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Working on a letter that will determine where you might end up going to college for many years is no easy thing. And as the demand for college education continues to grow, admissions have become more and more competitive. No particular letter-writing strategy can guarantee you admission, but a few tips can help you present yourself in the best possible way.
A good college admission letter could help to pave the way for your future.
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Working on a letter that will determine where you might end up going to college for many years is no easy thing. And as the demand for college education continues to grow, admissions have become more and more competitive. No particular letter-writing strategy can guarantee you admission, but a few tips can help you present yourself in the best possible way.
Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Instructions
1
Read up on the college. You're going to have to convince people that you would love this college and that this college would love you. If you were trying to convince someone to date you, you'd learn a lot about them in order to be able to talk about what you have in common. Applying to college works the same way.
2
Write about why you want to attend that college. Be careful not to sound like a ridiculous brown-noser (e.g., "I think Ohio State is the best college in the whole world and I've wanted to go there my whole life!"). Try to honestly talk about the things that attracted you to that college. After all, if you didn't really want to go there, you wouldn't be applying.
3
Talk about why you're just the type of student that the college is looking for. Obviously, you should mention your straight "A" average or any other academic qualifications. But this isn't just about academics. If the college has a well-known theater department or sports team, and you excel in those areas, mention that too. If the college brochure talks about wanting people who work with the community to make the world a better place, and you spend your weekends volunteering in the community, be sure to talk about that.
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Explain that you have something unique to offer. Once you're done talking about how you offer what the college wants, point out a special feature of yours that might be what the college needs. This can be anything from a talent on a musical instrument to a burning desire to found a humor magazine at the college. Thousands of students with good grades will be applying, so your job here is to show why you're different and why you'll make a difference at the college.
5
Spell-check. Then spell-check again. Then have your parents read over the letter. Then check the letter again yourself. This may seem excessive, but getting into college is difficult enough without you hurting your chances even more with a badly spelled letter.
Tips & Warnings
Apply a few weeks before the deadline, make backup copies of everything, and get confirmation that your application was received. Many applications are lost every year, so don't be caught off-guard with no time to fix things.
Don't forget to have all of your information on the letter; you want to make sure your letter and application are all filed correctly.
So, what is this world coming to - aren’t students allowed to be students anymore? They now need interview skills! Well, sorry to spoil the perpetual party, but the answer is yes - particularly if they are serious about getting employed in this economic climate. Up until last year, a graduate with a decent qualification from a decent university could be confident of getting a good job, in their preferred line of work without too much angst.
The war for talent was such that all the talk was about how the power had shifted to applicants and away from employers. Nice situation to be in (as an applicant). For the meantime though, that trend has been reversed. It’s almost certainly temporary, but its today’s reality. So what does a student do to improve his/her chances of landing the job? Well, the outstanding students will do all or most of the following:
• Networking among their friends’ parents and their own parents’ friends. This might not be purely focused on getting a job, but also on getting some experience whether as a volunteer or paid. • Showing innovation in what they’re doing in their spare time. I’m far more likely to look positively at a student who has set up his/her own car wash or window cleaning business or who has volunteered on a project and has a set of skills they can identify and refer to. • Cold calling – probably the most difficult of all. The really dedicated (or desperate) will research a list of companies, list them in priority order, conduct some basic research on these organisations and then cold call their graduate recruitment teams. • Put together a short video about themselves and their aspirations and include this (or more likely a link to the video) in an email to identified companies • Professional students will also tidy up their facebook and other social networking profiles to avoid any embarrassment or exclusion before getting an interview! • Build a CV that show great awareness of the early skills that have been developed and build their own “elevator pitch” on the back of this Those students prepared to put in this kind of effort will almost certainly be rewarded for their determination. There is though, a real chance of throwing away an opportunity if this dedicated student of ours is new to interviewing and/or has no interview skills.
There are no more than a few things that will make the difference in the interview. First of these is preparation. The student that goes into the interview armed with 2 or 3 detailed questions about the prospective employer is already ahead of the pack. Detailed questions are evidence of detailed preparation. The second lies in knowing one’s skills and being able to link those to any major achievements and experience. The third thing is the ability to listen in an interview. Interviewing is not only about answering questions but about understanding where the interviewer is coming from and what they’re probing for. Students need to see themselves as a product (or combination of product and service) and they need to have their marketing messages prepared and ready to roll of the tongue in answer to questions like “why should we recruit you”? Those students that are able to gain some kind of control in the interview by asserting themselves (not too strongly) are also going to stand out. So all of this is easy stuff right? Perhaps to about 0.001% of the population. For the rest of you, try our interview coaching for students at http://www.mytalentplace.co.uk/career-advice/interview-skills You’ll be put through your paces by an experienced graduate recruiter and given all the feedback you need to be successful on the big day.
Author: Dr Grant Crow
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