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Apply yourself: how to impress the admissions director.
Get the insider view-knowing how important you are to an internationally oriented grad school can make writing your application considerably easier.
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The insider view on graduate school admission can be very valuable and make all the difference to your application. Knowing how important you are to an internationally orientated grad school can make writing your application form considerably easier: most admissions staff hope to see applicants that are able to contribute to their program through personal experiences and backgrounds. Whilst academic credentials are undoubtedly the most important factor in the admissions process for most grad schools, never discount your own personal circumstances – what makes you unique has direct relevance to the contribution you might make on either a Masters or PhD program.
Scott Goddard, Associate Director at the University of Nottingham Business School in the UK represents the views of many admissions staff when he reflects on why international Masters and PhD applicants are so important to grad schools all over the world: “International students add to the diversity of the student community and help integration. They also broaden the student base, add to the nationality mix, increase the potential for research collaboration, consolidate our existing links under various schemes and help to encourage outward mobility of our domestic students. For a research university such as Nottingham, international students therefore form an important part of our strategy.”
