How to Choose Between Graduate Schools
In this video, I talk about how to pick a graduate program when you have multiple offers. Many of you have received numerous graduate school offers, and I realize that you may be feeling a...
Who Do You Ask for Personal Statement Help?
You’ve written your draft, you’ve revised it once… twice… three times. You’re now ready to get feedback to inform your last round of revisions. Unfortunately, far too many people take a haphazard approach to getting...
The REAL Way Grad School Admissions Committees Evaluate You: Beyond Grades and Test Scores!
Hey there, future grad students! It’s Brian from Gurufi, back with another insider’s guide to help you on your grad school journey! Today, I’m taking you behind the scenes of graduate school admissions committees to...
How Do Graduate School Admissions Committees Assess Applications?
Today we’re talking about how graduate school admissions committees assess applications. I'm Brian from Gurufi. In my 17 years in this field, I’ve helped thousands of applicants earn admission into their dream schools, so I...
Lifetime STEM Ph.D. Earnings
Here at Gurufi, we love working with STEM Ph.D. applicants. Compared to social science or humanities Ph.D. applicants, STEM doctoral candidates have in mind a diverse array of goals for what they aspire to do...
How Much Do Humanities PhDs Earn?
At Gurufi, we have nearly two decades of experience in helping people earn admission into competitive graduate programs. As a result, we understand just what a complicated and fraught decision it is to pursue doctoral...
Choosing Between Multiple Schools
When I checked my email this morning, I remembered why this is my favorite time of year! Two of my favorite clients got into their dream schools, and my back-and-forth emails with a client who...
Why Using A.I. to Write Your Personal Statement is a Bad Idea, Part 2
Colleges and universities are freaking out because students are beginning to use ChatGPT to do their academic work. A recent poll of Stanford students found that 10% used it to create homework that they turned...
DON’T Use ChatGPT to Write Your Personal Statement
Colleges and universities are freaking out because students are beginning to use ChatGPT to do their academic work. A recent poll of Stanford students found that 10% used it to create homework that they turned...
Building a Strong Graduate School Personal Statement: from Brainstorming to a First Draft
This video builds on that exercise, so make sure that you check that out before watching this video! The personal statement is one of the most important -and stressful- parts of a graduate school application!...
