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If you’ve updated your resume recently, why would you need to revise it again for your grad school application? We’ll explain why. Your resume is a key part of your application that, if well constructed, can help you gain admission to the program of your choice. How it looks, what you’ve included and excluded, how well …
So, you are thinking you might want to pursue a PhD. That’s great! However, it can sometimes be difficult to decide whether to actually go for it. Maybe you are weighing the time commitment required or the prospect of leaving a job you love. Or maybe you are wondering whether you are prepared for such …
A low GPA, a failed course, a semester of withdrawals, a gap year that stretched into two – these things do not automatically close the door to graduate school. But they do require something of applicants: a willingness to face their record honestly and present the adcom with the full picture behind it. In this …
by Steven Tagle
The 2027-2028 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award cycle is currently open, and the national deadline is October 6, 2026 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. For this year’s competition, the program has done away with the personal statement requirement and added in its place three short-answer questions intended to evaluate how well you fulfill the Fulbright …
by Steven Tagle
The 2027-2028 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award cycle is currently open, and the national deadline is October 6, 2026, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. If you’re working on your application, you know that securing an affiliation in your host country is one of the most time-consuming and nerve-wracking parts of applying. Fulbright requires all study/research …
All graduate school applications require some kind of research statement. This might come in the form of a Statement of Purpose (SOP) (with a section devoted to research), or it might come in the form of a Research Statement (which will be separate from a broader SOP or a series of other short essays). The …
by Steven Tagle
If you’re reading this, congratulations! You’ve already submitted your letter of interest to the Institute of Current World Affairs (ICWA) and have received an invitation to submit a full application, which will be due in approximately one month. That is no small feat. The institute regularly receives more than 100 applications for two or three …
by Steven Tagle
Fulbright is the United States’ premier international education and cultural exchange program. Every year, it offers awards to approximately 8,000 grantees from the United States and more than 140 other countries. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides funding for American citizens to study, conduct research, or teach English abroad for nine to 12 months. After …
by Steven Tagle
Creative writing Master of Fine Arts (MFA) programs are designed to offer an emerging writer the time, support, structure, and community to develop their craft, experiment, and produce a long work with the goal of publication. Traditionally, creative writing programs have been two- to three-year full-residency programs with specialties in fiction, poetry, and occasionally nonfiction. …
Fellowships such as the Fulbright and Boren can change the entire direction of one’s career – but the application process is competitive, idiosyncratic, and full of small decisions that separate the finalists from the also-rans. In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk, host Dr. Valerie Wherley speaks with Steven Tagle, an Accepted admissions consultant who …
by Steven Tagle
Applying for grants and fellowships is an important and sustaining part of many artists’ practice. Besides the recognition these competitive, highly sought-after awards bestow, they provide significant time and money so that creators such as writers, musicians, composers, visual artists, filmmakers, and photographers can pursue long-term projects and develop their craft without worrying about making …
by Steven Tagle
Do you love to travel the world? Do you get a thrill out of immersing yourself in new languages, foods, and cultures? Are you interested in how people in different countries live, what traditions they practice, and how they’ve responded to historical and global trends? Or do you have specific research or field work that …
In this 30-minute session, one of our admissions consultants will review your profile, assess your chances of acceptance at your target programs, and tell you exactly where you stand.
