11 Grad School Application Mistakes | What I WISH I Would Have Known When Applying

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11 Grad School Application Mistakes | What I Wish I Would Have Known // Graduate School App Tips on how to apply to graduate programs as best as you possibly can! Applying to Ph.D. and Master's grad programs can be stressful, so take some of the stress out and DON'T Do what I did on my applications!
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@pmabrouk 4 года назад

Bad advice: please do not ask me for a letter of recommendation 10 days before a Dec. 1 deadline and expect me to be able to pull it off. Set yourself and your recommenders up for success by applying early. Meet with us to discuss where you are applying, why you are applying to these schools, share your draft essay, and give us a month on letter requests. We are busy people and students don’t realize it but many of you ask the same groups of us to write letters. Many deadlines fall in the same timeframe around the holidays and finals so be considerate.

@oliviasimonephd 4 года назад

I completely agree! I must have not made myself clear in this video - I made meetings with my professors in September as soon as the quarter started to ask them to write my letters. I shared my transcripts, SOP, and CV. It was them who said don't sent them the links until closer to the deadline! But I completely agree, asking someone to write a letter of rec last minute is not going to end well

@anupamjana1876 3 года назад

That,s the reason,in my country we encourage students to take hard copies of LORs ,scan them and send to universities themselves.

@redneckgirl3326 Год назад

Thank you. I about had a heart attack because I already asked for them. I finished online but had a gap due to an illness. Trying to find professors who might remember me after 4 years away, I figured I needed to give them time.

@cierraaaaaaaas 4 года назад

The biggest mistake I made was underestimating myself. I applied to any and all schools then got in to some and I was like darn I wish I’d gone for more schools closer to me. I might have gotten in.

@oliviasimonephd 4 года назад

Aw dang :/ I guess you have to trust you ended up where you're meant to be! Wise words though for those applying

@thegraduatespeechie2752 5 лет назад

Applying to graduate school is so STRESSFUL! I'm starting my program soon and I'm a bit nervous but talking about it and getting advice from people who have some experience is SUPER helpful! I wish I found this video before I applied! This is a great video with great information! Love your hat by the way!

@itsthemcornellj 5 лет назад

I personally sent all of my LOR links as soon as I opened my applications back in September, and I'm so glad I did! Typically, you aren't the only student a professor is writing a letter for, so waiting to send them the link 2 weeks out really isn't a ton of time. One professor took about a month and a half to write mine because she had to write 7 other ones, so give yourself (and them) plenty of time to get things done without having to rush

@pinkpoet14 5 лет назад

I agree. I sent the links around late September/early October (ie around the same time I asked my professors to write the letters.) This made it easier for me to keep track of everything (I could see who had and hadn't filled out the letter yet,) and it meant they could fill out the form whenever they were ready!

@liumiao6576 5 лет назад

I give my professor two months to write my LORs

@pmabrouk 4 года назад

Thank you for allowing us to do right by you which only happens if you give us the time and the information we need to do our job

@uncommon2848 4 года назад

So you guys sent it 10 months before BE graduation?

@jennflprofileupdated8931 5 лет назад

Applicationprocess Yey!

@NoOne-qs8tv 5 лет назад

This has got to be the best video on RU-vid on the subject. Fantastic!

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

I'm so glad you found it helpful!

@altinaboney7636 6 лет назад

This was great! I am looking at grad schools as well and it was nice to hear from someone who got in and also made mistakes/or wish they knew things. You are awesome Olivia.

@oliviasimonephd 6 лет назад

Altina Boney yay! Glad it was helpful! Good luck with the application process!

@suzannesauter5724 5 лет назад

I'm also applying for a comm studies grad program. your channel has been SUPER helpful!!! thank you so much!

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

I'm so glad you've found it helpful!! Good luck with applications!

@adarshudassi 4 года назад

Thanks a lot for making all these videos! Your channel has some of the best advice that I have ever heard. Keep it up :D

@oliviasimonephd 3 года назад

I'm so glad you find my videos helpful!

@alexandraadinicole1307 6 лет назад

Hello - as always I am so impressed with you... I have seen such a growth since I first started watching you during first Disney experience!!!

