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