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September 19, 2007

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Employment News for Grads

There have been a few fascinating articles this week focused on job opportunities for recent graduates of college and various graduate programs. Here is a brief run-down: "Best Places to Launch a Career" is a BusinessWeek Special Report surveying hiring trends for Generation Y and "ranking" the best employers. Included are pieces about the Big… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / finance, hiring, recruiting, Wall St. Journal, Wharton

August 10, 2007

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Matchmaking in Admissions

I recently found myself playing matchmaker. (No, matchmaking is not part of Accepted’s service offerings. I was off-duty.) I was talking to the young woman about a young man I know well. She asked me some questions about him, including “Is he growth-oriented?” “Yes,” I responded, “He is interested in growth.” But she wasn’t satisfied… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions

July 20, 2007

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Ph.D. Completion Rates

Do you think you may want to go a little further educationally? Is a PhD beckoning? Are you concerned about completing your degree because you know too many people who are "ABD" or "All But the Dissertation"? The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), with financial support from Pfizer and the Ford Foundation, have established the… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions

May 26, 2007

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Personal Statement Tip: Failure Questions

Facing a failure question? Keep in mind this maxim from Michael Josephson of the Josephson Institute: "Find the lesson in every failure, and you’ll never fail." That concept is the key to successfully answering failure questions on applications and in interviews. 

Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions / personal statement

May 15, 2007

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Personal Statement Tip: History vs. Memory

Over the weekend I went to a talk focused on the difference between history and memory. The two are clearly related, but not the same. History is what you read in an encyclopedia or newspaper timeline. It is facts, dates, statistics, and data, impersonal and frequently very dry in isolation. Memory consists of vignettes, stories,… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / application essay, law school personal statement, personal statement

May 10, 2007

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Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants

Two years ago I attended Tuck’s first Conference of International Educational Advisors. I went with the purpose of  learning more about Tuck. And I did learn a lot about Tuck, as expected, but I discovered that I enjoyed meeting my competition and professional colleagues much more than I anticipated. The networking was great!  I have… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / Admissions Consulting, AIGAC, GMAC

April 18, 2007

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Themes in Admissions: Good or Bad?

Are themes good or bad? That depends on whether you are talking about a theme for your application or for your essay. For the former, bad. For the latter, good. If you are applying to a top program, you don’t want your application to have a nice, neat theme that simply labels or tags you:… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions

March 15, 2007

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Common Sense Isn’t So Common in Admissions

MBAAnonymous questions in "Admissions consultants?" why applicants use or think they need admissions consultants. After briefly providing her background, she adds, I’m just an applicant. I have however worked as a writing consultant where I edited, among other things, MBA applicants’ essays to places like HBS, Stanford GSB, and LBS. Looking back on that experience… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / Admissions Consulting, leadership, LSAT, Stanford GSB

January 16, 2007

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Penn Prevents ABD: Provides Dissertation Bootcamp

Dissertation Bootcamp Rules: Four hours a day for two weeks, starting at 9:00 AM Only a 30-minute break. No emailing. Internet use for academic purposes only. $50 fee back if you complete the process. The Writing Center at Penn is serious about focusing its grad students on their dissertations. Uninterrupted  time for researching, structuring, writing… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Grad School Admissions

January 9, 2007

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More Jobs for PhD’s in History

Inside Higher Ed reports more job postings for PhD’s in history than ever before. Quite a switch from recent history. However, the paper hastens to add that most of the jobs pertain to Asian or African history. Furthermore more and more positions are part-time and non-tenure track.

Article by Linda Abraham / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions

January 5, 2007

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Graduate Program Options: Merge or Close?

Inside Higher Ed reports on a possible merger between the German departments at Duke and UNC Chapel Hill, two small struggling programs. According to Inside Higher Ed: "In so doing, the two universities believe that their programs could catapult to among the largest — if not the largest — in the country, with 18 full-time… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Grad School Admissions / hiring

January 5, 2007

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Essay Tip: What to Do If You Procrastinated.

I was looking for something on the old blog and came across a post that I thought was timely and worth repeating. I wrote it in early January 2005, when my daughter was applying for grad school (She got in and then decided she didn’t want to go.) It gives advice for those of you… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / personal statement

March 9, 2006

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Personal Statement Tip: Dealing with Hardship

A friend of mine was recently going through a hard time. Things were going wrong, seriously wrong in her life. She wryly labeled these experiences "character building." It is a sad truth that tragedy and trial build character strength and develop wisdom. Most of us would rather be weaker and stupider than have character building… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / personal statement

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