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A clarity on the role and the expectations from the Admissions Consultant through the Application cycle goes a long way in ensuring a seamless interaction between the candidates and the Admissions Consultant through the application cycle. This interaction will eventually culminate in a better output in terms of an immaculately crafted application and a better outcome for the candidates.
What to expect from the Admissions Consultant
1) An honest profile evaluation: Based upon a candidate’s profile, an Admissions Consultant will perform a ‘true’ depiction of the candidate’s profile. This would include assessing the strengths and the weaknesses of the candidate’s profile, along with suggestions on how to highlight the strengths and mitigate weaknesses
2) Reality check on career expectations: Candidates generally have strong viewpoints on how they see their post-ISB career path shaping up. Based upon the academic and professional experiences of the candidates, some of these career paths may be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. Hence, working with an Admissions Consultant can provide a reality check on the feasibility of the post-ISB career expectations of the candidates.
3) Strategy for essays and letter of recommendation: The strengths of a candidate’s profile ultimately need to be conveyed to the Admissions Committee through the essays and the letter of recommendation. Structuring the essays, appropriate messaging, highlighting most pertinent attributes, emphasizing key life experiences, and choosing the most appropriate recommender would be some of the crucial aspects in which an Admissions Consultant can add significant value.
4) Interview preparation: The interviews at ISB are largely profile based. Hence, a candidate’s profile, application, and essays often form the foundation of the discussion during the interview. Accordingly, an Admissions Consultant can brainstorm the possible questions that may be asked in the interview and work with candidates on refining the responses to those questions. Additionally, an Admissions Consultant can provide valuable feedback on other aspects of the interview, such as body language and articulation.
What not to expect from the Admissions Consultant
Some applicants consider working with an Admissions Consultant only because these applicants are too busy to work on the application. Since these applicants have insufficient time to work on the application and the essays, they consider outsourcing the application work to an Admissions Consultant. This is a wrong expectation. Applicants should not consider Admissions Consulting as a hands-off task outsourced to an Admissions Consultant.
After all, the onus is on the applicants to detail out their accomplishments at work, the trajectory in their career, the thought process behind every career transition, their experiences in leadership, and anecdotes from their life. This requires the applicants to thoroughly introspect their professional and academic experiences. These details are the heart of the essays and no Admissions Consultant can obviously come up with these details out of thin air. Hence, candidates should consider working with an Admissions Consultant because of the expertise, experience, and insight that the Admissions Consultant brings along and not because the candidates are hard pressed on time.
This article is reproduced from ISBeacon Blog.
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