Thanks for joining me for the 520th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. I am taking a week off for family time. As a result, I decided to air an encore of our most popular podcast so far in 2023. To my surprise it was the solo...

What is the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship? The Knight-Hennessy Scholarship provides up to three years of funding for any graduate degree at Stanford University, as well as community support and leadership development. As you might have guessed, it is a highly competitive scholarship. However, applying can be very...

When you’re applying to grad school, having a low GPA is not necessarily a deal-breaker.   So you’ve made some decisions for your future, and those decisions include going to graduate school to help you arrive at the career of your dreams. But what if you have...

There’s no denying how important extracurriculars are when it comes to a student’s college application.  They help students gain leadership skills, show their eagerness to engage in their communities, and thus, give them a competitive edge in the overall college admissions process. However, the emphasis on the...

Many applicants, when thinking about advancing their skills or changing their career direction, believe they must get into a “prestigious” grad school – one that is ranked high on the surveys conducted by U.S. News & World Report, Bloomberg Businessweek, and other similar media outlets....

You have 250-650 words to convince an admissions officer that you are the right fit for your dream school. Challenge accepted? We are here to help you craft a powerful common app essay to submit! Why The Common App Essay Matters; Or, Your Skywalker Moment Before we...

Hello to everybody! So, hopefully, I can say this: CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve followed Gurufi’s advice on the grad school admissions process, and now you’ve got a wonderful problem… choosing from among multiple offers at great schools. In this video, I talk about how to pick a graduate...

Tune in to hear all that University of California Irvine program in public health has to offer and learn about the future UCI School of Population and Public Health. [Show Summary] The Master in Public Health (MPH) degree experienced enormous growth since the COVID lockdown. One...

High school is full of choices, such as which classes to take, which extracurricular activities to partake in, and which future schools to apply to. Some of these choices will come naturally, while some choices will require more informed decisions. These choices will only intensify your...

The AP (Advanced Placement) Program is administered by the College Board (the same folks who cook up the SATs) and is technically considered a college-level curriculum.  Some courses are a full year; some are only half. All AP exams are given in May, and you...