What College Admissions Boards Know That You Should Too

By Gael Breton

College Can Be Costly

Graduate university, similar to attending med school, costs a lot. You're already handing over a load of cash for it, so you have to be primed. If you're willing to drop untold amounts of dollars independent of exactly what school you get into, had you not better invest some substantial time on the application form, as well? Your upcoming years of work in school should be equivalent to loads of work on your attempt to be accepted, too.

The Admission Gets Read In the Same Way As a Job Application

The university admissions officers isn't going to think about your application for multiple months and think about it. It's fundamentally not how it goes, mainly thanks to time restrictions and because of the way colleges operate.

So exactly what does that tell us? It means you should spend an inversely proportional quantity of time investment on your attempt. If the admissions board members are going to read it over in less than an hour, you have to be committing tons of time on your application. No first drafts are permitted. No second or 3rd drafts, either.

Not Anyone Is A Pro At Knowing Just What Admissions Boards Want

One significant concern is that you can waste weeks on your application but not be exactly sure about what the admissions committee members actually desire. You might be writing it too short, or taking out things you shouldn't.

Not everyone can be experts regarding this. You can learn to be an expert in doing your application, of course, but that's not often the perfect route. Look at it like this: big organizations don't suddenly decide to become great experts in a topic they have to do just occasionally.

They regularly use a consultant, admit when a field isn't part of their area of knowledge, spend a little more (but save a heap of valuable time), and then get back to their real jobs.

A consultation before you submit will end up costing you peanuts if you compare it to just a few months of med school. If you think of it as a fraction of your tuition costs, it seems actually less of an impact, and yet it can often make the best difference when really getting into the college you are hoping for.

You Are Going to Have to Work Directly With Someone 'in the know' to Tidy Your Specialized Application

In the same way there are corporate consultants of every type, there are college consultants ready to help--often ex doctors or university admissions officers--who are using their knowledge to help develop admissions letters into ones that get results.

These are certainly not people who draft your admissions letters for you, or try and 'sneak' you into a good school. These are consultants that know what it takes to just get looked at by a top university. If you don't have what is necessary, these people will tell you immediately: "bring down your expectations" or "consider this school instead."

Instead of shooting blindly, do what brainy businesses do before they have to jump into a new field: get a consultant. The consultant comes in with a huge quantity of expert experience, knows how to apply it to precisely what must be done, and permits the organization advance. If you're applying for medical school, pre-law, or any other type of graduate school, you need to be seriously considering doing the same.

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