Graduate School Application Process & GREs Group 11 A-D Stacey Czamara & Sarah Potter

Outline   Admission Criteria   Time Table   Obtaining and Filling Out Application Forms   GRE

Criteria for Admission   Application Fees   GPA minimum   Transcripts   Entrance Exams  Letters of Recommendation  Personal Statement  Interview  Resume/VITA

TIME LINE

JUNIOR YEAR

FALL  Make tentative decisions  Get advice  Admission requirements  Know professors  Honor societies  Field experience  Study for GRE

SPRING  Time table  Choosing schools  Consider Alternatives

SUMMER  Request information  Visit schools  Final decision  Register and take tests  Calculate fees and travel costs

SENIOR YEAR

 Register/Retake tests  Consult for advice  Job hunt  Financial aid  Draft your personal statement  Letters of recommendation  Fill out applications SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

 Finalize personal statements  Apply for financial aid  Request transcripts  Reminder/receive letters of recommendation NOVEMBER

 Send out application packets  Track materials  Thank you letters of recommendation  Attend interviews  FAFSA  Wait... DECEMBER/JANUARY

 Accept/decline offers  Inform letters of recommendation writers of results  Visit  Intensify job search MARCH/APRIL

GRADUATE MAY

REFERENCES Oneonta State College Career Center The Psychology Graduate Applicant’s Portal About.com

Applications

SUNY Stony Brook Peterson’s Guide

GRE Graduate Record Examination

GRE GENERAL  $115 registration fee  Includes:  75 minutes- Analytical writing (2 tasks)  30 min- 30 Q- Verbal  45min- 45 Q- Quantitative  May also include an experimental section (verbal or quantitative) and occasionally- optional research section

 Things every test taker should know:  Video taped taking computerized test  Do you prefer being hot or cold?  Mandatory tutorials on computer  Can’t go back to previous questions on computer  Harder Q are worth more that easier Q  Computer GRE adapts to your skill level  Not penalized for incorrect answers so take an educated guess  Breaks: 1 min- 10min- 1min

 Verbal:  8-10 antonym  6-8 analogy  5-7 sentence completions  6-10 reading comprehension  Quantitative:  14 quantitative comparison  10 discrete quantitative  4 data interpretation format  Analytical Writing  Issue Task  Argument Task

GRE SPECIFIC  $130 registration fee  210 multiple choice questions:  40% experimental or natural science  43% social or social science  17% general  Usually offered:  October or November  December  April

 Format:  Questions  170 minutes  No separately timed sections  Computerized and paper- same rules apply as the general GRE

 Involve:  Recalling factual information  Analyzing relationships  Applying principles  Drawing conclusions  Evaluating research,  Identifying researchers and theorists

References GRE Official Website Green, S.W. & Wolf, I. (2003). How to prepare for the GRE test: Graduate Record Examination, 15 th edition. Hauppauge, New York: Barron’s. Palmer, E.L. & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2001). How to prepare for the GRE Psychology: Graduate Record Examination in Psychology, 5 th edition. Hauppauge, New York: Barron’s