I. Preparation of the application
First of all, AdmitWrite has always been aimed at serving students, and high accuracy is our most basic requirement for tutors. The tutors of the institutions are basically graduates from the top universities in the world, such as G5 in Britain, TOP30 in America and Ivy League schools. The tutors have rich experience in studying abroad and excellent ability and experience.
Secondly, the tutor major must be consistent with the applicant's major. Imagine what it would be like for a financial tutor to guide students majoring in computer science. In my opinion, this is undoubtedly a mistake for people's future, so professional things should be left to professional tutors. At present, AdmitWrite team has professional tutors to support mainstream projects in the United States and Britain.
Then, if you are not satisfied, you can change your tutor at any time. If you think that the assigned tutor is not suitable for you, AdmitWrite will unconditionally support you to change your tutor at any time. To tell the truth, this is really commendable, because in the traditional intermediary, it is not easy for everyone to change consultants, not to mention our high, sophisticated and sophisticated overseas tutor team? However, AdmitWrite can really guarantee that over the years AdmitWrite will select more than 500 excellent and stable online tutors from 3,000 international students and check and replace them regularly, thus effectively ensuring the quality and level of service.
Then, the assessment and replacement of tutors are decided by students. No matter whether your tutor has attitude problems or ability problems, we will seek truth from facts and deal with them in a targeted manner to ensure everyone's consulting experience. You can give us feedback and complaints through various channels.
Finally, talk about the price that everyone cares about. AdmitWrite semi-DIY is only half the price of those traditional intermediaries. The price of almost 20 thousand yuan can help you provide professional and cost-effective services and solve all the problems on your way to study abroad. We seldom advertise AdmitWrite, because we are an Internet platform, and we take advantage of online to minimize the cost. It is precisely because of the high cost performance that in recent years, more and more students will consult AdmitWrite.
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The two most difficult links in the application are school selection and paperwork, which are the most critical and time-consuming. I suggest that you prepare as many months in advance as possible. Most people start preparing in May and June.
Second, choose a school.
For those students who choose the right institutions and intermediaries, there will undoubtedly be a lot of detours when choosing a school, but it is another situation for DIY students. The difficulty of DIY students' school choice lies in information. Today, with the prosperity of Internet big data, on the one hand, useful information is too scarce, on the other hand, useless information or inferior information is too rampant, which increases the difficulty of information collection. In fact, if you can find a brother or sister of an international student, it would be great if they are willing to share their experience and evaluation of studying abroad. The information they gave us is valuable information that we can't get from other places. In fact, unless you are very lucky, it is still very difficult to find such a senior. Maybe Zhihu, Post Bar and other places will have some knowledge about school choice, but many of them are general and not targeted. The most important thing in choosing a school is to make a choice according to your actual situation. It is not advisable to put other people's experience on yourself. Choosing a school is related to our future life and employment, so how to avoid risks and choose a suitable cost-effective project is a university problem. So what are the main factors to consider when choosing a school? To put it bluntly, we spend so much manpower, material resources and financial resources just to study and work. Factors closely related to study and employment include ranking, geographical location, tuition fees, scholarships and so on, which are all very important.
Let's talk about ranking first.
When choosing a school, almost all students think of ranking first, among which undergraduate ranking and graduate school ranking are more important. Undergraduate ranking mainly reflects the undergraduate level of relevant institutions, including undergraduate academic reputation, freshman enrollment rate, faculty, students' situation, financial situation, graduation rate and alumni donation rate. Can you see the relationship between undergraduate ranking and graduate students from here? I don't watch much anyway. In fact, the undergraduate ranking can only represent the undergraduate level of a school. The undergraduate level of a school does not mean its postgraduate level or master's program. Therefore, the graduate level of the school needs to be another matter. Professional ranking is what we refer to the most, and professional ranking can provide us with more valuable information.
One more thing, the ranking indicators of different colleges are different. In addition to ranking, QS ranking and ARWU ranking also have certain reference value, each with its own emphasis. Interested students can study it. Professional ranking has reference value, but its value is not as important as everyone thinks. After all, it's not just rankings that affect our choices. For master applicants, employment is the most important thing, compared with the ranking and reputation of the college, but if you plan to study for a doctorate, you should pay attention to the ranking by major. Then you need to refer to the ranking in combination with your plans after graduation. If you plan to return to China for employment after graduation, you can refer to the undergraduate ranking and the overall ranking of the college, because domestic recruitment still values the reputation of the school. If graduate students want to stay in the United States for employment after graduation, then it is best to refer to the ranking of colleges and universities and the ranking of sub-majors.
What effect does geographical location have on our school choice?
I believe that the goal of many students studying in the United States is to stay in the United States for employment, because the industrial cluster effect in the United States is very obvious, and the geographical location is directly related to our future employment. The majors studied are also closely related to the geographical location of the school, so the geographical location is also very important when choosing a school.
