preparing successful applications for graduate school admissions
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PREPARING SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS. APPLICATION HINTS. Make your application easy to read. Keep your essays to a reasonable length. Convey a sense of focus and excitement. Emphasize your ability and potential for Creativity Integration Research Synthesis - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PREPARING SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FOR
GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS
• Make your application easy to read.
• Keep your essays to a reasonable length.
• Convey a sense of focus and excitement.
• Emphasize your ability and potential for– Creativity– Integration– Research – Synthesis
• Get your application in early.
APPLICATION HINTS
• Convey the societal importance of your work.
• Get great letters of recommendation from faculty members.
APPLICATION HINTS
APPLICATIONS
• Graduate school and fellowship applications are your personal business plan.
• Successful professionals are extremely good at convincing others to invest resources in them.
• You must apply to have a chance to win.
• Do not self-select yourself out of the race.
COMPONENTS OF A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN
• Transcript• GRE general scores• Essay/biosketch• Letters of reference• MS/Ph.D. intent• Research area
• GPA > 3.3 (Mechanical Engineering)
• GPA > 3.0 (Nuclear Engineering /Medical Physics)
• Graduate Record Exams– Verbal 153 (500-old scale)– Quantitative 155 (700-old)– Analytical writing 4 to 4.5
• GRE Engineering is not required
QUALIFICATIONS:GEORGIA TECH ADMISSION
• GPA 3.7
• Graduate Record Exams– Verbal 156 (600-old scale) – Quantitative 155 (700-old scale)– Analytical writing 5
QUALIFICATIONS:GEORGIA TECH GRA