Graduate Admissions
Strategic support for master's, doctoral, and professional applicants.
Graduate committees are reading for intellectual direction, preparation, and fit. We help you demonstrate all three with precision.
Fields we advise on
- Public policy & international affairs
- History & the humanities
- Social sciences
- Ph.D. programs & doctoral research
- Interdisciplinary master's programs
- Scholarships & fellowships

Application components
Every document doing distinct work.
- Program & advisor selection
- Fit is decided by faculty, method, and funding — not name recognition. We research the departments seriously.
- Statement of purpose
- A disciplined argument for your intellectual direction, your preparation, and this specific program.
- Personal statement
- Where relevant, the complementary document: trajectory, motivation, and context.
- Research interests
- Framing a question that is genuinely yours, appropriately scoped, and legible to a committee.
- CV & academic record
- Structure, emphasis, and the honest presentation of gaps or non-linear paths.
- Writing sample
- Choosing, cutting, and revising the piece that best demonstrates your capability.
- Recommendations
- How to brief referees so their letters reinforce rather than repeat your file.
- Interviews
- Mock sessions for doctoral and professional program interviews, including methodological questions.
International applicants
Guidance on translating an unfamiliar academic system into terms a committee can evaluate fairly, plus timelines, funding, and interview norms.
Career changers
Making a non-linear path read as deliberate: what you learned, why the pivot is coherent, and what you bring that others do not.
Fellowship candidates
Support for scholarship and fellowship applications where the argument for your potential must be made explicitly.
Next step
Bring your programs, your deadlines, and your questions.
Begin with an introductory consultation. We will discuss your background, your ambitions, and whether working together makes sense for your timeline.