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Graduate School Action Plan

Planning Process

Visit any Career Services office and pick up the current Events Calendar and Career Services Guide. Highlight seminars in the Events Calendar pertaining to graduate study and attend them. Review appropriate informational pages pertaining to graduate study.
Meet with a career counselor and/or faculty advisor to discuss your graduate school plans and the decision making process related to these plans.
Attend the Graduate and Professional School Day.
Attend off-campus graduate school events such as Law School Admissions Day at Rutgers-Newark. Check the bulletin boards at your regional Career Resource Center for flyers advertising these programs. For pre-health professions students, be sure to register with the Health Professions Office at the Busch Campus/Nelson Labs A207.
Research graduate and professional schools online.
Pick up GRE/GMAT/LSAT booklets at Career Services. Sign up for and prepare for the appropriate exam. Consider prep courses given through Rutgers and test preparation organizations such as Kaplan and Princeton Review.
Register for the two-day prep courses for the GRE sponsored by Career Services in conjunction with Spiegelberg Associates. The fee is $250. Sessions take place on weekends in the Career Services office in the Busch Campus Center.
Visit graduate schools in which you are interested and speak with admissions representatives.

Application Process

Request catalogs and application forms from the programs of your choice as early as possible—by early fall. Also request information about specific departments, along with financial aid information.
Set up a credentials file using interfolio.com. Request letters of recommendation from three professors who know you well.
For specific questions or concerns regarding professional schools, visit pre-law, pre-med and other preprofessional advising offices on your campus.
Have your application essay critiqued by a career counselor, mentor, or departmental advisor.
Submit applications, official transcripts, and other required materials on time.


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