Building Professional Relationships

Should you start networking as an undergrad? Absolutely. Creating academic and professional relationships with faculty and peers is different from creating other interpersonal relationships in your life.

 

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Connecting on Campus: Undergraduate Associations

Connecting on Campus: Undergraduate Associations

Just as all the activities you did in high school were important to the admissions department at the college you currently attend, the activities and clubs you join on campus and place on your resume will be valuable for your future search for your first position in the business world. There are literally hundreds of […]

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Don't Lose Touch: Maintaining Academic Relationships

Don’t Lose Touch: Maintaining Academic Relationships

By now you must know the importance of networking and building academic relationships in college with peers, academic contacts, and those in the business world. However, while networking and building academic relationships as an undergraduate will be beneficial for securing letters of recommendation for graduate school or employment, these connections are equally important to build […]

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Building Relationships and Making Connections

Building Relationships and Making Connections

Why is networking in college so important?   Students who build relationships and actively participate in networking in college have more success when they apply to graduate schools for many reasons including: professors making a call to another professor or admission department on your behalf, to writing you a glowing letter of recommendation. Students can […]

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Getting Great Letters of Recommendation

Getting Great Letters of Recommendation

How to Get a Great Graduate School Letter of Recommendation Students who need graduate school letters of recommendation often have questions about whom to ask, how to ask, and when is the right time to ask. Students must understand how to correctly ask for letters of recommendation because great letters of recommendation are vital to […]

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How to Stand Out in a Class of 300 and Succeed in College

How to Stand Out in a Class of 300 and Succeed in College

If you are interested in attending graduate school, then you probably already know that you are going to need letters of recommendation. In addition, if you are currently an undergraduate student, you have probably noticed a lot of distance between you and your professors—not to mention the distance between your professors and the other 300 […]

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