1. P REPARING S UCCESSFUL A PPLICATIONS FOR G RADUATE S CHOOL A DMISSIONS 2008-2009

2. 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

3. Convey the societal importance of your work. Highlight your value (what you bring) to the school or fellowship organization. Get great letters of recommendation from faculty members. APPLICATION HINTS

4. 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.

5. COMPONENTS OF A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN Transcript GRE general scores Essay/biosketch Letters of reference MS/Ph.D. intent Research area/interest

6. GPA > 3.0 Graduate Record Exams –Verbal  500 –Quantitative  700 –Analytical writing  4 to 4.5 GRE Engineering is not required QUALIFICATIONS: GEORGIA TECH ADMISSION

7. GPA  3.7 Graduate Record Exams –Verbal  600 –Quantitative  700 –Analytical writing  5 GRE Engineering is not required QUALIFICATIONS: GEORGIA TECH GRA

8. HELPFUL WEB SITES www.me.gatech.edu www.me.gatech.edu/graduate/index.html www.gatech.edu www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu www.grad.gatech/fellowship