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  • Hey everyone, this is Self Made Millennial, and it's me Madeline. I am

  • currently wearing it disguise right now because we are about to go undercover

  • into the admissions of grad schools to understand how these admissions

  • committees work and exactly how you can get in. This video will have nothing to

  • do with your GPA or test scores. There's so much more to getting into grad school

  • than that, so I'm gonna walk you through 4 insights and tips on exactly how to

  • increase your chances to get into grad school. Alright well my cover's blown

  • so I'm going to take this off. A few things you should know is that I was on the

  • admissions committee of a master's program so I got to see it from the

  • inside, as well as I've talked to a lot of other admissions committees as well.

  • And know that we're talking about programs admit about 100 or fewer people.

  • We're talking about smaller programs not necessarily the big law schools or MBA

  • programs. Insight 1 is do your research. You must do your research about

  • grad school in such a deeper way than you did for undergrad. The reason is, grad

  • school programs with similar titles may provide you with vastly different

  • opportunities and experiences, so look into: Do they have a small cohort or big

  • cohort? What kind of community do they build? Is it practicum or research? What

  • are the classes you're taking? What are the requirements during the program? You

  • do all this research for two outcomes. The first one is to make sure you are

  • going to a program that really meets your career aspirations and interests. The

  • second is that the admissions board can smell from a mile away if you didn't do your

  • research and they will reject you. For example, I've seen programs that are

  • fully focused on building practical skills for the workplace in a business

  • setting, get applications that talk all about their deep research experience and

  • how they aspire to get a PhD someday. That is it completely at odds with the

  • goal of the program and so either that person applying just applied to

  • the completely wrong program or they were just selling

  • themselves wrong and they actually would be a good match for the program. Either

  • way, they're going to get rejected because they didn't do their research. The

  • number one best way to do research on a program is to find people who are alum

  • of that program and ask them tons of questions. You can either do that by

  • finding them on LinkedIn, or you can ask the program, hey can you put me in touch

  • with some alumni who have gone on to certain careers that align with yours.

  • Here's some example questions that you could ask alumni: Who were some of your

  • favorite professors from the program, and should I mention certain professors in

  • my application that I want to work with? What kind of people were in your cohort?

  • What kind of backgrounds did they have and what career direction were they

  • going in? What's the focus of the program's curriculum? What classes did

  • you take? What kind of experience does the program value? Is it professional

  • experience, is a research experience, and so on. I'm planning about talking about

  • XYZ in my personal statement, do you see that being relevant to the admissions

  • committee? And the second best way to learn about the program is to reach out

  • to the people running the program and ask them questions. Which brings us to

  • insight number 2: persistence and eagerness goes a long way. I recommend

  • calling a program and asking them questions -- genuine questions -- that you

  • cannot just find the answer on the website. Reaching out to the program,

  • attending info sessions, each point of contact is called in admissions speak,

  • "demonstrated interest," and this is a real thing that goes into the admissions

  • decision at a lot of different programs. The reason why demonstrated interest is

  • weighed in admission decisions is because these programs want to have a

  • high "yield." Yield is the ratio of the number of offers of

  • admission they send out and the number of acceptances they get back. This ratio

  • affects their rankings. It's not the only determinant of rankings, but it does

  • affect it. For example if the program was looking at two different applicants:

  • Applicant A attended an info session and they called the program 3 different

  • times to ask questions versus Applicant B who just simply sent in their

  • application. Applicant A is showing signs that they are more likely to accept so

  • it's a better idea for the school from a yield perspective to admit Candidate A.

  • And obviously there's other factors involved, but it's definitely helped that

  • Candidate A was so proactive. And we're moving right along to insight 3:

  • Apply at the early admission date whatever possible. The odds that you will

  • get into a program if you apply earlier are just so much higher. And the reasons

  • are is that there's generally more spots available and 2: again it's demonstrated

  • interest. If a program has rolling admissions apply as soon as possible.

  • Programs do things differently, there's obviously exceptions to this rule, but I

  • can't emphasize enough how important it is to apply early. Let's round out this video

  • with insight number 4: make sure your statement of purpose focuses on how the

  • program fits your aspirations. Grad school admissions committees want to

  • hear that you know what you want in your career and you know exactly how this

  • program is going to help get you there. It was disheartening when I was on an

  • admissions committee and I saw some of these essays come through and they were

  • written in the undergrad style. So I don't know about you, but when I was in

  • high school I was told that when applying to colleges I should focus on a

  • story that is attention-grabbing and kind of shows how I became the

  • person I am today. That style definitely works for undergrad

  • admissions but do not do that for grad school. I remember reading an essay of a

  • guy where his story was all about, "When I was 10 my parents left me in the forest

  • to survive..." And he walked us all through that entire story and how he built

  • character. And honestly I have no idea what his career aspirations were or even

  • if he knew what the program was about. And I don't think he got in, and it was really

  • sad because maybe he was a perfect fit but it went on this totally different

  • tangent. It was compelling story, but just not meant for grad school admissions.

  • Instead of that, show your personality in your essay

  • by telling the story of how you got to where you are in your career, and why

  • that makes you prepared for this program. And avoid any adjectives about how you're

  • driven or detail-oriented or any of that crap. Make sure to tell stories that

  • illustrate those characteristics. So here's an example of my personal

  • statement, and the whole story was about moving from journalism to wanting to be

  • in HR and recruiting. And so I talked about how I became the Training and

  • Development Manager of the newspaper I was at, and how much fun I had creating

  • recruitment plan and training programs and creating lots of guides on how to

  • hire and deliver performance reviews. And this is all to show that I take

  • initiative that I'm very passionate, but I never say that in here. It's all

  • illustrated by the way I write. And then in the end I tie it back to how USC can

  • help me enhance these skills. Those are my tips for today I have so many others

  • that get a little bit more detailed, but do let me know what your struggles with

  • the grad school application process. Make sure to click "like" on this video if the

  • information helped and subscribe to see these videos coming up every single week.

  • Thanks for going undercover with me, I must go into hiding now.

Hey everyone, this is Self Made Millennial, and it's me Madeline. I am

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