How to Get Into Georgetown McDonough’s MBA Program [Episode 512]
Shortcuts to Key Insights from this Episode An overview of both Georgetown's MBA programs and the MS in Environmental and…
Grad School Admissions
Casper, A Situational Judgment Test: All You Need to Know [Episode 513]
Shortcuts to Key Insights from this Episode How to prepare and practice for the Casper. A detailed explanation on how…
Welcoming Sadie Polen
The Accepted consultant team is thrilled to welcome Sadie Polen, who previously ran highly selective summer programs at Harvard University,…
CMU Tepper’s MS in Business Analytics: All You Need to Know [Episode 510]
Drawing on her knowledge as the Director of Masters Admissions at Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business, Kari Calvario shares…
Identifying the Ingredients of a Winning Essay
Check out all of the blog posts in this series: Identifying the Ingredients of a Winning Essay Finding a Theme…
Bring Your Personal Statement to Life With Vivid, Active Verbs
Your personal statement is an essential element of your application and allows the adcom great insight into who you really…
What to Do If You’re Rejected from Grad School
Rejection hurts, especially if it’s from a school that you really had hoped to attend. Competition is always tough at…
Got a Criminal Record? Here’s How to Address It in Your Application
If you have ever engaged in disorderly conduct or petty theft, gotten a DUI, been arrested during a political protest,…
What Does 2022 Mean for Applicants in 2023 [Episode 505]
Reflecting on trends that impacted graduate admissions in 2022, Linda Abraham shares her predictions for 2023 and offers an action…
The Questions You SHOULD Be Asking – ANSWERED! [Episode 500]
Invaluable insights into all aspects of the graduate admissions process [Show Summary] In celebration of Admissions Straight Talk’s 500th episode,…
Bonus Episode: USN Rankings, LSAT, and Laid-off Workers: What Does it All Mean?
Find out the latest admissions news and what it all means [Show Summary] It was a very newsy November and…
How Can You Show Passion in Admissions?
When one thinks of passion, one doesn’t generally think of investment bankers. But the admissions committees are looking for passion…
Happy Thanksgiving!
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, a national holiday during which we give pause – at least for a…
Stride Funding: Where Your Education is an Investment and not a Debt [Episode 495]
Find out how you can benefit from Stride Funding [Show Summary] Tess Michaels shares what’s new at Stride Funding, the…
How to Write a Goal Statement for Graduate School
Note: This article uses the terms “statement of goals,” “goal statement,” and “statement of purpose” interchangeably, to reflect the variable…
How to Compose the Small Components of Large Grant Applications Like the Fulbright
Like many large grants, Fulbright applications require candidates to compose a number of small written components throughout the document. Most…
Writing a Confident and Thematically Driven Personal Statement for Fulbright
Like many large grant organizations, the Fulbright Foundation requires applicants to write both a statement of purpose and a personal…
Writing the Fulbright Statement of Grant Purpose as a Practical Document
During my time at the UCLA Scholarship Resource Center, I worked with several graduate students on the development of large…
5 Lessons Learned When Winning a Fulbright on the Third Try
It was during my master’s program at the University of Cambridge, that I realized how much I wanted Brazil to…
Harness the Power of Storytelling in Admissions and Job Interviews
“Tell me about a time when you disagreed strongly with your supervisor. ”“How would you do things differently now?”“What draws…