Recommendations for recommenders
Last spring, Peter received a request from a professor at a college whose alums frequently apply to Fletcher: What suggestions
Read moreGood recommendations don’t just happen!
Committee on Admissions members read a lot of recommendations. Really a lot. Good letters, bad letters, helpful letters, useless letters.
Read moreApplication Tips Digest
As we rocket toward the year-end holidays, many of our applicants are just starting to get serious about putting together their application materials. This seems like a good time to highlight our most recent series of application tips offered by members of the Admissions staff.
Read moreAdvice from Alec: before you press “submit”
Continuing our application advice series, today we’ll hear from Alec on the value of proofing. Alec manages our application processing operation (among many other things), and has a keen sense of little hiccups that can delay review of an application
Read moreApplication tips redux
In acknowledgement of the many of you out there currently preparing applications for our upcoming deadlines (February 20 being the next one), I thought it worth “bumping up” some recent guidance from our team on various parts of the application. These folks read a lot of applications, so their tips are worth noting!
Read moreGet those applications in!
It’s go time, people! I imagine many of you have spent the weekend going over various parts of your application one last time, and we appreciate the level of care and effort you put into preparing your best possible presentation. Now’s the time to get it submitted.
Read moreCulinary tips for the holidays from Fletcher alumni
It may come as a surprise to our readers to learn that this blog firmly believe things don’t have to be ALL international affairs all the time. A lot of the time, sure, event MOST of the time. During the holiday season, though, what better way to mix it up than to highlight some of the culinary pursuits of our alumni community?
Read morePlanning a PhD application?
Hi folks! Former blogger-in-chief Jessica here — occupying the Admissions Blog while Dan is taking a walk through the Hall of Flags.
This is the moment in the fall semester when we start hearing regularly from prospective applicants to Fletcher’s PhD program in International Relations. In some ways, they’re just like applicants to our master’s degrees, with questions about where-to-put-what in the application form, but their focus on their planned research is what makes them stand out. They often pose questions that challenge me to figure out which member of the faculty might be interested in a particular sub-specialty.
Read moreMeet the 21-22 Admissions Graduate Assistants
Among the many annual rites of the academic year is the assembling of our Admissions Graduate Assistant team. We love having these students join our office as they provide crucial support to our operations throughout the year, though it’s also just nice to have the chance to get to know them and follow their student journey at Fletcher. Prospective students are likely to find themselves in touch with our GAs at some point during the year, too, as they’re often the first point of contact in our office. Returning MALD student Shelby worked with us all last year, too, though given our virtual format we’re just now getting our long-overdue opportunity to welcome her (and to welcome her back) in-person. She’s joined by first-year students Talha and Sandra, whom we’re of course also thrilled to have join us.
Read moreFrom the Admissions Team: Advice from Laura
The next couple of months before starting graduate school are going to fly by – no joke, you’re going to wake up one morning and it’s going to be the end of August and start of orientation at Fletcher.
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