How to Add Detail to Your Social Enterprise/Community Service Goals
Whether you’re applying for an MBA, a PhD in Public Policy (or many other doctoral fields), or a Masters in…
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6 Tips for Talking About Your Weaknesses
How do you react when you read/hear the weakness question? With this question, schools are assessing how well you self…
How to Use Good Grammar to Create Essays That Flow
From my base in the Middle East, I work with many applicants throughout Asia who have excellent English but use…
How to Get the Most Out of Working With a Med School Admissions Consultant
You’re applying to med school and need to juggle numerous things at once to stay afloat – school and/or a…
Should You Apply to a Safety School?
Many applicants who are targeting top ranked programs wonder if they should consider adding a lower-ranked school to their list…
Accepted’s Holiday Hours
We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season, enjoying time with family and friends. That’s how most members of…
8 Tips for Better Admissions Resumes
This post is taken from The Quick Guide to Admissions Resumes. Click here to download the full guide. Looking for solid…
Admissions Resumes: Putting it All Together
This post is taken from The Quick Guide to Admissions Resumes. Click here to download the full guide. MBA and other…
How to Write the Qualifications Summary for Your Resume
The Qualifications Summary section of the resume is, in theory, the first section of the resume that the admissions reviewer…
Waitlisted! What Now?
So, you’ve been waitlisted and you’re not sure whether to laugh or cry. You can choose to do either, neither…
Application Essay Tip: The Devil is in the Details
You can argue about the devil, but certainly the substance, distinctiveness, and success of your essays depends on the details.…
Personal Statement Tip: Less is More
Most of us have heard the saying “less is more,” but how many of us put it into practice when…
Focus on Fit [Most Popular Show Rerun – Episode 176]
The most popular post of the last six months is "Focus on Fit," and since Linda is taking a brief…
Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Your Application Essay
The Application Essay Do's: Unite your essay and give it direction with a theme or thesis. The thesis is the…
Where’s the Poetry? The Secret Ingredient in Your Graduate Application Essays
Strategy will necessarily guide your selection of essay topics, anecdotes/examples, and structure. Yet an essay built on calculation alone, even…
Writing the Diversity Personal Statement
One of the many challenges of applying to college or graduate school is showing the admissions committee how you’ll fit…
5 Mistakes To Avoid In A Cover Letter
You only have one chance to make a first impression. If the first impression you need to make is through…
5 Things the Adcoms Hate
When I was admissions Director there were some things applicants would do that were minor, but that I found to…
Get a GRIP on Team Questions
I took away a lot of wonderful concepts, frameworks and strategies from my MBA education that led to a successful…
Are You A Leader?
Of course you are – but do you know how to present those impressive leadership skills and experiences in your…