Stage 6 · Lesson 8 of 9
Submitting early and carefully
Submit a few days before each deadline, not on the day. Portals crash, need their links, and fee payments with foreign cards fail. Deadlines are also often in the university's time zone, not yours.
Build these spare days into your . Before submitting, check the programme name and , and upload the right tailored statement. If required, confirm your has gone through the official channel.
Save a PDF of the full submitted application. Then check the portal weekly for requests for more documents, and update your tracker with the submission date.
Common trapuploading the statement written for another university, or assuming the application is complete while a missing referee letter keeps it from being reviewed.
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Resources for this stage
Start with· follow one of these
- GuideFreePurdue OWL: Graduate School Applications
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
A free, practical guide to statements of purpose and personal statements from a university writing lab
- CourseFreeGoogle Technical Writing Courses
Google
Short free courses that make your statement and proposal clearer and tighter