Be Enthusiastic in Your Personal Statement!
People like happy people. People respond passionately to passionate people. That’s why you need to make sure that your Personal Statement has some fire in its belly! It can be helpful to show passion in...
Ten Mistakes to Avoid in Your Personal Statement
Personal Statements are an unusual form of writing. We’re so rarely called on to write about ourselves, much less boast about our accomplishments. This is doubly difficult for people without a lot of essay-writing experience....
How to Think About Diversity Statements
Diversity statements are among the most stressful and uncertain parts of your application package, so we’re going to spend a few posts talking about them. In a recent YouTube post, I talked some about my...
How to Talk About Leadership In Your Personal Statement
During a recent episode of my GMATClub / Gurufi MBA Podcast, I spoke with Russ Morgan, at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. When the conversation turned to personal statements, he offered an insight into...
How to Beat Writer’s Block and Write a Powerful Personal Statement
You've picked your dream school, taken your GRE, and gotten your letters of recommendation. You sit down to write, and the blinking cursor on the blank page taunts you. You're frozen. What to write? Who...
How to Write a Powerful Conclusion to Your Personal Statement
We often work with clients who spend a lot of energy making sure that their introductions are unique and compelling, but then don't invest enough attention in their conclusions. This is a mistake and a missed...
Be Yourself! (But How?)
Authenticity is a vital part of any personal statement. Brian, Gurufi's CEO, recently wrote a post for PrepAdvisor in which he detailed how and why it's important to be yourself. More importantly, he details what...
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
As part of our ongoing collaboration between GMATClub and Gurufi, Brian interviewed Brandon Kirby, the Director MBA Marketing & Admissions at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. We covered a broad array of topics, including how to...
Three Quick Tips for a Great Personal Statement!
Letters of recommendation are a key part of your application, and yet most people do not approach the process with enough planning and strategy. They wrongly assume that, since somebody else is doing it, their...
Behind the Scenes of Grad School Admissions Committee
Graduate school admissions are fundamentally different than college, law school, MBA, or medical school admissions. Their structure, what they look for, and (probably most importantly) who staffs these admissions boards shape them in important ways....
