Applying to Graduate School
Summer between Junior and Senior Year
This is the time most students start getting serious about graduate school, so don't worry if you haven't done much yet. Begin or continue your researching of programs. You will want to receive up-to-date catalogues. Talk to students and faculty from programs you are interested in. As you start to compare programs, begin to weed out the schools that don't interest you.
- Send for applications from the schools you are looking at. Some schools not longer have paper applications--they are done strictly on-line.
- Begin researching scholarships and fellowships to help you pay for school.
- Get federal and institutional financial aid information.
- Sign up for and begin reviewing for the standardized test you will be taking (unless you are applying to medical school, then you will want to take this test earlier). Make sure to find out if GRE subject tests are required.
- Estimate expenses. This will help you work the expensive process of graduate school application into your fall semester budget.
- Make photocopies of the paper applications and begin to fill them out.
You will be very busy once you begin your fall semester courses. Try to get as much research done during the summer as possible so that you can concentrate on the programs that interest you most when you time is more limited. Also, it can be very helpful to get a jump-start on the applications when you have some down time.
Last updated on Tuesday, November 15, 05 at 02:16:51 PM EST.
