{"id":3098,"date":"2019-04-30T12:48:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T12:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/info-over-graduate-studie\/onderzoek-je-mogelijkheden\/shortlist-maken\/"},"modified":"2019-11-29T14:44:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T14:44:41","slug":"shortlist-maken","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/info-over-graduate-studie\/onderzoek-je-mogelijkheden\/shortlist-maken\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrowing your choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; el_class=&#8221;.zijbar-vervolg&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar show_bg=&#8221;false&#8221; sidebar_id=&#8221;sidebar_35&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;.heading-vs-vervolg&#8221; el_id=&#8221;header-vs1&#8243;][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-90436a11bc3311931\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-90436a11bc3311931 uvc-1582  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-90436a11bc3311931 h1'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h1 style=\"--font-weight:theme;\">Step 3: Narrowing your choices<\/h1><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Once you have created your list of universities that match your personal preferences, you can start narrowing down to the ones to which you will apply. We recommend you apply to three to six graduate programs.<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To maximize your chances of admission, consider applying to universities in the following categories:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One highly competitive program (reach schools).<\/li>\n<li>One to three that match your academic profile (match schools).<\/li>\n<li>One or two schools where your academic profile is safely higher than their average (safe schools).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are limited by your budget and require university funding, consider applying to more safe schools than recommended above. If your academic profile is higher than the school\u2019s average, you will be a very competitive applicant and will stand a greater chance of gaining merit-based scholarships, if available.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; el_class=&#8221;.zijbar-vervolg&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar show_bg=&#8221;false&#8221; sidebar_id=&#8221;sidebar_35&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;.heading-vs-vervolg&#8221; el_id=&#8221;header-vs1&#8243;][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Once you have created your list of universities that match your personal preferences, you can start narrowing down to the ones to which you will apply. We recommend you apply to three to six graduate programs. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To maximize your chances of admission, consider applying to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":3078,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3098","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3098\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}