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Applying for MS/PhD? 💰💸

19 ways you can boost your CV for graduate school applications from the comfort of your home:

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🔸Become a Subject Matter Expert on sites such as Chegg and earn some money & teaching experience.

🔸Move beyond the coordinates of your university and seek remote research experience using cold-emails.

🔸Publish empirical studies/manuscript in peer-reviewed journals as a part of those collaborations.

🔸Publish blogs in peer-reviewed blogs by Nature, Science etc.

🔸Write as a guest writer in a popular blog or magazine.

🔸Start your own science blog/YT channel/Twitter page and do science communication/outreach.

🔸Join national and international organizations in your area of study for exporsure to recent trends.

🔸Sign up for professional development training programs.

🔸Provide talks (free or paid) to schools and juniors in college. Seek testimonials.

🔸Sign up for courses & certifications on online platforms that are RELEVANT for your proposed field of study, esp if you're coming from different field in BSc/MS.

🔸Reading classical (review) papers in your field of interest will help you provide interesting research insights in SoPs/Cold-emails.

🔸Engage in volunteering experience/community outreach. Earn testimonials & LoRs.

🔸Participate in remote conferences/workshops/webinars as a presenter or an attendee.

🔸Master skills related to your proposed area of study. Even if it's just theoretical understanding of that skill, it's okay. Just start.

🔸Present whatever information you have in your profile in the best-formatted way possible. Use the right templates for your CV.

🔸Clearly communicate your roles, responsibilities that you had across different projects.

🔸Use solid action verbs in the experience section of your CV.

🔸Apply for competetive summer schools with funding (if possible).

The way you prepare your CV says a lot about how organised & fit you are for graduate school.

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