myUface Blog

Dear myUface users,

We started myUface to help international students find placements at U.S. universities.  And last year, we helped 16 different students find a place to study.

But before we can help you, you need to help us – BY COMPLETING YOUR MYUFACE APPLICATION. Without a complete application there is NOTHING we can do to help you get into a U.S. university.  Without an application, we have nothing to show universities that otherwise might be interested in you.  So please, help us help you – COMPLETE YOUR MYUFACE APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

To all myUface users:  if you are serious about the chances of getting into a U.S. university, now is the time to complete your applications.

What does it mean to have a completed application?

1. All the sections of the application should be completed
2. You should have reported grades from your previous schools
3. You should have standardized test scores
4. You should have uploaded an essay, resume and recommendation

Why now? Because in the next month U.S. universities will begin to work extra hard to try to meet their goals regarding international students.  If your application is ready, you will drastically increase the chances that a university might be interested in you.

What if you’re not ready? Let’s say that you – like many international students – don;t have all of the application completed.  Maybe you haven’t finished your essay.  Maybe you don’t have standardized test scores.  What should you do in that case?

First, try your best to get your application this year as complete as possible.

Second, if you can’t complete it, start working now on next year’s application.  It’s never too early to start work on next year’s application, especially if you’re serious about study in the U.S.

This past month we’ve had some pretty incredible developments at myUface.  We have had several universities contact students, asking them to apply to their programs.  We are really close to finalizing our first placements.

But the best is yet to come.  Soon, universities will look at their incoming classes and count how many spots they need to fill with additional international students.  At that point, they’ll become even more interested in students who filled out myUface applications.

So, if you haven’t finished your application, do so now.  Remember, that means completing the application AND uploading essays, resumes / CVs, and recommendations.  That means letting us know about any standardized test scores.  That means, in short, making sure your application is as good as you can possibly make it.

Yesterday I mentioned that in order to improve your chances of getting into a U.S. university, you needed to have a “complete” application.  What do I mean by complete?

A complete application:

1. Has ALL applicable fields filled out (no blanks!)
2. Has an essay, a resume / CV, and a recommendation attached
3. (coming soon) has your transcripts from secondary school or university attached.  As of Feb. 8th, 2010, there is no space to do this at myUface, but we are adding this functionality soon,
4. Has standardized test scores noted.  For guidance on which test scores you need, contact us.

If you have most of these things, we will still share your application with universities, but be aware, if they’re interested in you they will nonetheless require all of the above information.  So be sure that, if you don’t have it completed yet, you’re working on it!