ACADEMIC CONSULTING

Academic Consulting @ The Diakron Institute offers you the opportunity to have a private, one-on-one consultation with an experienced academician. We're not trying to reinvent the wheel. The internet is full of essential tools for getting started on your own. Here is a list of links to some of our favorite online resources:

UNIVERSITY APPLICATION STRATEGIES

-  Harvard Admissions Overview 1 (The New York Times)

-  Harvard Admissions Overview 2 (Helen Vendler)

-  Harvard Application Requirements (Harvard University)

-  How I Got Into Harvard Series (Yes Reneau)

-  What Are We Looking For? (Cambridge University)

-  Undergraduate Admissions Requirements (Stanford University)

-  Free SAT Practice Exams (Khan Academy)

-  How To Get Into Harvard (College Confidential)

-  The Problem Isn't Student Loans - It's Higher Education (Max Keiser)

-  Finding Scholarships (Federal Student Aid)

-  What Yale Looks For (Yale University)

CV & RESUME COMPOSITION

-  Diakron CV 1 (Andrew Gipe)

-  Diakron CV 2 (Melissa Sanchez)

-  Diakron CV 3 (Kangil Ji)

-  Diakron CV 4 (Wilson Rui Qian)

-  Diakron CV 5 (Phi Nguyen)

-  Example CVs (Prospects)

-  CVs (Oxford University Careers Services)

-  How to Write a Cover Letter (Youth Central)

-  Resume Samples (University of Virginia)

-  30 Most Inventive Resumes (ShortList)

-  Sample College Admissions Resume (International Student)

-  The College Admissions Resume (The Balance)

-  Graduate School Resume (University of Wisconsin)

-  The New CV Trend (Erasmus University)

ESSAY WRITING

-  Application Essay Prompts (Stanford University)

-  Admissions Essays That Worked (University of Chicago)

-  How To Write a College Essay (MIT Admissions)

-  Top Rated Personal Statement Examples (Studential)

-  Writing the Statement of Purpose (Berkeley)

-  Graduate School Application Essay Guidelines (Carnegie Mellon)

-  Essay Advice (Fulbright Commission)

-  Creative Beginnings and Calculated Risks (Penn State)

-  Top 7 Successful UC Berkeley Essays (AP Study Notes)

-  10 Tips for Writing an Effective Statement of Purpose (UWContinuingEd)

-  Statement of Purpose Guidelines (MIT)

PORTFOLIO DESIGN

-  Diakron Portfolio 1 (Wilson Rui Qian)

-  Diakron Portfolio 2 (Kangil Ji)

-  Diakron Portfolio 3 (Andrew Gipe)

-  Application Instructions (Harvard Graduate School of Design)

-  Harvard GSD Core Portfolio (Mike Meo)

-  Portfolio Guidelines (Glasgow School of Art)

-  RISD Portfolios (Rhode Island School of Design)

-  Yale School of Architecture Portfolios (Yale)

-  10 Tips for Making an Outstanding Architecture Portfolio (ArchDaily)

-  A Student's Guide to the Architectural Portfolio (Build)

-  20 Unique and Creative Web Portfolios (Awwwards)

INTERVIEW PREPARATION

-  Common Interview Questions (The Guardian)

-  Sample Interview Questions (University of Oxford)

-  Example Interview Questions for Postgrad Study (Target Postgrad)

-  University Interview Invitations (UCAS)

-  University Interview (Careers Jersey)

-  Interview Records (Columbia University)

-  Top College Interview Tips (The Princeton Review)

-  Preparing for a Job Interview (Reed)

-  Interview Guide (University of Tennessee)

-  Job Interview Preparation (McKinsey & Company)

-  Common Job Interview Questions and Answers (Let's Talk)

EDITING & TRANSLATION

-  Google Translate (Google)

-  Oxford Dictionaries (Oxford)

-  Bing Translator (Bing)

-  Online Dictionary (Linguee)

-  Free Translation (SDL)

-  Quick Tips for Writing (SYSTRAN)

-  Free Online Thesaurus (English)