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Guide to grad school?
| filthy coral rehab kitty cat | 08/11/09 |
| Exhilarant sepia meetinghouse alpha | 08/11/09 |
| filthy coral rehab kitty cat | 08/11/09 |
| out-of-control theatre | 08/11/09 |
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Date: August 11th, 2009 11:40 AM Author: filthy coral rehab kitty cat Hey can someone quickly outline a quick and dirty guide to get into grad school...something that would include steps that you should do each year (take GRE, get recs, writing sample, internship)?
Something formatted like this:
Freshman year Sophomore year Junior Year Senior Year
Thanks in advance! I've been looking for an undergad->grad school timeline, but I haven't been able to find any. |
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Date: August 11th, 2009 11:59 AM Author: Exhilarant sepia meetinghouse alpha freshman year: don't worry too much about grad school plans. adjust to college, see what subjects you like, take a variety of courses, don't be afraid to switch directions. very few people actually know coming out of high school exactly what they want to major in, let alone what they want to do post-college. even people who, at age 18, think that they are dead set on a subject/path often change their minds by age 20.
sophomore year: declare major and start developing some research interests. take a few upper-level courses in your area of interest and build relationships with professors. keep your grades up.
junior year: start thinking seriously about independent research/thesis topics, and build your research writing skills in your classes. continue to cultivate relationships with those professors you began to get to know over the past couple of years. try to secure a clear mentor. if you can, do some research work for that person, perhaps during junior-senior summer. you should have your senior thesis topic more or less determined by the end of junior year. also, you should try and involve yourself in the academic community a bit. submit a paper or two to academic conferences (do so even if they're only small conferences in your area or at your school, but aim higher if you can). also, start studying for the GRE around mid-year, and take it in June. re-take if necessary over the summer. also, start researching graduate programs. your mentor can give you some guidance in this regard.
junior-senior summer: start contacting faculty at prospective graduate departments. conduct research/collect data for your thesis. try to do some summer research work with your mentor, especially if it leads to your being named second or third author on a published article.
senior year: apply early to graduate programs (don't wait until the last minute--get those apps in by January 1). write/revise your thesis. have enough of your thesis prepared by mid-autumn to use as a writing sample for those departments that require them (most quality ones will). party. get drunk. have fun. wait for admission decisions to roll in.
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Date: August 11th, 2009 1:24 PM Author: filthy coral rehab kitty cat Excellent. This is just what I was looking for. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1061316&forum_id=3#12478498) |
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Date: August 11th, 2009 2:43 PM Author: out-of-control theatre I would add that during freshman year remember to tap that under 18 ass while you still can. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1061316&forum_id=3#12479002) |