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sanketk

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NowthatIamdonewithmyapplications,andreceivedahandfulofadmits,Iwouldliketo
sharesomepointersonhowtoapplysmartly.Pleasenotethatthesearenotgoldenrules
whichwillguaranteeyouanadmit.ThesearesomepointsthatIinferredduringmy
applications.
Examinationphase
1.ThatfactthatyouarereadingthisimpliesthatyouhavejoinedEdulix.Youhavesuccessfully
finishedpointnumberone.Greatgoing!
2.Donotgetintoacounselorstrap.Alwaysrememberthesaying,"Consellors,screwyou".
3.Getaformalemailid.Craplike,'xxxtheKing@emailserviceprovider.com'willdefinitelypiss
offtheadcomoranyoneingeneral.
4.TryandtakeyourGREwhileincollege.Onceyoustartworkingitdoesbecomeabitdifficult
tostudyforexams.Thisshouldnotbeadeterrentforpeoplewhoareworkingandthinkingof
givingtheGRE.WhatImeantosayhereisthat,ifyouhaveanoptionofgivingitwhilein
college,donotprocrastinate.
5.UtilizethefreeGREandTOEFLscorereportswisely.Youwillendupsavingsomemoney.
Onlineapplicationphase
6.Thefirstthingthatyoushouldbedoingaftergettingyourscoresisresearchandcomeup
withalistofuniversities.Browseuniversitywebsites,theiradmissionrequirements,the
coursestructureetc.andcompilealist.
7.Onceyoufreezeyourlistmakeanexcelsheetofallyourprospectiveuniversities.The
purposeofthissheetistoactasaquicklookupofdetailsthatyouwillneedwhenyouapply.
Documentstufflikedeadlines,documentrequirements,theprogramurletc.Alsoaddmisc.
infosuchasfacultynames,informationaboutthecollegeandtheprogramthatyoucancould
usewhiletailoringyourSOPforaspecificuniversity.
8.Further,maintainatableinaseparatepageinthesheetandlistallyourapplication
deadlinesinchronologicalorder.Somehowstrikingoffthingsfromalist(whenyouapply,
strikethenameoftheuniversityoffthatlist)makesmehappyandcanworkwondersto
relievethemountingtensioninyourhead.
9.Usecolourstomaketheexcelsheetlookfunky.
10.Keepatrackofallthescorereportsthatyouneed.Orderthemasapandupdatethemin
theexcelsheetonceyouaredone.
11.Alwayskeeptheexcelsheetinsync.
12.Calculatethenumberoftranscriptsrequired(university+college).Goandapplyasap.It
canbeanawfullylongprocess.Plustheuniversityguysarenotexactlycooperative.
13.Forpeoplewhoresideoutsidetheirundergraduateuniversity'shomecity,takeacoupleof
daysofffromworkandgetallthisworkdoneinonego.Don'tdoitonweekends.Mostofthe
officesareclosedandyouwilljustendupwastingtimeandmoney.
14.Decideonyourrecommender'sandintimatethemwellinadvance.Pushingittillthelast
momentshallirritateyouaswellasyourrecommender's.
15.Whilefillingtheapplicationsonline,filltherecommendationsectionfirst.Infactdoitas
soonasyoufixonauniversitylist.Mostofthemhaveaprovisiontosendalinktouploadthe
letterthroughemail.Thisway,yourrecommender'sgetampletimetofillyour
recommendationsthusspeedingupyourapplication.

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Howtoapplysmartly?
16.Keepasoftcopyofeverydocumentthatyouencounterduringtheapplication.For
example,yourscorereports,thefilledapplicationformandthepaymentconfirmationpage.
17.Scanallyourdocuments(transcripts,passport,GRE/TOEFLscorecards)anduploadthem
eitheronGoogleDocs,DropBoxorsomeothertrustedfilehostingservice.Makesureyou
haveaccesstoallyourdocumentsirrespectiveofyourlocation.
18.Comeupwithatleasttwodraftsofyourstatement.Ashortone(say500words)anda
longone(9001000words).Throwinamediumoneifyouhavethetimeandpatience(700
words).
19.Theapplicationscanbeabittiring.Spreadthemoveraspanof34days.
20.Keepsomeinformationhandywhileapplying.Copystufflikerecommender'sphone
number,yourlocalandpermanentaddressetc.onanotepadfile.Youwillhavetofillthisinall
theapplicationforms.Thisiswhereyouleveragethemagiccalledcopypaste.
Offlineapplicationphase
21.Tryandusethecourierserviceavailableatyourworkplace,ifpossible.Itisusually
cheaperthanthemarketrates.
22.Apartfromyourofficialtranscripts,addyourGRE/TOEFLscoreprintoutsinthepacket.In
caseETSscrewsupwiththescorereporting,theunofficialreportsmightjustcometoyour
rescue.
23.Includeacoversheetinyourapplicationpacketiftheuniversitydoesn'tprovideone.Place
allyourdocumentsneatlyinaplasticcoverinsidetheapplicationpacket.
24.Onceyouaredonewithallyourapplications,takeacoupleofdaysoff.Then,starttracking
yourapps.Don'tneglectit.Sometimes,theuniversitiesdon'tupdatetheonlineportalunless
youemailthemforastatusupdate.
25.DoNOTusetextesewhilecommunicatingthroughemailswiththeadcom.Usereadable
Englishandconstructfullsentences.
Theapplicationprocessisbynomeanseasy.Sosweatitoutandhavesomefun.Allthebest!
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mr_hekl

RE:Howtoapplysmartly?

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Highlyinformative!!Iamstillinapplicationphaseandjustrealisediwouldhavesavedmyself
alotoftroublebysimplyfollowingthesesteps.Moderatorsmakeitsticky!!
Kudossanketk

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kudossanketk
Greatjob
Justalittleadditionfrommyside:
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Onlineapplicationphase
Point#17:Youcanyouusedropboxalso.Itsveryconvenient
Resteverythingisjustperfect
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