Preparing for Grad School

Key to Student Success: Being a Prepared Student

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Academic Success, Preparing for Grad School
Tags: advice for graduate students, graduate school resources, student success, tips for phd students

Student success is something that is on every graduate students mind, especially considering that going to graduate school is a huge time and financial commitment. Students need to be ready and prepared to tackle this intense process, and the best way to do this is to prepare themselves as an undergraduate. While you are an undergraduate, you should master time management, study, and self-discipline skills because these skills will…

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GPA Matters

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Academic Success, Preparing for Grad School
Tags: grade point average graduate school success, graduate school GPA, raise your GPA

High Undergraduate GPA can lead to Graduate School Success Highly competitive graduate programs may require high grade point averages (GPAs) for potential students as a high GPA is a strong indicator of graduate school success. You can improve your admissions applications to graduate schools by maintaining a high GPA as an undergraduate. To maintain a high GPA as an undergraduate (and also a high graduate school GPA as well), you…

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The Major Decision

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Academic Success, Preparing for Grad School
Tags: choose a major, choosing a major, major field of study resources

Deciding on a major is not an immediate requirement to get into college, but you will need a more specific field of study when you are preparing to apply for graduate school because graduate schools want to know what you would like to study in more detail. Additionally, you will want to choose a graduate program that fits your area of study or specialization, so you should decide what you…

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Being Part of a Research Team

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Getting Involved in Research, Preparing for Grad School
Tags: student research opportunities

Being part of a research team as an undergraduate student can be very rewarding, and undergraduates should actively seek out student research opportunities. Being part of research teams can provide undergraduate students with the opportunity to apply knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world situations. Being part of research teams provides undergraduates with an excellent research foundation for graduate school and allows undergraduates to work with graduate students and post-docs…

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Student Research Opportunities

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Getting Involved in Research, Preparing for Grad School
Tags: internship, student research opportunities

Experience in your prospective field is significant on applications for graduate school. Internships are a good way to gain hands-on experience and to explore your field outside of the classroom. You will need little or no prior work experience in the field to qualify for a research opportunity. In fact, the whole point of internships is to gain work experience that will be required of you in other situations.

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Importance of Research to Grad School Admission

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Getting Involved in Research, Preparing for Grad School
Tags: get into graduate school, grad school admission

GRE scores, GPAs, transcripts, letters of recommendation, quality of undergrad school, admission essays, and personal statements are all important to the admission process to get into graduate school; however, research is a unique and important way to distinguish you as a qualified candidate to admissions committees. In fact, some universities even require that you have prior research experience before graduate school.   What are the key components to get into…

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