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My wife Lauren has helped over 500 people get into Harvard, MIT, and Berkeley—even those with mediocre GPAs and test scores. After serving on a UC Berkeley admissions committee, she learned that elite schools often use arbitrary metrics to quickly eliminate candidates.
Lauren will show you how she used Second Brain principles to overcome her own weak credentials and get accepted everywhere she applied with full scholarships, and how you can do the same, whether you're applying to grad school, jobs, or funding.
More info on Lauren’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@LaurenValdez
@LaurenValdez
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - 01:11 The Elimination System
01:11 - 02:18 How Second Brain Helped me Get into Grad School
02:18 - 03:10 Capture: Follow Your Curiosity
03:10 - 04:10 Organize: Apply Strategically, Not Desperately
04:10 - 05:26 Distill: Tell Your Story With Compassion Over Criticism
05:26 - 07:35 Express: Build Courage Over Credentials
07:35 - 09:16 Three Strategic Moves You Can Make Today
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📖 Get your copy of “Beyond Acceptance: The Transformational Journey of Applying to Grad School”: bit.ly/44gyYve
My wife Lauren has helped over 500 people get into Harvard, MIT, and Berkeley—even those with mediocre GPAs and test scores. After serving on a UC Berkeley admissions committee, she learned that elite schools often use arbitrary metrics to quickly eliminate candidates.
Lauren will show you how she used Second Brain principles to overcome her own weak credentials and get accepted everywhere she applied with full scholarships, and how you can do the same, whether you're applying to grad school, jobs, or funding.
More info on Lauren’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@LaurenValdez
@LaurenValdez
🧠 Join the BASB Foundation course: buildingasecondbrain.com/foundation
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - 01:11 The Elimination System
01:11 - 02:18 How Second Brain Helped me Get into Grad School
02:18 - 03:10 Capture: Follow Your Curiosity
03:10 - 04:10 Organize: Apply Strategically, Not Desperately
04:10 - 05:26 Distill: Tell Your Story With Compassion Over Criticism
05:26 - 07:35 Express: Build Courage Over Credentials
07:35 - 09:16 Three Strategic Moves You Can Make Today
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💌 Join our weekly newsletter for more tips and resources: fortelabs.com/subscribe
📚ORDER MY BEST-SELLING BOOKS
🧠 Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential: buildingasecondbrain.com/book
📂The PARA Method: Simplify, Organize, and Master Your Digital Life: buildingasecondbrain.com/para
👩🎓 TAKE MY SELF-PACED COURSES
1️⃣ Pillars of Productivity: buildingasecondbrain.com/pop
2️⃣ BASB Foundation: buildingasecondbrain.com/foundation
🤓 TEST YOUR PRODUCTIVITY POTENTIAL
Take our Productivity Pulse Check to evaluate your daily habits and find out where you can make improvements. Take the quiz now: fortelabs.typeform.com/pulsecheck?utm_source=youtube
👋 CONNECT WITH ME
📬 My weekly newsletter: fortelabs.com/subscribe
👩💻 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tiagoforte
🌐 My website: buildingasecondbrain.com
💌 My blog: fortelabs.com/blog
🐦⬛ X: http://x.com/fortelabs
🟦 Facebook: facebook.com/fortelabs
🤳Instagram: instagram.com/fortelabsco
