FacebookJunior Year; Fall and Spring
- Research areas of interest, institutions and programs.
- A good website to reference Peterson’s Graduate School Search. - Talk to advisors about application requirements.
- Register and prepare for appropriate graduate admission tests; GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT. Take a practice test if possible.
- Investigate national scholarships.
- Fastweb is a good resource to help you search for scholarships. - If appropriate, obtain letters of recommendation.
- Obtain an unofficial transcript to check and correct any discrepancies.
- Visit Career Services in LAC 323 for help in this process.
Junior Year; Summer
- Take required graduate admission tests, depending on your financial situation, one of your test fees may be waived. Check with the LSC financial aid office before mailing your test application.
- Write for application materials.
- Visit institutions of interest if possible.
- Write your application essay and Statement of Purpose
- Check on application deadlines and rolling admissions policies.
- For medical, dental, osteopathy, podiatry or law school, you may need to register for the national application or data assembly service most programs use.
Senior Year; Fall
- Obtain letters of recommendations.
- Be sure to give professors enough lead time and specific information about the programs to which you are applying. Provide them with a stamped, addressed envelope and any necessary forms. - Send in completed applications on time. Be aware of your deadlines.
- Complete all the scholarship, assistantship and necessary financial aid applications. Again, watch your deadlines.
Senior Year; Spring
- After submitting your applications, verify with all the institutions that your files are complete before the deadline.
- If possible, visit institutions that accept you.
- Send in a deposit to your institution of choice.
- Notify other colleges and universities that accepted you of your decision so that they may admit their students on their waiting list Be sure to send thank you notes to people who wrote your recommendation letters, informing them of your success.
