When you find an opportunity you're excited to apply for, do you ever open up the app, see that you have to write a personal statement, and immediately feel dread because "how in the world can I showcase myself with just a few words? What are they even looking for?" We've been there: in our college applications, cover letters and interviews with companies, and applications are never going away. We've chatted about the college application process before in eps 3, 4, and 21, but this time we wanted to take a look at applications from the angle of storytelling.
Betty Bu, a former Your Next Date guest (#ifixbrokenhearts, IYKYK), shares with us her experience as a college admissions counselor at Northwestern University:
With Betty, we got to revisit some of the stories we were told about college applications and see if they still hold true as we've gone through our college experience and more various application processes, as well as any advice we could give to folks who aren't sure how to answer the question "tell me about yourself."
We hope it's informative and helpful to hear from someone who's been on the other side of admissions, and share with us what stories of applications you've grown up internalizing!
More about Betty:
⟡ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbu18/
⟡ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bubetty_/
Relevant Episodes:
⟡ Reminiscing on Da Eun's College App Process
⟡ Reminiscing on Sophia's College App Process
⟡ The College App Process: What We're Learning and Unlearning
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