The Industry-University-Research system in the United States is quite developed, and the employment fields that are more sought after by everyone are as follows:
California: located in Silicon Valley, it is the kingdom of electronic industry and computer industry, and has gathered many famous universities such as California University System, Stanford University, California Institute of Technology and Intel? Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and many other high-tech companies are the first choice for high-tech talents.
New york: As a recognized world capital, it plays a huge global influence in commerce and finance. It has concentrated the essence of the world's finance, securities, futures and insurance industries, and there are many famous schools in the region, such as Columbia University, Yale University and Princeton University, which are the employment holy places for financial accounting and other majors.
Northeast China is connected with Boston, new york and Philadelphia, and is home to eight Ivy League universities and the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The regional economy is dominated by finance, media, biology, chemistry and medicine, and it is also the heart of many international students.
Great Lakes: Excellent engineering major. There are world-famous automobile city Detroit, cutting-edge aerospace engineering and biotechnology companies. Engineering talents can consider North Carolina and Austin-Dallas, Texas.
Geographical location is not only closely related to our school choice and employment, but also affects our life, such as climate. Some students may be allergic to the climate, which is also something to consider when choosing a school. In addition, big cities and small cities have different life experiences. Big cities are noisy, with convenient transportation, rich spare-time life and many opportunities for employment and part-time, but the rent and living cost are high, while small cities are quiet, suitable for study, with low living cost but inconvenient transportation and single life. Choosing a big city or a small city should also be combined with personal habits and hobbies.
Third, the demand for materials.
Proof material is one of the highlights of the application, but also one of the difficulties. Generally speaking, the documents and materials required to apply for the American master's program mainly include PS/SOP, CV, RL, portfolio, writing samples, etc. Among them, the portfolio is mainly needed by art majors, and some majors may need to write sample materials. You can go to official website to confirm what materials need to be prepared.
(1)PS (Personal Statement) Personal Statement &; SOP (Statement of Purpose) Statement of Purpose
PS (Personal Statement) and SOP (Statement of Purpose) are the most critical parts of the document. Preparing PS and SOP is also a problem for universities. Some projects only require PS, some projects only require SOP, and some projects require both PS and SOP. How to apply for a project or should it be based on official requirements?
What are the similarities and differences between PS(personal statement) personal statement and SOP(statement of purpose) purpose statement, and what are the stresses in writing? As the name implies, a personal statement is a statement about our personal situation, and a statement of purpose is a statement about the purpose of our study abroad. The content of personal statement mainly includes my characteristics, personality, experience, family situation, economic situation and so on. The contents of the statement of purpose mainly include our career goals, career experience and career planning. Formally speaking, personal statements are not strictly observed, while the format requirements of purpose statements are more stringent. Many students are used to referring to online model essays when preparing PS (personal statement) and SOP (statement of purpose), but I don't know if you have found that online model essays are biased towards statement of purpose, especially when I write personal statements. Please pay attention to this problem.
(2) resume
It is also important to prepare resumes and resumes. Some projects only require resumes, while others only require resumes. How to apply for a project or should it be based on official requirements? Let's talk about CV and resume respectively:
Resume is a document about a person's complete experience, which is more personal and involves our academic experience, internship, work, volunteer, award-winning experience and so on. , which is equivalent to our resumes in China. Generally speaking, CV is relatively long, with a length of 2-3 pages. For the convenience of browsing, the font size is mainly 1 12.
Resume is mainly about the project we are applying for, which is closely related to the project. Its content involves our personal learning experience and scientific research ability. And it contains many personal highlights, which is equivalent to our Chinese resume. Generally speaking, resumes are short and pithy, with a length of one page, and the font size is mainly 9, 10, 1 1.
In addition, there are some small details to pay attention to when preparing resumes and resumes. If you put personal photos, gender, date of birth and other information into it, it will be unprofessional, and there will be personal highlights, such as how to highlight the GPA trend as we said earlier. These little details are very important. I suggest you find a professional to check it after writing.
I want to tell you one more thing. If we review the data in CV or resume stage, it means that our GPA, GT and other achievements have passed the test. If CV or resume also passes the test, it proves that we are only one step away from the offer. Good, keep going!
(3)RL recommendation letter
Almost all colleges and universities have requirements for RL recommendation letters, usually 2-3 letters. If you want to make your recommendation letter more convincing, you'd better choose different types of referees, not the same. For example, the recommender you choose can be a professor, a leader during the internship, or an industry elite related to the project. Of course, the premise is that this person must be logical with us.
For example, how did you meet the referee, what did you do together, and how did he understand your academic conditions and make an objective evaluation? If your referee is a teaching teacher, then you should be good enough in his courses.
In addition, when looking for a referee, I suggest trying to find a suitable referee who is familiar with me, rather than forcibly finding those who have various titles of senior officials. In fact, when looking for references, many people tend to find their own tutors. However, the time for university tutors to communicate with students is often very limited. There may be more communication, but the effect is still very limited. Even many professors can't name their students. These referees can do nothing but sign letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation are usually filled out by the applicants themselves. Many applicants have to make it up in order to decorate themselves, or some applicants give it directly to ghostwriters or intermediaries, so the level of recommendation letters is written.