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hey guys welcome to my channel today is

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a very important video for everyone who

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is going to apply to a university and it

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doesn't matter whether you're going to

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do your bachelor's degree your master's

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degree mba phd i'm going to talk about

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four things that make your application

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perfect interested continue watching

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everything that i'm gonna talk about is

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based on my own experience and i'm also

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using the experience i've got while

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helping others apply to the dream

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university and get a scholarship to

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finance their studies if your

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application is a hundred percent we can

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divide it into four parts part number

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one it's thirty percent of your whole

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application and this is basically what

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you've already done so if you're done

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your bachelor's degree already they're

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going to look at your gpa if you

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graduated from high school they're going

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to look at your high school gpa if

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you've done any course that's longer

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than two years normally universities

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would love to see what's your result

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maybe you have a transcript from the

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course or maybe they gave you a

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certificate with a grade so if you have

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any course that's longer than two years

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you would need to fill in your gpa also

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your work experience if you've done any

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internships if you worked for a company

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if you've done any competitions any

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prizes that you've got this is your 30

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like this is your fast and this is what

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makes you unique basically when you're

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filling your university application

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you're gonna have this section where you

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would need to fill in all of your gpas

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and maybe all of your accomplishments

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like sometimes they would make you list

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like top five that you think are the

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best so really i had like 30 or 40

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different diplomas from back at school

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and i did like a poet's contest or like

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a singing contest but i knew that my

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diplomas that are really related to my

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studies are

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probably olympiads that i've done like

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physics english

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maths whatever or like publications that

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are related to my diploma work so these

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are the things that you want to

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highlight and you're going to highlight

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them in your application and you also

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have your resume where you're gonna talk

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about all of your accomplishments there

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are a couple of questions that i get

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regarding this section uh question

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number one marina what if i don't have

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anything what if i just graduated from

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high school and that's it i would say if

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you still have time before your

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application think of doing an internship

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or maybe taking part in a conference

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because if you are targeting top

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universities if you are looking to get

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financial aid those universities are

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really looking for specific people

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they're looking for achievers leaders so

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if you're just coming with you know your

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average gpa average exam results that

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might not be that impressive so if you

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still have time if you still have like a

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year or two years before your

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application really take this time and

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try to do something that you really love

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like if you want to become an actor why

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not start a youtube channel if you want

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to work for a big company why not start

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as an intern in a local office of that

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company like there are so many ways that

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you can show that you're interested in

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the topic and these are some of them

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second question also very common marina

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what if my gpa is very low what if i

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didn't like the major i had during

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bachelor's or maybe i hated high school

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and my gpa is like

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not impressive at all are there any

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chances for me to get into a top

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university something that you should

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remember is that some programs would

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tell you hey out of 4.0 scale gpa would

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only accept those whose gpa is 3.2 and

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above yes that happens especially with

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top universities but that doesn't mean

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that you won't be able to find a

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university that accepts people with

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lower gpa so finding the right

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university would be the key here and

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then the second part to it maybe your

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gpa is 3.3 and the average gpa of people

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who got accepted to the program is 3.5

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so here you need to prove that you're

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academically strong because when a

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university looks at your gpa and it's

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like 3.3 and they would on average

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accept a gpa 3.7 they're like oh maybe

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the student is not academically strong

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maybe he would not be able to take part

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in the program because he would not

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understand what's going on in the class

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so here

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you can prove that you're academically

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strong by taking a standardized test so

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if we're talking about bachelor's degree

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taking an sat and getting a strong

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result is a great indicator of your

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academic abilities same for your mba or

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masters like gmat that's above 700 is a

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great result gre that's about 320 is a

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great result

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sat that's above 1300 is a great result

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so if your gpa is in a lower scale

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please please please make sure that your

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standardized tests are on a higher scale

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and this is how we're moving to the

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second part of your application another

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30 percent are your standardized tests

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if you're an international student you

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would need to take either toefl or ielts

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you're going to study in an

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english-speaking country and here it

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doesn't matter if you get 120 on your

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toefl or like 80.

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what matters is that you're above the

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minimum level that the university

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requires for example university requires

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80. if you score at 81 it's okay like

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they're gonna consider your application

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but if you scored 79 they might reject

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you just based on your toefl score

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because you would not be able to

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comprehend what they're talking about in

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english but there are some things to

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remember if you're applying to get a

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teaching assistantship and this is

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something you've seen in the university

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of florida they would ask you for a

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higher total score so as far as i

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remember the total score to get in is 90

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and if you're applying for a teaching

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assistantship they would ask you to have

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a hundred so if you're considering

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financial aid please do your research

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and make sure that your toefl is enough

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for both admissions and financial aid

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when we talk about other tests like

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gmail jerry sat there is a completely

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different situation

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the majority of universities wouldn't

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even have a minimum on that so they say

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we accept any score but what they're

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going to do later they're going to

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compare you to other students so a good

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practice here is to look at the average

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class profile of the previous year and

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see how much the average student that

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got in scaled on the standardized test

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and again here um you have a great

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variety of different universities some

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universities would accept you with a 670

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on gmat uh if you look at like harvard

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uh their average is 730 and again same

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for s.a.t and jerry so really make sure

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that you are a little above average from

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the last year part number three also 30

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of your application and that's your

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personal statements personal statements

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is the only way to show the admissions

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committee

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that you are a great personality it's

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the only way to tell your stories that

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are not told in the rest of your

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application like maybe there is

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something that happened to you when

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you're like

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i know i'm gonna do that like for me

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when i first went to the uk and started

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practicing english

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i had this aha moment i'm like oh my god

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this is a game changer in language

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learning this is what i want to

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talk about to other language learners

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tell them that hey you have this amazing

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opportunity to travel take a language

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course in an international language

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school and really brush up your skills

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and i was like oh my god i want to

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connect my life with it so if you have

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this aha moment talk about it like this

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is your chance to tell about that in

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your application and again there are so

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many similar personal statements oh i

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want to succeed my life i want to become

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this great leader blah blah blah well

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what the admissions committee is looking

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for they are looking for unique stories

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and they're looking for a personality so

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don't try to copy the personal

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statements that you see online come up

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with your own story yes follow a

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template and i'm gonna talk about the

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templates in my later videos but please

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be unique and talk about what really

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drives you and what motivated you to

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apply to that particular program and the

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rest of the application 10 left are your

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recommendation letters and again it's

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really important that they're coming

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from people who know you really well who

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you worked with together for a long time

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who can give really good insights on

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your abilities and again tell anecdotes

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tell real stories how you perform in the

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workplace when you have this structure

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in mind i would say this is the way for

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you to allocate time during your

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preparation so 30 of your time goes to

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making sure you have all of the like

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achievements and your resume looks good

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and your applications are filled in 30

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of your time exam prep and yes i know it

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takes a while depending on your english

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level abilities on your math skills 30

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please dedicate them to personal

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statements don't just write something

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that you've copied online and

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the other 10 should go to your

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recommendation letters and you should

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spend them and talking about what kind

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of anecdotes they can mention in their

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recommendation letter so these four

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things make a perfect application do not

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underestimate any of these the

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university is looking at you as a whole

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person not just a set of numbers

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so don't underestimate personal

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statements don't underestimate your

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resume and recommendation letters that

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was it from me guys for today please

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don't forget that if you're writing a

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personal statement and you need somebody

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to correct it or check it there's

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fluent.express where native speakers

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check your english texts in real time

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please let me know down in comments

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below

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which country you're applying to comment

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down below over the country if you know

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you subscribe to this channel hit

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