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Admission to tertiary: increase your chances

For most learners, and especially their parents, to further your education beyond high school is crucial. Not only does it increase your knowledge in the field you aspire to have a career in, but it also increases your chances to be employed by companies who seek for individuals with the specific qualification.

The first thing learners concern themselves about, in order to guarantee acceptance at tertiary school, is their academic results. If not them, then it’s their parents who pressure them into excelling in their tests and exams, to render an exceptional academic report throughout high school, or at least from grade 10 to grade 12. I recall when I was still in high school that I had to submit my grade 11 academic report with my application – that was when I was applying at the University of Cape Town (UCT).

I’m sure you can understand the pressure to excel as early as grade 8, because one would think you need to build yourself up to a certain level of academic achievement and at least remain constant with it right through to matric.

Many learners think like that and work at that. Unfortunately, that means everybody is competing for a place at tertiary with academic results. Wouldn’t you need something else to give you a competitive advantage then, to stand out from the crowd? The good news is that there is. In fact, there are many things you can use.

You can stand out from the majority through your personality, contribution to/ involvement in the community (and what you can bring in the community you’re applying in), involvement in non-academic activities at school, aspirations/goals/dreams, employment history/experience. The question now is: where do you incorporate all that and in a reader-friendly manner? Remember, just like any job application, tertiary school admissions are a huge pile. Therefore, you ought to be careful how many pages of documents you submit to avoid being rejected at first glance. Too many papers would discourage any recruiter.

An exceptional academic report, or even one that meets the admission requirements, may attract the recruiter to consider you. But what may make them call you in or accept your application is the additional documents that make you stand out. What documents?

Here are a few to consider:

Personal statement
This is a document in which you share who you are, what you’re about and what value you’d be adding to the institution you’re applying at. Depending on which institution, or even department, you want to enroll into, you can get assistance to brainstorm and produce a well-written personal statement. This is package at EssayEdge, the world’s premier editing service, which has editors with vast years of experience, having graduated from various institutions and departments: Law school, MBA, Medical school, Yale university, Harvard, Stanford, to name a few. Having been in operation since 1997, and having had 90% of their customers enter the top 10 universities in the United States, you’re guaranteed an opportunity for your application being successful.

Statement of purpose
This document aims to express your ultimate goal should you be accepted at the department/institution. What is the purpose behind enrolling into the particular course/department/institution? That’s the question this document will answer. EssayEdge can assist you with that as well.

Admission essay
This document may not necessarily be compulsory, but if you want to give the institution the impression that they’d be making a huge mistake by not accepting your application, or that they’d be missing out on the value you’d be adding; if there is any additional information you have not included in the other documents, then this is your best bet.

Résumé/ CV
We usually consider Curriculum Vitae when applying for jobs, but it can be just as suitable for tertiary application. Besides personal information and educational history - especially if you had attended well-respected schools, your experience related to the course you apply to may give you an advantage.

Letter of recommendation
Whether it’s a professional or academic letter of recommendation, when there are respected persons who can attest to you being a good candidate to be considered for tertiary admission, it’s a bonus! If you know of people that can support you in this, and need assistance in finding out which letters of motivation are best for your application, EssayEdge can assist.

Cover letter
These are also usually submitted for job applications. Here, you are selling yourself. Give it your best shot! All the most important values, virtues, experiences, ambitions directly related to the course/ department/ institution you’re applying into – include it all. Be careful to not make it too extensive – you can easily refer to your CV without adding too much information that is already on your CV. But here to assist you at a greater extent and detail is EssayEdge and their expertise.

Make the most of your opportunity to steer your life towards the direction of your future. As cliché as it may sound, your future is truly in your hands. Rather try it and fail knowing that at least you made the effort, than not trying at all and wonder what if  it could have been a step closer to your goal had you done it.

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Have you ever considered admission documents before? Have you tried applying to tertiary with admission documents before? If failed, do you perhaps feel you should have worked more on them, because you know you deserved for your application to be successful? Let’s talk! 😀

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