@oliviasimonephd 6 лет назад

Thanks so much for sticking around!

@bentrainor 5 лет назад

Thank you for the informative take! 👍

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

Thanks so much for watching!

@tiarashafira6799 5 лет назад

This is so helpful!! Thank you so much

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

I'm so glad!! Good luck with applications!

@kristenr6791 5 лет назад

Very good video thank you! Also I love the monsters university hat ❤

@taniapinky1 5 лет назад

This video was really great and helpful!

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

I'm so glad you thought so! Thanks for watching!

@techchannel6335 3 года назад

Thank You For This Video. It Was Very Helpful and Keep Doing This, You Are Helping Thousands Of Students. Thank You

@oliviasimonephd 3 года назад

Glad to hear that!

@sponke444 4 года назад

Thank you :) I just got accepted to Penn State Harrisburg MA in Clinical Psych, im really excited!

@oliviasimonephd 4 года назад

Rod Lima congratulations!!! That’s awesome!!! 🎉🎉🎉

@BeefBosssu 3 года назад

What were your marks when you applied?

@lionheart33 2 года назад

I love this video!!! we have the same interest, planning to take my Masters - Industrial Organization Psychology! with your inputs, I am very adamant that the university will consider. Writing my letter of intent now. Thank you for this awesome video.

@oliviasimonephd 2 года назад

That's awesome! Best of luck with the application process!

@makenziejo7169 3 года назад

Hey Olivia! Thanks for the video. I just graduated from Central Michigan University (fire up!) and am applying to Penn. Small world!

@oliviasimonephd 3 года назад

No way! haha That's awesome!! Good luck with your application!

@eng_hasanalyami495 Год назад

thank you for the valuable informaion

@ajh.4131 4 года назад

As far as the interview process, the school that I'm interested in going to doesn't have one. I just have to submit the usual...transcripts, letters of recommendation, statement of goals and resume. But if for any reason I do have an interview, one of the main reasons I chose the school is because it has the cheapest tuition but I don't want to sound like an ass lol My cousin and good friend also went to this school and they enjoyed their time there, plus it's in a city I'm interested in living long term. I'll just do more research like you said in the video. Thanks for all of the great info!

@oliviasimonephd 4 года назад

haha I think affordability and living a comfortable life without going into mountains of debt is a totally legitimate reason for choosing a school!! Best of luck!

@AmberSharae2012 5 лет назад

Great video! THANKS :-)

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@elibell5098 5 лет назад

Thanks for this video. It was so helpful! I didn't know several of these things, and would have unintentionally made silly mistakes that now I might not! Thanks!!

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

I'm so glad you found it to be helpful! I've definitely been learning through making mistakes CONSTANTLY so my failure can help someone else do better, I'm happy 😂

@laker4life36 3 года назад

Classic Golden State, Thanks!!

@oliviasimonephd 3 года назад

classic golden state???

@connorbooth7207 3 года назад

I just found out that I was in the wrong program for what I wanted to do, a whole year after getting accepted. Now I’m having to figure out what I’m gonna do and have to go through the whole application process again for this program I should’ve applied for a year ago. Really wish someone caught that before I applied, but it was also on me for not looking through the program in the first place. Just hope I get accepted into this new one

@oliviasimonephd 3 года назад

oh dang :/ Best of luck!

@newhorizon4610 4 года назад

Thanks for the video again! I have some limited work experiences with short-term leave, but does psychology graduate school evaluate prospective students based on their previous work experiences?

@oliviasimonephd 4 года назад

New Horizon I have no idea!

@javierortiz5414 5 лет назад

Where did you get the MU hat!?!😍😍

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

Disney world!!

@scottsellers983 5 лет назад

You have any advice for taking the GRE? I applied to grad school last year and was rejected for my low GRE score. I plan to apply again this year.

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

I actually made a video on it! Here's the link! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eTHztgKX-3M.html

@adamnugroho7496 6 месяцев назад

How did you find out that you were rejected due to GRE score not other parts of application? Thanks

@jjhartford17 3 года назад

You’re soo funny!

