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Six Things to Do over the Summer Before Applying to Graduate School

Application deadlines for MBA and graduate programs kick off in early fall and run through mid-January. But you don’t want to delay getting started on your submissions! Budget at least three months to map out your plan, address weaknesses, and assemble all the materials you’ll need.  Here’s a six-step breakdown of how to organize yourself …

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Michelle Stockman

Michelle Stockman  

Michelle Stockman has a master’s in journalism from Columbia University and is a former staff member of the Columbia Business School admissions office. She’s also a broadcast journalist and producer, with 15 years’ experience coaching applicants to MBA, graduate, and undergraduate programs.

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How to Choose the Right Graduate School

2025 How to Choose the Right Graduate School

Many people who think about advancing their skills or changing their career direction via a graduate degree believe they must attend a “prestigious” graduate school – one that is ranked highly in the surveys conducted by U.S. News & World Report, Bloomberg Businessweek, and other media outlets. These candidates apply to the schools in the top ten …

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Karin Ash

Karin Ash  

With 30 years of career/admissions experience at four universities, Dr. Karin Ash has met with thousands of recruiters seeking to hire the best graduate students from leading schools. She has served as an admissions committee member, ensuring that the applicants who ultimately enroll are a good fit for the program and prime candidates for employers. Karin has been a consultant with Accepted for almost a decade and has facilitated applicants’ entry into top engineering, data science, MBA, and other STEM graduate MEng, MS, and PhD programs.

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How to Help Your Child Apply Successfully to Graduate School

Applying to graduate school can be a stressful process. As an applicant’s parent, you naturally want to help them, but how can you do so? Maybe you never went to graduate school, or it has been decades since you applied. The process is not the same as it was years ago. Furthermore, your child is …

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Alice Diamond

Alice Diamond  

Formerly the associate dean for career and community service at Lesley University, Alice Diamond has an extensive background in career and admissions advising for undergraduate and graduate students. She has expertise in working with candidates applying to top graduate degree programs, including ones for clinical and counseling psychology, social work, public health, public policy, education, expressive arts therapy, and environmental studies.

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Extracurricular Activities Can Help You Get Accepted to Graduate Therapy Programs

Involvements outside of the classroom can be an important component of your graduate school application. Can you draw a connection between your extracurricular activities and the field you are entering? Has your participation in a particular activity influenced your decision to pursue your chosen career? For example, someone applying to graduate school in clinical social …

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Alice Diamond

Alice Diamond  

Formerly the associate dean for career and community service at Lesley University, Alice Diamond has an extensive background in career and admissions advising for undergraduate and graduate students. She has expertise in working with candidates applying to top graduate degree programs, including ones for clinical and counseling psychology, social work, public health, public policy, education, expressive arts therapy, and environmental studies.

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I Got Laid Off! Should I Apply to Graduate School?

If you lost your job because of layoffs in your field – or any other reason – it could actually be a great opportunity to take stock of your career. In this post, we discuss three different unemployment scenarios and offer recommendations as to what you could do next. 1. You loved your work. Lucky …

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Karin Ash

Karin Ash  

With 30 years of career/admissions experience at four universities, Dr. Karin Ash has met with thousands of recruiters seeking to hire the best graduate students from leading schools. She has served as an admissions committee member, ensuring that the applicants who ultimately enroll are a good fit for the program and prime candidates for employers. Karin has been a consultant with Accepted for almost a decade and has facilitated applicants’ entry into top engineering, data science, MBA, and other STEM graduate MEng, MS, and PhD programs.

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Get into Graduate School with a Low GPA

So you’ve made some decisions for your future, and those decisions include going to graduate school to help you arrive at the career of your dreams. But what if you have a less than competitive GPA from your undergraduate education? No worries; having a low GPA is not necessarily a deal-breaker. And there are things …

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Mary Mahoney

Mary Mahoney  

Dr. Mary Mahoney earned her PhD from the University of Houston and her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. She is director of medical humanities at a liberal arts college in New York. With more than 20 years’ experience as a tenured English professor, she specializes in personal statements. She also teaches narrative medicine, empathy, health equity, disparity, bias, and social justice. She has a strong track record of helping applicants to medical, psychology, and humanities graduate programs achieve success.

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How to Write a Compelling Postbac Admissions Essay

One of the most important parts of your application to postbac programs will be your personal statement. This piece of writing allows the admissions committee to get to know you and understand your path to medicine.   Three attributes of a compelling postbac personal statement Three important elements can make your postbac personal statement resonate with your reader: …

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Valerie Wherley

Valerie Wherley  

As the former assistant dean of student affairs at the William Beaumont School of Medicine and former director of pre-health advisement and the Postbaccalaureate Certificate Program at Sacred Heart University, Dr. Valerie Wherley brings more than 20 years of success working with pre-health candidates in medicine, dental, vet, PA, PT, OT, exercise science, and nursing. Her clients appreciate her expertise in the holistic admissions process and her patient, thoughtful, strategic, and data-driven working style.

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All You Need to Know About University of California Irvine Master of Public Health Program [Episode 517]

All You Need to Know About University of California Irvine Master of Public Health Program

[powerpress] Tune in to hear all that University of California Irvine program in public health has to offer and learn about the future UCI School of Population and Public Health. [Show Summary] The Master in Public Health (MPH) degree experienced enormous growth since the COVID lockdown. One of the leading and largest programs in public …

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To Test or Not to Test: That Is the Question

To Test or Not to Test: That Is the Question

“I can’t concentrate, worry about little things, and have trouble sleeping. I am just so nervous,“ said Maria, a prospective doctoral applicant who was concerned that making the wrong choices might sabotage her chances of acceptance. Maria’s distress was not surprising. I had received multiple emails, telephone calls, and text messages from other clients who …

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It’s All About Authenticity and Community in Graduate Admissions [Episode 518]

It’s All About Authenticity and Community in Graduate Admissions

[powerpress] In this episode Sadie Polen, M.Ed Harvard and Accepted consultant, explores authenticity and community in graduate admissions and explains how to get a Harvard graduate degree. [Show Summary] Have you dreamed of attending Harvard for grad school? Would you like to pursue a career in education with the premier brand in education on your …

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Casper, A Situational Judgment Test: All You Need to Know [Episode 513]

Dr Dore Casper, A Situational Judgment Test: All You Need to Know.

[powerpress] Shortcuts to Key Insights from this Episode Do you have to take the CASPer for at least some of the programs you are applying to? Are you concerned about? This interview with the co-founder of Acuity Insights, the folks who provide the Casper, is for you! [Show Summary] Dr. Dore discusses everything applicants need …

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CMU Tepper’s MS in Business Analytics: All You Need to Know [Episode 510]

CMU Tepper’s MS in Business Analytics: All You Need to Know

[powerpress] Drawing on her knowledge as the Director of Masters Admissions at Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business, Kari Calvario shares everything students should know about CMU Temper’s MS in Business Analytics program. [Show Summary] Welcome to the 510th episode of Admission Straight Talk. Thanks for joining me. Before we dive into today’s episode, I …

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