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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.
- Meet with a career counselor and/or faculty advisor to discuss your graduate school plans.
- Attend the Graduate and Professional School Day.
- Attend off-campus graduate school events such as Law School Admissions Day at Rutgers-Newark. 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.
- Review GRE/GMAT/LSAT information. 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. 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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