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October 13, 2022

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How to Write a Goal Statement for Graduate School

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 language used in graduate application prompts. Motivations matter Your statement of purpose is one of the best ways you can sell the admissions committee on you as a well-qualified, purposeful candidate. A strong goal statement… 

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Article by Accepted / Grad School Admissions / career goals, grad application essays

October 7, 2022

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How to Compose the Small Components of Large Grant Applications Like the Fulbright

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 people speed through the process of writing these blurbs, fiddling with word combinations within the live application platform to get the character-count just right. But these small clusters of writing should not be an afterthought… 

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Article by Rebecca Lippman / Grad School Admissions / Fulbright Foundation, Grad Financial Aid

October 6, 2022

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Writing a Confident and Thematically Driven Personal Statement for Fulbright

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 statement. Regardless of your personal background, a strong personal statement for a large grant application like the Fulbright should always have a clear focus: the content of it should always serve the overarching project proposal… 

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Article by Rebecca Lippman / Grad School Admissions / Fulbright Foundation, Grad Financial Aid

October 2, 2022

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Writing the Fulbright Statement of Grant Purpose as a Practical Document

Writing the Fulbright Statement of 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 grant proposals like the Fulbright. In that work, I noticed a tendency among humanities and social sciences students to overemphasize the intellectual value of their work in application materials. Repeatedly, I found myself making suggested… 

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Article by Rebecca Lippman / Grad School Admissions / Fulbright Foundation, Grad Financial Aid

September 30, 2022

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5 Lessons Learned When Winning a Fulbright on the Third Try

What I Learned About Grant Writing From Putting Together 3 Fulbright Applications

It was during my master’s program at the University of Cambridge, that I realized how much I wanted Brazil to be part of my doctoral research. One of the reasons that I returned to UCLA for the PhD, instead of staying at Cambridge, was to engage closely with the campus’ rich resources, faculty, library collections,… 

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Article by Rebecca Lippman / Grad School Admissions / Fulbright Foundation, Grad Financial Aid

September 29, 2022

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Harness the Power of Storytelling in Admissions and Job Interviews

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 you to this program more than to any other?” If you have interviews coming up, whether for a seat in a college program or a job opening, will you be ready to answer… 

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Article by Alice Diamond / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays

September 21, 2022

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Admissions Straight Talk Receives #1 Ranking of Higher Ed Podcasts

Linda Abraham Ranked 1 Sept 2022.1

It is a great honor for Accepted to receive the #1 position in the Unadmitted ranking of higher ed podcasts created by Gjergj Dollani for our weekly graduate admissions podcast, Admissions Straight Talk. It was a welcome surprise not only to be nominated by Mr. Dollani, but receive such recognition for this powerful free resource…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk Podcast, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / Admissions Consulting, podcast

September 21, 2022

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Berkeley Haas MFE (Master of Financial Engineering) Application Tips

Berkeley Hass MFE App 2021

UC Berkeley Haas is perhaps best known for its highly selective MBA program, but this business school also offers a one-year Master of Financial Engineering degree for those applicants interested in computational finance focused on business and economics.  Haas’s MFE shares the MBA program’s high selectivity – the MFE program received 749 applications while only… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Masters in Finance, Masters in Financial Engineering, UC Berkeley Haas

August 30, 2022

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London Business School Master’s in Management (MiM) Essay Questions, Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023], Class Profile

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Everything you need to know about the LBS MiM Program Overview of the LBS MiM program Application essay tips Admissions requirements Deadlines Class profile Who gets accepted Acceptance rate Life at LBS Overview of the program The Master’s in Management (MiM) is London Business School’s longest running Early Careers (EC) programme. The first to be… 

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Article by Jamie Wright / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / London Business School, Management Consulting, Masters in Management

August 29, 2022

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How Does a New College Grad Find a First Job?

