Contact the top-choice graduate programs to determine
their application requirements and deadlines, ideally
six months to a year before you plan on applying. This
will allow you with plenty of time to complete all prerequisites
and to do the best job possible on the application itself.
Many schools now also offer the ability to apply online.
Some programs have only one admissions cycle per year,
while others have rolling admissions (i.e., admissions
decisions are made as applications arrive).
Most programs require some combination of the following
for admission: scores from the Graduate Record Examination
General Test (GRE), and/or other assessment test (GMAT,
LSAT); transcripts; letters of recommendation; a personal
statement; short essay response; a resume; and an interview.
Source: Dawn Terrell, Ph.D.
The Princeton
Review
The Personal Statement
The personal statement is perhaps the single most
important element in your application. Ideally, it
provides readers with a clear sense of who you are
and what you wish to accomplish in graduate school
and beyond. Be careful to avoid simply providing a
narrative of your resume, but rather use the statement
to set yourself apart from other applicants and demonstrate
why you would be a good fit with the school's program.
Tests
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
- The most popular test for admission into graduate
school. For more information about the GRE test, visit
www.gre.org
Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) -
Test specifically designed to help graduate schools
assess the qualifications of applicants for advanced
study in business and management. For more information,
visit www.mba.com
Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) - A standard
measure of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills
that law schools can use as one of the several factors
in assessing applicants. For more information, visit
www.lsac.org
For more information on test taking for Grad School,
call:
1-866-473-4373
Mondays through Fridays
8 a.m. - 7:45 p.m. EST
(phone lines are busiest between 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. EST).
University of Hartford •
Career Services • GSU 309
200 Bloomfield Ave • West Hartford, CT 06117
tel: 860-768-4287 •
fax: 860-768-5141 •
email: career@hartford.edu
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