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Building Your First Academic CV

What to include, how to describe your achievements honestly, and how to explain Pakistani grades and activities to reviewers abroad.

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Writing Strong Summer Program Applications

How to plan your application, write specific essays, get strong recommendations and apply for financial aid from Pakistan.

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Application toolkit

Academic CV template

A one-page CV layout with every section a school student needs, plus a pre-send checklist.

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Cold-email template

A short first email to a researcher, a polite follow-up, and a checklist before you hit send.

Word (DOCX) PDF

Recommendation request template

An email asking a teacher for a recommendation, and a one-page summary that makes their letter easier to write.

Word (DOCX) PDF

Application checklist

Eligibility, costs, documents and an eight-week timeline for any opportunity. Print one per application.

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Personal statement worksheet

Prompts to find your story, connect it to the program and revise your essay.

Word (DOCX) PDF

Recommended external resources

Harvard FAS Mignone Center for Career Success

Guide to creating a strong resume (opens in a new tab)

Harvard’s student guide to resumes, with action verbs and sample layouts. Pair it with our CV guide and template.

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Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Résumés and CVs (opens in a new tab)

Clear explanations of how résumés and academic CVs differ, and how to organise each section.

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UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center

Application essays (opens in a new tab)

Practical advice on reading essay prompts, choosing a topic and revising. Applies equally to summer program and university essays.

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Yale Undergraduate Admissions

Essays (opens in a new tab)

Yale’s own explanation of what its admissions officers hope to learn from your essays, in their words.

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MIT Admissions

Our selection process (opens in a new tab)

How MIT reads applications and what it looks for. A useful window into how selective programs think about applicants.

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Common App

Common App essay prompts (opens in a new tab)

The current personal essay prompts used by hundreds of US colleges. Read them early if you plan to apply to the US.

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UCAS

How to write your personal statement (opens in a new tab)

UCAS’s guide to the new question-based personal statement for UK universities, from 2026 entry onwards.

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UCAS

Personal statement worksheet (PDF) (opens in a new tab)

A printable worksheet for gathering ideas before you write a UK personal statement.

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University of Cambridge

What to expect at your Cambridge interview (opens in a new tab)

Cambridge explains what its interviews are for and how they run. Reassuring reading before any academic interview.

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Stanford Undergraduate Admission

First-year applicants (opens in a new tab)

Stanford’s official overview of first-year application requirements and deadlines.

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