I reckon this title will probably get most people shaking their heads. What kind of a professional admissions consultant would talk about the element of “luck" in applying to schools? You’d be surprised to find that most of anyone who has ever applied to schools firmly believes that luck does play a role in their…
和以往一樣,今年的申請旅程中,我學到了很多寶貴的經驗。我之所以熱愛這份工作,是因為它真的是一個無價的two-way learning experience。 每一年,幾乎每個學生,都會帶給我不同的驚豔。今年與我合作的其中一個學生,真真正正的讓我體會到什麼是 the epitome of “put your heart to it”。 也許很多人不相信,在諸多申請學校的秘訣和策略當中,保持申請人最初的熱衷和誠懇是非常重要的一件事,也是最能淋漓盡致的突顯申請人的特色和與別人不同的關鍵元素。是的,申請文章要寫的能撼動人心,有時是得誇張一點或是戲劇化一些。但是,我真的認為,再多的裝飾和故事,還是要秉持著一顆執著的心和熱忱,才能說服已讀過千千萬萬申請文件的名校招生委員會,明白的告訴他們:「我是真心的,不顧一切的想來你們的學校」。