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 Get your application in early.

APPLICATION HINTS Convey the societal importance of your work. Get great letters of recommendation from faculty members.

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

QUALIFICATIONS: GEORGIA TECH ADMISSION GPA > 3.3 (Mechanical Engineering) GPA > 3.0 (Nuclear Engineering /Medical Physics) Graduate Record Exams Verbal around 150 Quantitative  155 Analytical writing  3.5 GRE Engineering is not required

QUALIFICATIONS: GEORGIA TECH GRA GPA  3.7 Graduate Record Exams Verbal around 150 Quantitative  155 Analytical writing  3.5