E-CHAPTER 7

E-Chapter 7 : Enhancing The Nonojective Components Of Your Application

Includes Information On:

Letters of recommendation : how letters of recommendation are used, who you should ask for a letter of recommendation, good letter writers and bad letter writers , how to help your referees write effective letters, proper ways of soliciting letters, studentsbehaviour and professors attitudes, additional comments on letters of recommendation

Personal Statements : try to tell a story, additional considerations for the personal statement

Preselection Interviews : the real purpose of preselection interviews, how to prepare for an interview, remembering to ask the right questions, your appearance.

Excerpt from E-Chapter 7

This chapter deals with the nonobjective elements of the application, including the personal statement, letters of recommendation, and the preselection interviews that are administered by some programs. There are considerable differences across disciplines, and across various programs within any given field, in terms of the relative importance of the objective and nonobjective components of a graduate school application.

The nonobjective measures often say more about the applicant as a person, and sometimes this is the most important information about an applicant. In many respects, these are the most difficult things about an application for the admissions committee to evaluate.

Importantly, these are also the areas where many students can make up for their mediocre grades or standardized test scores. Just as importantly, students who have excellent grades and test scores should understand that they may fail to get into graduate or professional school if any of the nonobjective components of their applications are particularly poor.

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