Ms. Heather Wallick’s Straight Talk: Early Preparation for Advanced Study (Masters/PhD) on 10 September gave students an insight into the graduate school application process from the perspective of a person who has actually screened more than 1500 Indian aspirant applications for committee decisions and discussion of what aspirants can do to better prepare and plan for higher advanced study whether in science, engineering or in another complimentary discipline. Ms. Heather Wallick made a case for thoughtful, strategic, early preparation as a means to advance the chances to have a favorable result when competing for a coveted seat in the world’s best universities. She spent time with students in a Q&A session to clear their doubts and misconceptions.
Heather Wallick is passionate about education and educational development. Heather worked for Harvard Law School (HLS) for twelve years, most recently as the Assistant Director of Admissions and Financial Aid for the Graduate Programme. Before joining the Graduate Program at HLS, she worked as an Immigration Law Specialist with the law firm Hale & Dorr (now known as Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP), focusing on the area of Business and Family Immigration. She is admitted to the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Wallick also was instrumental in designing the system that made Harvard’s LLM applications and visa process virtually paperless and easy for the applicant. She is a qualified expert at law school administration and best practices, and is developing a subject matter no-bar model for internationalization in the Indian education context.