 And when you're ready to edit your own essay, start by just reading through it and fixing some of the rough edges. Always refer back to your list of major and minor themes and ask yourself, what is this paragraph trying to communicate? And what do I want the reader to know about me? Why am I telling them this? Another good thing to ask yourself while you're reading your essay is, does this even sound like me? Does it sound like something I would say? A lot of people writing essays for school use big words and phrase things in a way that they never would in a real conversation. Try to cut down on that and just be more genuine. Also, make sure every sentence that's in there is there for a reason and it doesn't say something that you already said in a different sentence. Don't be extra. Get rid of redundancies. Check your grammar, check your spacing, check your punctuation. Make sure every comma, period, colon, and semicolon have only one space after them. This makes things look neat and uniform and also saves you characters. Make sure everything is spelled correctly. Make sure things that need to be capitalized are capitalized and make sure things that do not need to be capitalized are not capitalized. Pretend you're a stranger who doesn't know anything about your life and put yourself in that stranger's shoes and read your essay. Does it still make sense? If not, remove any confusing details or clarify things that need to be clarified. Then, read it again, skimming each paragraph until you get to the very end and focus on the transition, that last one or two sentences of the paragraph and the first one of two sentences of the next paragraph. Is it a good transition? Does it flow or do you get whiplash trying to follow along and see where it's going? If it's not a smooth transition, fix it. Work on it. Now, read it again and keep editing. Then, have somebody else read your essay and take their opinion into account. But don't feel like you have to change everything they say you should change. This is your essay. Just take their opinion. See if there's any good feedback. Think about it and make any changes you feel like you should make. Then, have somebody else read it and do the same thing. Keep reading and refining your essay until you either run out of time and you have to submit your application or until you're just simply satisfied with it and you think it says everything that you wanted to and it's just a really solid essay that you're proud of. And again, if you want my help personally with this, go to BorisThePA.com Click on the CASPA Essay Review Service and book a service with me so that I can help you personally with your essay. And I'll see you in the next video.