Couch Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 How should you work your Statement of Purpose if you are re-applying to a school you were previously waitlisted/rejected from? I was waitlisted at a school last year and asked about re-applying. Should I mention my previous application? Send in my previous SoP? Pretend it is a new application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joro Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I did not mention it at all, why would you mention it? Just talk about the things you did from the time you got waitlisted till your reapplication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren the Librarian Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I didn't mention it either. It wasn't recommended to me to re-apply but I did it anyway and got in the second time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingonit Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I didn't mention it at all in my SOP for any of the 3 schools I reapplied to. That being said, two of the schools asked in the application if I had ever applied to the program in the past--and I didn't lie. I also thought alot about what it was that made my application stronger than the previous, so I was able to answer the "Why should we let you in now?" prompt. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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