In this episode, Dr. Jill Fennell has a conversation about applying to graduate school with Dr. Andrei Fedorov, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies at the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech.
Show Notes and Timestamps:
- Introduction and Guest Introduction 00:54
- Purpose of graduate school application documents 02:03
- CRISP acronym for a successful grad school applications 05:42
- C -Creative 06:08
- R - Research 06:41
- I - Integrity 08:25
- S - Specific 09:09
- P - Powerful 10:47
- Documents for Grad School applications 11:45
- Prompt based personal statements at the Woodruff School 12:19
- Prompt 1: Self description and introductions 13:43
- Prompt 2: What sets you apart 17:25
- Prompt 3: Why this school 19:13
- Personal statement deep dive 22:58
- How personal should a personal statement be? 23:39
- Tailoring Yourself to the School 24:19
- Culture of different schools 26:19
- Dos and don'ts 28:21
- When to start application process 33:12
- Return to communication principles 35:55
- Wrap up and outro 37:19
