I want to talk about things you can do to give you a hedge over other candidates during graduate school applications, these includes:
1. Creating a well organized CV/Resume: Although I didn’t have much skills and research experience to include in my CV, I know my transcript helped but I made sure I include every certification I have and all skills (even the little ones).
For applicants without a first class degree, it is advisable to plan to acquire skills related to their fields, which will enhance your documents in competing with others (even among first class candidates).
2. I spent nights on my SOP before submitting: I had no privilege of having a mentor or people to check my SOP for me, but I consulted my friend (from the scholars’ community) who helped to review once and I made necessary adjustments.
I also went online to check samples, and then I created mine. I read all over again to check if it is competitive enough to me and error free before the submission.
I believe these two documents are very important, coupled with the recommendation letters for graduate admissions.
In addition, good GRE, GMAT, SAT and TOEFL scores are other documents that help in getting a fully funded admission especially to candidates without a first class (I am not saying first class students don’t need these as well). This reveals how greatly you’ve improved and will speak about your academic excellence even when you don’t have a first class in your bachelor’s.
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