How
to Submit Your Application Essay
AU's Masters
of Social Work program requires the submission of an essay. You
may submit your essay in any of the following ways:
METHOD I.
Enter your essay in the provided text box.
You may
enter your essay directly into the text box provided. Although the
display size of the text box provided is limited, the system will
accept multi-page statements -- just use the scroll bar to move around
in the document. If you do not want to actually compose your essay
in the box, you can develop your statement in your favorite word
processor and copy the results into the text box when you get ready
to submit the application. The advantage of this approach is that
you can work on your essay over the space of several days and take
advantage of tools such as spell checkers. Here's how to copy your
essay into the box:
- Create
the essay. Open both your word processor and your web browser,
with the application form displayed in the browser.Select
the text. In your word processor or editor, select the
entire text of your essay. In most PC applications you can
do this several ways: starting at the top of the document,
hold the left mouse button down, drag the cursor to the bottom
of the document, and let go of the cursor - the text should
be highlighted. Alternatively, in some applications there may
be a "select all" option under
the edit menu that will highlight the entire document with
a single command.Copy the text. In most Windows applications
you can do this in one of several ways: a) click the right
mouse button and select "Copy"; b) Open the Edit menu and select Copy;
or c) From the keyboard, Hit <Ctrl> + C (hold down both
keys at the same time). Only the text that has been selected
(highlighted) will be copied.
- Paste
the text. Select the web browser window that contains the
application form. Place the cursor in the supplemental essay
text box and paste in the copied text. There are, again, three
ways to do this in most applications: a) click the right mouse
button and select "Paste"; b) Open the Edit menu and select Paste;
or c) From the keyboard, Hit <Ctrl> + V (hold down both
keys at the same time).
METHOD
II. Submit your essay as an email attachment
If you
are set up with a suitable email account and software, you can also
submit your essay as an attachment. Here are the steps involved:
- Submit
the application form, minus the essay. Check the appropriate
box on the application form to indicate that you are using
the email option.Complete the essay. Write the essay
using your usual word processor. Be sure to include your full
name and the program to which you are applying at the top.
Our chances of being able to handle your essay will be highest
if you use a standard word processing format. If possible save
your document using the Rich Text (rtf) format, which is readable
by nearly every word processor. Create a new email message. From
your email program, start a new email message and address it
to gwcadmission@aurora.edu.
In the body of the message, indicate that you are attaching
an essay as part of your application package.
- Attach
the document. Using the tools provided for your email
program, attach your document to the message. You'll need
to know where on your hard disk the document is stored. Send
the message and document.
If you
are working from a computer that has already been set up to handle
your personal email account, and if a copy of your completed essay
is available on that machine, you can use this link to initiate the
file attachment process: gwcadmission@aurora.edu.
(Note: this will probably not work if you are working from a public
computer lab).
METHOD
III. Submit your essay in hard copy format (U.S.Mail or Fax)
Print
out the final form of your essay. Be sure to include your full name
and the program to which you are applying at the top. Send or fax
the document to:
School of Professional Studies
George Williams College of Aurora University
350 Constance Blvd.
P.O. Box 210
Williams Bay, WI 53191-0210
Phone: 262-245-8564
Fax: 262-245-8565
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