GRADUATE SCHOOL TIMETABLE

1. Overview

The decision to attend graduate/professional school and the choice of an institution and degree program require serious consideration.  Before you begin filing applications, you should evaluate your interests, abilities, and goals; know what programs are available; and be clear about your reasons for pursuing a particular degree.  The guidelines in this timetable are general recommendations to follow when planning for graduate/professional school.  Some programs follow a different time schedule, so be sure to check with your prospective graduate/professional school (2) for specific deadlines.  For further assistance in planning, contact your faculty adviser, academic department, or the Office of Placement Services located on the 2^nd floor of the James L. Bolden Campus Union Building.

2. Freshman and Sophomore Year

·        Talk to your adviser and make appropriate curricular decisions

·        Take inventory test (strong, sigi plus, etc…..)

3. Junior Year

Spring

• Research area(s) of interest
• Prepare and register for appropriate graduate admission tests.
• Check application deadlines to determine the best time for you.

Summer

• Take required graduate admission tests.
• Write for application materials.
• Visit institutions of interest, if possible.
• Write your application essay.
• Check on application deadlines and rolling admission policies.
   

4. Senior Year

Fall

• Obtain letter of recommendation from professors and other reference people
• Attend Office of Placement Services programs on graduate school preparation
• Have application essay critiqued and proofed
• Take graduate admission test if you did not earlier

Nov/Dec

                                                               i.      Send in completed financial application

                                                             ii.      Send in completed graduate school applications

 January

                                                            iii.      Check with all schools before the deadline to make sure your file is complete.

Spring

• Keep track of acceptance, wait lists, and rejections

 April/May

                                                               i.      You may wait until April 15 before making a firm commitment to a school

                                                             ii.      Be sure to notify all schools of your decision so they may admit students on their waiting list.