Preparing for Grad School

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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Building Relationships and Making Connections

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Building Professional Relationships, Preparing for Grad School
Tags: connections graduate school relationships, networking in college

Why is networking in college so important?   Students who build relationships and actively participate in networking in college have more success when they apply to graduate schools for many reasons including: professors making a call to another professor or admission department on your behalf, to writing you a glowing letter of recommendation. Students can build valuable relationships with many different people, including advisors, professors, staff, graduate students, and fellow…

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Getting Great Letters of Recommendation

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Building Professional Relationships, Preparing for Grad School
Tags: graduate school letters of recommendation, recommendation letter for graduate student, reference letter for graduate school

How to Get a Great Graduate School Letter of Recommendation Students who need graduate school letters of recommendation often have questions about whom to ask, how to ask, and when is the right time to ask. Students must understand how to correctly ask for letters of recommendation because great letters of recommendation are vital to the admissions process for graduate school.   The first step to getting great graduate school…

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How to Stand Out in a Class of 300 and Succeed in College

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Building Professional Relationships, Preparing for Grad School
Tags: college student success, succeed in college

If you are interested in attending graduate school, then you probably already know that you are going to need letters of recommendation. In addition, if you are currently an undergraduate student, you have probably noticed a lot of distance between you and your professors—not to mention the distance between your professors and the other 300 students in your classes. To get strong letters of recommendation from your professors, you…

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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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