If you have already chosen a field to major in / a career to prepare for, you will be expected to demonstrate genuine interest in the field / career and motivation to study / practice it. Most often this is the element that will make or break your application.
Too many students cannot tell colleges more [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Application’
18 Nov
No excuses
27 Sep
Questions to ask yourself before you apply for a specific major
1. Why do you want to study this subject? Can you prove that you have a real, not superficial interest in it? What is your evidence?
2. Why do you want to study at this university? Do you understand the demands of the course? Do you know the way you will be taught and the way [...]
11 Sep
Being honest about majors (US colleges)
Getting into college might be much harder if you honestly tell admissions officers what major you have chosen. Why? Because this major might be very popular at the college, thus attracting a lot of applicants and increasing competition. If this is the case, you should show that you have already done something impressive [for your [...]
9 Sep
Applying to college
There is no strict algorithm applicable to every school. You should always visit the school’s website and read the specific requirements. Although many schools make use of common tools like The Common Application (USA) or UCAS (UK), they don’t necessarily have the same application process, asking for exactly the same documents. Often they share a [...]
4 Sep
(USA) The common application: 2009-10 First-year application
Read older texts on the common application to learn about its parts, etc. You don’t need to read the specific instructions (like the one I’m posting below) for specific previous years.
APPLICANT
Legal name: Your name as it is written on your ID card. Exactly!
Preferred name: If your name is Dimitar, but you’d prefer to be called [...]
4 Sep
Application forms
If you are applying to US or UK colleges (except Oxford and Cambridge), you don’t need to worry about application forms now. In September we’ll be focused on essays. At the end of September / beginning of October, we’ll get together to discuss these. You can find information in the blog and in the Facebook [...]
28 Jul
Who are you #2
You are not only what you have done, faced, survived as demonstrated in your resume and life story. These formats may not be able to show that you are a dreamer or an introvert, that you possess a brilliant analytical mind or Mother Theresa’s compassion. Yet, knowing who you are might help you choose the [...]
27 Jul
Who are you?
Some colleges are interested in who you are. How could you show them?
Your resume (CV) is about what you have done. What you have done is related to who you are, but it does not tell the whole story.
Who you are might be defined by what you have experienced, by the challenges you have faced [...]
20 Jul
The narrative resume
When I was a kid, a CV / resume meant a short narrative, starting with a couple of lines about your family: “I was born in a humle working-class family. My father is a member of the Communist party.” It was such a relief when the lean list/ table was introduced in the 90s: we [...]
5 Jan
Midyear school reports
I hope US college applicants don’t forget to send them as soon as they have their first term transcripts
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