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Searching for that first job after graduating college is hard work. In general, college grads tend to fall into two broad categories. One is the group that knows exactly what they are after, often heading toward a professional track such as engineering, accounting, law, medicine, or something else requiring a postgraduate degree or other training… 

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Article by Karin Ash / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / career goals

August 21, 2022

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London Business School Master’s in Finance Application Essay Questions, Tips & Deadlines [2022 – 2023]

London Business School MiF application essay tips

The LBS Master’s in Finance (full-time program) essay questions, taken together, convey the adcom’s interest in two interrelated points: (1) how you envision and plan your future career; (2) your knowledge of and interest in the LBS Master’s in Finance program. Showing fit is particularly important because this is a rare MiF program that targets… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / Grad School Admissions / London Business School, Masters in Finance

August 17, 2022

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Schwarzman Scholars Application Essay Tips and Deadlines

Schwarzman Scholars 2022 Essay Tips and Deadlines

What is the Schwarzman Scholars Program mission? The Schwarzman Scholars Program is a fully funded 1-year master’s program in Global Affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Designed in collaboration with prestigious universities such as Harvard, Oxford, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford, the program’s mission is to “build a global community of future leaders who will… 

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Article by Rebecca Lippman / Grad School Admissions / Grad Financial Aid, international student, leadership, Schwarzman Scholars

August 16, 2022

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9 Secrets to Telling an Attention-Grabbing Story

9 secrets to telling an attention grabbing story

You’ve completed most of your application. Now it’s time to write your personal statement. You want your statement to stand out from the rest, and the way to do this is to tell a compelling story – the tale of your greatest achievements, dreams, and challenges.  You can tell a compelling story by tying together… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, essay editing, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays

August 10, 2022

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Accepted Announces Partnership with B-Speak! English

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For more than 25 years, Accepted has been committed to helping our clients succeed in achieving their educational and career goals. Primarily, we have done this through our top-notch admissions consulting, but when we believe our clients can benefit from complementary services, we have suggested those services to them. Now, we have another such opportunity… 

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Article by Accepted / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / international student

August 2, 2022

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Applying to the Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program: Everything You Need to Know [2022 – 2023]

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Everything you need to know about the Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program Overview: What is the KHS Program? Who is eligible to apply? Unique application deadlines and procedures KHS Acceptance Rate Application elements: Resume Recommendation letters Institutional letter of endorsement Short answer questions Essay question Video statement What is the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program? The Stanford Knight–Hennessy… 

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Article by Rebecca Lippman / Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / Grad Financial Aid, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid, Stanford GSB, Stanford Law, Stanford MSx, Stanford University School of Medicine

July 21, 2022

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Stanford MSx Application Essay Tips & Deadlines [2022 – 2023]

Stanford MSX Tips 2022 2023

The relatively complex MSx online application and your resume (and ideally your recommendations as well) will establish you as a leader in your organization (and possibly even your domain), and that leadership role is essential if you want to be a qualified MSx applicant. But it’s just a qualification. Being qualified is just step one, because… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / 2023 EMBA Applications, EMBA, Masters in Management, Stanford GSB, Stanford MSx

July 4, 2022

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions

June 21, 2022

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Empowering International Students with the Financing for Grad Ed [Episode 475]

Sasha Ramani May 2022

How can an international student pay for grad school in the U.S. or Canadian graduate education? [Show Summary] MPOWER Financing has changed the graduate education financing industry by offering international students loans with no collateral or co-signer requirement. Sasha Ramani, the Associate Director of Corporate Strategy explains how they do this responsibly and shares his… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk Podcast, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / Grad Financial Aid, Harvard Kennedy School, international student, Law Financial Aid, Masters in Public Policy, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid, podcast

June 9, 2022

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Writing About Your Experiences Abroad

Writing about your experiences abroad

You studied, worked, or volunteered abroad. Now you want to include part of this in your personal statement as part of an undergrad, AMCAS or other application. Maybe you want to show that you’ve experienced a different culture and expanded your perspective through your eye-opening experiences meeting new people, mountain-climbing, assisting in a rural community,… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / college application essays, diversity, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays, personal statement

June 9, 2022

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The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Application Essay Tips

The Paul Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Application Essay Tips

Paul Soros was often overshadowed by his younger brother, financial wizard George Soros, but he was a successful businessman and multi-millionaire in his own right. In contrast to George Soros’s success in the financial industry, Paul Soros made his mark on the world by innovating in the shipping industry, filing patents, and winning several engineering… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / diversity, Grad Financial Aid, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid

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