DON’T GO TO GRADUATE SCHOOL!
Okay, as some who has four graduate degrees, this might seem like hypocritical advice. And, in truth, many people should go to graduate school. But my experience is that far too many people do and that folks...
A Template for Contacting Professors at Target Schools
I have mentioned the importance of contacting potential professors at the schools to which you are applying. It’s vital that you both contact particular professors with whom you might want to work and mention them in your...
An Insider’s Guide to PhD Admissions Committees From Someone Who’s Been There
If you are applying to a PhD program, it’s important to understand how the admissions process works once your application gets sent. Many people offering expertise on admissions writing come from the world of undergraduate,...
How Is a Graduate School Personal Statement Different?
Once you’ve decided to pursue a Ph.D., one of the challenges that you’ll face is that, unlike undergraduate, medical, law, or business school applications, there isn’t really a robust ecosystem offering lots of guidance to...
My Journey to Yale: An Insider’s Guide to Picking Your Graduate School
After laying out my journey to graduate school, a few people asked me how it is that I ended up choosing Yale over the other very good graduate programs that had offered me admission. Now, my...
How Thanos Can Help You Write a Powerful Personal Statement
Over at Gurufi.com., we’re putting together a short series of videos on how you can use effective storytelling techniques to make your personal statement more engaging. We decided to create this series in order to combat...
How to Get Good Advice on Your Personal Statement
I’ve been working with clients for nearly 15 years, and in that time, I have helped clients fix, tighten, and rework probably 15,000 personal statements. Because I’ve had so many reps, I can instantly spot...
The Three Most Important Words to Remember as You Write Your Personal Statement
We are working hard right now to put together our free webinar series on how to write a powerful and compelling story-based personal statement, but while we’re putting the finishing touches on that, I wanted...
Don’t Be Shy! Brag (a little bit)!
“I don’t want to brag… I need to find a way to make this a little less about me and what I’ve done….” I often encounter clients like this one who want to write a powerful...
What Hungry Judges Can Teach Us About Getting Into Harvard
Some years back, a Columbia University professor conducted a study that produced some shocking results. In criminal cases, hungry and tired judges handed down sentences far stricter than when they were rested and well-fed. Specifically,...
