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October 3rd 2005
Managing your application
Applying for university requires more than typing up the application and writing a personal statement/statement of purpose. Some of the steps you may encounter during the application may be:
- Choose a maximum of ten schools and mail these schools to obtain information online, catalogs or application packs.
- Take the standard school tests and send your results.
- Organise letters of recommendation.
- Forward transcripts and test results to your potential schools.
- Planning, writing and finalising an excellent personal statement.
- Ensuring your personal statement is free from errors and sums up why you wish to study your subject.
- Distribute your application to your chosen schools and pay the fee.
- Follow up the application by contacting the schools - once you have an outcome.
Planning ahead
When you embark on applying to school, you may encounter some or all of these tasks. That is why it is important to start planning your work in plenty of time. Narrowing down your school choices will ensure that your time is better spent focusing on each of your chosen programs.
Make sure you get it done on time
Most students leave the application to the last minute which means the admissions officer will receive an influx of applications to read. The admissions officer will normally evaluate candidates and prioritise these into categories. Think about the admissions department receiving hundreds or thousands of admissions essays – will they spend more than 4 minutes reading your personal statement?
If you feel the admissions officer will not have enough time to fully appreciate your personal statement you need to do two things:
- Make sure you get your personal statement in early.
- Create a powerful, stunning personal statement.
Some schools fix a rolling date of admissions, so before embarking on the application make sure you are fully aware of the application process. The earlier your application gets to the admissions officer the greater chances are that the admissions officer will review this without having a huge workload.
If your application is received late the consequences are that the admissions officer has already read hundreds of essays before yours. For programs that are highly sort after it is even more important to make sure your application reaches the admissions office on time. If you are unsure about when to apply for a program discuss this with the school admissions unit.
Step one: Choose a maximum of ten schools and mail these schools to obtain information online, catalogs or application packs.
This is the most important step and as we have previously highlighted it is important to make sure you can prepare your application with a planned approach. The first hurdle is to choose your schools and filtering your choices to ten.
The next task is to research each school and apply for application forms and catalogs. It is important to make sure you read the catalog and note any information which your will need in order to complete the application form.
Hate planning?
Not everyone likes planning but it is important as you will be applying for a number of schools making sure your application for each one is complete, which is detrimental to your success.
Step two: Taking the standard school tests and sending results
Dependent upon the program or school you to which you are applying you may be required to sit an admissions test. Tests require expensive revision and a great deal of time and planning so you are able to fully revise and produce your best result.
Make sure that your test results are forwarded to the schools that you are applying for.
Step three: Organise letters of recommendation
It is recommended that you make an appointment with your teacher to ask for the letter of recommendation. Ask them advice on the schools for which you are targeting, and discuss your motives for applying for each school.
Remember to thank your professor for helping you write the letter of recommendation.
Step four: Forward transcripts and test results to your potential schools
It is important that if you take any tests to forward these to the schools for which you are applying.
Step five: Planning, writing and finalising an excellent personal statement
We will provide more advice on what to write in the statement of purpose in a later section of this application guide. For now, the personal statement is important as the emphasis of the writing is reflected on you. You cannot change who you are or what you have done so the personal statement should really highlight the best you have done and what you can achieve.
Step six: Ensuring your personal statement is free from errors
Almost 98% of our clients submit personal statements with at least one error. Therefore, it is essential that you ensure your personal statement is free from errors. Get Into Uni can help you shape a powerful admissions essay/statement of purpose.
Step seven: Distribute your application to your chosen schools and pay the fee
Application fees range in the different type of schools across the country. Therefore, make sure you have made the right choice and you have narrowed these down before you apply.
Step eight: Follow up the application by contacting the schools once you have an outcome
We always recommend that you follow up your application three weeks before the cut off date. Applying to multiple programs at different schools may mean contacting a number of admission departments. Be sure you follow up and gain feedback on your application.
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