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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob Miller" data-source="post: 48732" data-attributes="member: 5063"><p>Hi Dwight, </p><p></p><p>First of all- thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it. </p><p></p><p>I'll go through your questions chronologically to try and keep everything nice and clear:</p><p></p><p>1) I have to be completely honest and say that I can't quite remember- I've checked back through my old emails too but no dice unfortunately. I have a vague memory that my interviewer had maybe read my cover letter but not CV, but I wouldn't take this as gospel. One of the nice things about the Travers interview is that you're informed in advance who your interviewer is <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>2) I'm slightly unclear on what you mean here. The general approach I would suggest with the CL in terms of the 'three whys' would be that the 'why me' would be more spread throughout, with relevant examples as you see fit; that's obviously in some contrast to the other two whys which, in my experience, lend themselves more to being quite specific, obvious sections of the piece. </p><p>3) There are various things that make Travers unique. As you mention, their international strategy is a common talking point here but there are others. I would really say, though, that showing interest in training there in your application should be based on things that you find <strong>genuinely</strong> exciting or engaging. As such, I would probably suggest some more general research to find what these are <strong>for you </strong>- at the end of the day, you'll find different things more or less exciting than I will, it's not that either of those are wrong, they're just different. In terms of feeling like it can be harder to express yourself in the written application than in person at an interview etc, I can sympathise. Generally speaking, the core bit of advice I would really give is to try as hard as you can to let your personality really shine through the written application: Grad Rec want to get to know as much about <strong>you as a whole </strong>so you're more of a known quantity even before interview! </p><p></p><p>Very best of luck with your application <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jacob Miller, post: 48732, member: 5063"] Hi Dwight, First of all- thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it. I'll go through your questions chronologically to try and keep everything nice and clear: 1) I have to be completely honest and say that I can't quite remember- I've checked back through my old emails too but no dice unfortunately. I have a vague memory that my interviewer had maybe read my cover letter but not CV, but I wouldn't take this as gospel. One of the nice things about the Travers interview is that you're informed in advance who your interviewer is :) 2) I'm slightly unclear on what you mean here. The general approach I would suggest with the CL in terms of the 'three whys' would be that the 'why me' would be more spread throughout, with relevant examples as you see fit; that's obviously in some contrast to the other two whys which, in my experience, lend themselves more to being quite specific, obvious sections of the piece. 3) There are various things that make Travers unique. As you mention, their international strategy is a common talking point here but there are others. I would really say, though, that showing interest in training there in your application should be based on things that you find [B]genuinely[/B] exciting or engaging. As such, I would probably suggest some more general research to find what these are [B]for you [/B]- at the end of the day, you'll find different things more or less exciting than I will, it's not that either of those are wrong, they're just different. In terms of feeling like it can be harder to express yourself in the written application than in person at an interview etc, I can sympathise. Generally speaking, the core bit of advice I would really give is to try as hard as you can to let your personality really shine through the written application: Grad Rec want to get to know as much about [B]you as a whole [/B]so you're more of a known quantity even before interview! Very best of luck with your application :) [/QUOTE]
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