships Office

• Schedule an appointment by emailing us at fellowships@drexel.edu! We are also available to review your essay drafts and give feedback via email or in-person.
• Come to our office at 109 Disque Hall, where we have a number of books and resources on writing available for you to look through on site.
• We also have a database of sample essays. Login with your Drexel abc123 and password.

Drexel Writing Center

• The Writing Center is also able to read and help with revising your essays. Schedule an in-person or online appointment.

Online Documents and Books

• Writing Personal Statements Online, Joe Schall
• “Tips for Preparing an Effective Personal Statement,” from the Truman Foundation
• They Say, I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein (Norton: New York) 2006.
• Revising Prose, Richard Lanham (Longman: New York) 2007.
• On Writing Well, William Zinsser (Harper and Row: New York) 2006.
• Graduate Admission Essays: What Works, What Doesn't and Why, Donald Asher, Ten Speed Press
• Rules for Writers, Diana Hacker (Bedford, St. Martins: New York) 2004. (General handbook)