Graduate school has become especially competitive, and when the Admissions Committee is looking through sometimes hundreds of application packages to find the dozen or so people to select, it places huge importance on letters of recommendation. For grad school, AdComs are usually staffed by professors...

bl Writer’s block can derail your Personal Statement before you even begin! Too often, we let ourselves feel overwhelmed by the stakes involved. We think that every word has to be perfect, and this desire for perfection paralyzes us. This is 100% the WRONG approach...

Math   What is the units digit of the product \({(32^{28})(33^{47})(37^{19})}\)?A) 0B) 2C) 4D) 6E) 8   Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation

Many applications will ask you to write about your “biggest failure.” This can feel like a trap. After all, aren’t your application materials supposed to make you look like an amazing SUCCESSFUL person? If done correctly, your “Biggest Failure” essay can convey a picture of you...

As we progress toward the graduate application season, our ongoing series ‘Getting Into Graduate School’ will continue providing you insights, tips, and tricks for admission into the school of your dreams. But sometimes it’s not about the minutiae. Sometimes, it’s about getting out of your own way and...

Once you've decided to attend graduate school, your first job is selecting the schools to apply to. There are over 4,000 graduate degree-granting programs in the United States alone, so this can definitely feel daunting. Too often, applicants resort to rankings from US News &...

You shouldn’t go to graduate school! (Wait, what?) When I was a professor at Harvard University, this is the advice that I always gave students who came to me asking about grad school. It’s not that I didn’t think any of them should go, but rather...

Over the years, our consultants at Gurufi have helped hundreds of applicants earn admission into the graduate schools of their dreams. Whether you're pursuing a STEM Ph.D. or a Master's in the Humanities, there are important tips, tricks, and insights that most people don't know....

Math A manufacturer makes umbrellas at the cost of c dollars per umbrella, and sells them at the retail price of r dollars each. How many umbrellas can it afford to sell at the below-cost rate of b dollars per umbrella and still make a 100%...

Math   The circle with center E has radius r.\({ED = \frac{{r}}{{2}}}\) Quantity A Quantity B The area of  \({\triangle EBD}\) The area of the shaded region A) Quantity A is greater.B) Quantity B is greater.C) The two quantities are equal.D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.   Correct Answer -...