Graduate School

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Graduate School

• Is it for you?

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Reasons to attend

• Good Reasons
• Graduate school is necessary to pursue your
  particular career.
• Specialization in a particular field, to do
  research, or to broaden expertise in a certain
  area.
• To get a better job

• Questionable Reasons
• No job openings in your field due to
  overcrowding.
• You arent ready for the real world and dont
  know what else to do.
• Expectations of others

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Questions to ask yourself about attending
Graduate School

• What do I want to accomplish in my lifetime?
• What are my long-range and short-range career
  goals?
• Is graduate school necessary for me to achieve
  these goals?
• Am I mentally and physically prepared to
  undertake such a long-term academic commitment.

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• Do I have other needs that conflict with pursuing
  a graduate degree.
• Do I have enough information about this career
  field to determine if I want to make a long term
  commitment to pursuing a graduate degree?

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Things to think about in determining the right
school for you

• Location
• Length of program
• Accreditation of Program
• Application requirements
• Adequacy of facilities
• Financial aid opportunities
• Cost
• Practicum or internship requirement

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• Graduate School Information
• Find programs by subjects
• Find programs by school

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GRE

• The GRE measures a students ability to handle
  graduate school course work.
• Scores from the GRE are used by Graduate schools
  to gauge your ability and to compare you with
  other students.
• The GRE is divided into three parts
• Verbal
• Analytical
• Quantitative

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GRE Info

• GRE Info

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Junior Class Standing Timeline

• Junior Year, Fall and Spring
• ______ Research areas of interest, institutions,
  and programs.
• ______ Talk to your advisor and professors about
  interests and application requirements.
• ______ Register and prepare for appropriate
  graduate admission tests. 
• Junior Year, Summer (Study/prepare for graduate
  admissions tests)
• ______ Take required graduate admission tests.
• ______ Write for application materials.
• ______ Visit institutions of interest, if
  possible.
• ______ Write your application essay.
• ______ Check on application deadlines and
  rolling admissions policies.
• ______ For medical, dental, osteopathy,
  podiatry, or law school, you may need to register
  for the national application or data assembly
  service most programs use.

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Junior Year, Summer (Study/prepare for graduate
admissions tests)

• ______ Take required graduate admission tests.
• ______ Write for application materials.
• ______ Visit institutions of interest, if
  possible.
• ______ Write your application essay.
• ______ Check on application deadlines and
  rolling admissions policies.
• ______ For medical, dental, osteopathy,
  podiatry, or law school, you may need to register
  for the national application or data assembly
  service most programs use.

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Senior Fall Timeline

• Senior Year, Fall
• ______ Obtain letters of recommendation.
• ______ Take graduate admission tests if you
  haven't already.
• ______ Send in completed applications.
• ______ Register for financial aid.
• ______ Mail transcripts and letters of
  recommendations.
• ______ Make plans to visit select institutions
  during winter break.  

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Senior Year Spring

• __ Check with institutions before the deadline
  to make sure your file is complete.
• ______ Visit Institutions that accept you.
• ______ Send a deposit to your institution of
  choice.
• letters, informing them of your success.  
• ______ Notify other colleges of your decision so
  they may admit others.
• ______ Send thank-you notes to people who wrote
  recommendation

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Finances

• Tuition scholarships
• Waivers
• Assistantships
• TAs are part-time employees of the university
  they get a monthly salary and some times
  reduction in tuition as well. TAs teach classes
  or lab sections.

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• Research Assistantships
• Help professors do their research, in
  laboratories, in libraries, in offices or in the
  field. They to get a monthly salary and some
  times a reduction in tuition.
• Outside support
• Fellowships offered by federal agencies and
  foundations.
• Loans

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Admission/Application

• Admissions Requirements1 .A baccalaureate
  degree2. A minimum grade point average (3.0 or
  better).  Your GPA in your major rather than your
  cumulative GPA may be used to meet this
  criterion.3. Some preparation in the proposed
  field of study.4. Other experience relevant to
  the proposed field.

• Application ProcessTypically to be considered
  for admission  1. A competed application (See
  hints below)2. An official transcript from the
  Registrar's Office3. A personal
  essay/statement4. The required tests such as the
  GRE, GMAT, MCAT etc. 5. The application fee
  (usually around 50.00)

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Salisbury University Graduate School Programs

• Master of Arts in English (MA) Master of Arts
  in History  (MA) Master of Arts in Teaching
  (MAT) Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  Master of Education (M.Ed.) Master of Education
  in Public School Administration  (M.Ed.) Master
  of Science in Applied Health Physiology (MS)
  Master of Science in Nursing (MS) Master of
  Social Work (MSW) 

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Resources

• Graduate School In Your Plans?" Job Choices
  2001, p. 91.  
• http//www.salisbury.edu/careerservices/Students/G
  raduate20Studies/DefaultGrad.htm
• http//www.gre.org
• http//www.gradschools.com