@oliviasimonephd 3 года назад

haha thanks!

@onceuponanancy6288 6 лет назад

You went to UC davis?? I am currently going to UC Davis!!!

@oliviasimonephd 6 лет назад

OMG no way!!! Go Ags!! What's your major??

@LetsExplore307 5 лет назад

I am just a bit worried because I'm not sure when will I be able to apply for MS and by the time probably some of my BA professors wont even remember me.

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

Will you have managers at work that can write you a letter? If you're close / talk to your BA professors and explain it will probably be a few years before you apply, they might say "that's fine, let me know when you do apply and I'll write you a letter."

@discogoth 4 года назад

Keep in contact. I’m still in my undergrad, but when I really connect with a professor, I continue to talk to them after I’m done with their class(es). Since I’m a humanities major, that means I’m keeping up by emailing asking if they’ve read anything compelling recently, and then I read it and later pop into their office hours to chat about it. You can modify this for whatever you study, by asking for articles or research papers they’ve read recently and asking questions via email.

@redneckgirl3326 Год назад

Because I work in law enforcement, I keep a pretty lame social media. I mostly post things related to horses and spirituality. No politics. But I never thought of the school looking at my FB page.

@modernscholar02 4 года назад

I know it's been a while since you made this but if you see this, is contacting programs you have interest in a year or more in advance a bad move or is opening up that communication a good thing?

@oliviasimonephd 4 года назад

In the lab I worked in as an undergraduate, they told us to email professors the September / October of the fall you're applying.

@al-farouksaleh2144 3 года назад

Interesting knowledge, and How can I get This MU hat ?

@oliviasimonephd 3 года назад

I think you can order it from the Disney store! I bought mine at Disney World

@thalblankson4002 4 года назад

The application for graduate schools are out for Fall 2021 term. I was like yes early and I emailed my professor's and got letter of recommendations from them already. 💘

@oliviasimonephd 4 года назад

Look at you, on top of things!! Thanks for sharing that info, and best of luck!!

@thalblankson4002 4 года назад

@@oliviasimonephd Thank you

@muhammadsalisu6898 5 лет назад

cvil engineering but i am in my final year undergrad

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

that's so great!

@kermitkardashain9664 5 лет назад

Hi Olvia I am researching grad schools as I will be applying next fall but I did not know how many to apply to. How many did you apply to and also if you know other people in grad school how many did they apply to? thanks in advance :)

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

It really just depends! I applied to 4 media effects programs and 2 I/O psychology programs. I know some people who applied for more and some who applied for less! It really depends!

@kermitkardashain9664 5 лет назад

@@oliviasimonephd Thank you so much. This really helps :)

@kevinkuriassaibu7011 4 года назад

What is the deadline to apply for fall 2020 as a domestic applicant?

@oliviasimonephd 4 года назад

It depends on the school! Typically December

@thalblankson4002 4 года назад

Or January

@stevea2085 5 лет назад

You were a cheerleader? 😍📣

@oliviasimonephd 5 лет назад

Yep! High school and a year in college!

@godwinsarfo3889 4 года назад

Hi Olivia...Can my dean of student and my school administrators write my letter of recommendation for me? Because i graduated 2 years ago and I’m not in contact with most of my professors...

@oliviasimonephd 4 года назад

I'm sure that would be fine! Your dean would know the answer to that

@godwinsarfo3889 4 года назад

Alright Olivia...thanks a lot😊...really appreciate that

@2fbDJLL 3 года назад

6:46 How does that work!?

@oliviasimonephd 3 года назад

what do you mean?

@2fbDJLL 3 года назад

@@oliviasimonephd I mean, like how can someone have class at a building that is 20 minutes away if they only have 10 minutes between classes? You'd always be 10 minutes late to that class! Most undergrad universities will schedule things such that this never occurs. It was just a little math error as you spoke. It made me laugh :) Awesome videos, nevertheless. I appreciate your advice and silliness (like in 6:47).

@oliviasimonephd 3 года назад

@@2fbDJLL Not a mistake - At UC Davis they would give 10 minutes to get to class; there were many times when I'd be late because I couldn't walk to a class that quickly