Thinking About Graduate School?

Go to www.graduateguide.com for some very useful information!
With more than 2,500 graduate programs listed, this site offers students a comprehensive database that's easy to use and chock-full of useful information such as graduate test dates, financial aid opportunities, and a calendar of graduate fair events.

Ten Things You Can Do Right Now to Boost Your Chances of Admission to Graduate School

1. Do some field-related work.
There’s no better way to show admission's officers that you’re serious about your studies.

2. Come up with a “theme” for your application.
Your application is, in one sense, a marketing tool for yourself. How do you want to be marketed? Who are you? What are you all about? A theme will give your application coherence – and make it stand out.

3. Familiarize yourself with the GRE.
The GRE isn’t a normal test. If you’re unfamiliar with it, you won’t do as well as you should. Prep seriously for the test. Begin now.

4. Start sending for catalogs and applications. Do your Internet search as well.
To plan an effective admissions campaign, you’ve got to know as early as possible what the schools and their applications are like.

5. Cultivate your recommendation writers.
Let them know well in advance that you’ll be asking them for a letter. Make sure they know who you are and what you’re all about, so that their letters will be specific and appropriate.

6. Start visiting a variety of schools and attend graduate school forums.
Get a sense of what kinds of schools you like – urban or rural, big or small, competitive or easy-going. Talk to students for their perspective.

7. Take the GRE early.
If you take the test in June, you can take it again in October – still well in advance of application deadlines – if you’re not satisfied with your score.

8. Determine whether you need to take any of the GRE Subject Tests.
Subject Tests assess knowledge of a particular field of study. There are 16 Subject Tests, ranging from Biology and Economics to Music and Education.

9. Draft several personal statement ideas.
Rarely is your first impulse your best impulse. That’s why it pays to come up with a few different concepts for your personal statement. Try a funny one, a serious one, one that has nothing to do with your academic field or your desire to study in it. Then put them all aside for later reevaluation.

10. Read powerful strategies to help you score higher in books such as Kaplan, The Princeton Review, and others. We think it should be the cornerstone of your comprehensive campaign to get into the graduate school of your choice.

Visit the Office of Career Services and speak with your career counselors,
Carol McGuiggan and David Kowalczyk.


Check the numerous resources in the Career Resource Room.
Schedule an appointment by calling extension 7409 today.

Good Luck!