A friend told me an interesting story the other day.
The normal application process for Masters programs is to reach out to all seniors you might know of who are already in similar/the same program. They look at your academic and extra curricular records and identify which schools are realistic. If they decide you are just around average, for example, they would encourage to apply to 1 tier I school, 5 tier II schools and maybe 3 tier III schools. Then, they would help with your application.
This friend decided to apply to a different program altogether. There were no seniors to ‘help’ with the screening process. So, he was on his own. He knew from his friends’ experiences that he would have been screened out of the top category. Nevertheless, he decided to go ahead and just apply to all tier I schools. And he made it to almost all of those he’d been aiming for. ,
The story really got me thinking.
I’m sure you’ll take away very different things from the story than I did because it’s likely you’ve had a similar experience and might just wonder what could have been. And, if you haven’t, at least you know what to guard against.
Often, the biggest things that’s stopping us from getting what we want are the stories we tell ourselves..
A Learning a Day 