Applying to Applying to Graduate or Graduate or Professional Professional

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Learn from an Learn from an expert expert what it takes to what it takes to enter a professional school like medicine, enter a professional school like medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, and dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine.veterinary medicine.

How to Prepare and ApplyHow to Prepare and ApplyFind what Find what admissions committeesadmissions committees looks looks for in dental school applicants, including for in dental school applicants, including academic requirements, letters, dental academic requirements, letters, dental experience, and test scores.  Learn how to experience, and test scores.  Learn how to apply, pick a school and interview.apply, pick a school and interview.

Start learning about the Start learning about the applicationapplication and and admission processadmission process.  Learn how to put .  Learn how to put together your application and how to together your application and how to choose schools.choose schools.

Preparing for Medical SchoolPreparing for Medical SchoolFind out from Find out from expert pre-medical advisorsexpert pre-medical advisors about the courses, experience, letters, about the courses, experience, letters, MCAT, and personal motivation needed MCAT, and personal motivation needed for admission to medical school.  Learn for admission to medical school.  Learn what you need to know, what you need to know, learn about the learn about the mythsmyths, and , and meet your advisorsmeet your advisors..

Foreign Medical Schools Foreign Medical Schools Could attending medical school abroad be the Could attending medical school abroad be the right choice for you? right choice for you? Find out what Find out what constitutes an acceptable foreign schoolconstitutes an acceptable foreign school, , discover options that are good alternatives to discover options that are good alternatives to U.S. MD programs, and learn how to become U.S. MD programs, and learn how to become qualified to practice in the United States.qualified to practice in the United States.

Graduate Study for Aspiring Graduate Study for Aspiring Psychologists & CounselorsPsychologists & CounselorsLearn about psychology, social work, Learn about psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, and counseling, marriage and family therapy, and other graduate programs that prepare mental other graduate programs that prepare mental health professionals.  Inquire about how to health professionals.  Inquire about how to applyapply and and fulfill admission requirementsfulfill admission requirements..

Find out about the Find out about the academicacademic and and experiential backgroundexperiential background is needed to be is needed to be admitted to pharmacy school, including admitted to pharmacy school, including coursescourses, , lettersletters and and related experiencerelated experience.  .  Learn how to apply, pick a school, and Learn how to apply, pick a school, and interview.interview.

Do you want to begin professional school Do you want to begin professional school next year?  Then learn about the next year?  Then learn about the admissions processadmissions process, how to choose , how to choose schools and get advice on how you can schools and get advice on how you can put together your strongest applicationput together your strongest application..

Find out from Find out from pre-vet advisorspre-vet advisors about about admission to vet school: admission to vet school: pre-requisite pre-requisite coursescourses, , experienceexperience, , test scorestest scores, and , and the the interviewinterview.  Learn what you need to know .  Learn what you need to know to be successful. From someone already in to be successful. From someone already in the field you wish to work in.the field you wish to work in.

Writing Your Personal Statement for Writing Your Personal Statement for Professional SchoolProfessional School

Learn about the Learn about the purpose of the purpose of the statementstatement, the content to include and how , the content to include and how

to organize it.  Learn the "do's" and to organize it.  Learn the "do's" and don'ts".  don'ts". 

Get started writing it!Get started writing it!

Interview Interactive:  Prepare Interview Interactive:  Prepare and Practice for your and Practice for your

Professional School InterviewProfessional School Interview

Make the most of your Make the most of your admissions admissions interviewinterview.  Practice answering .  Practice answering questions in this interactive questions in this interactive workshop.  Get experience with the workshop.  Get experience with the interview process and tips from interview process and tips from admissions directors.  Learn about admissions directors.  Learn about interview protocol.interview protocol.

Professional Study Professional Study MBA: Preparing for & Applying to Business SchoolMBA: Preparing for & Applying to Business School

Interested in getting an education in management?  Learn Interested in getting an education in management?  Learn how to prepare for an MBA program and what how to prepare for an MBA program and what admissions admissions committees requirecommittees require, and desire, in applicants.  Find out , and desire, in applicants.  Find out about the GMAT and how to write your application essay.about the GMAT and how to write your application essay.

Law School: Preparation & the Application ProcessLaw School: Preparation & the Application ProcessFind out from pre-law advisors how to prepare for and apply Find out from pre-law advisors how to prepare for and apply to law schools and how the admissions process works.  to law schools and how the admissions process works.  Learn about the Learn about the Law School Admission TestLaw School Admission Test (LSAT)and the (LSAT)and the resources which can help you pick schools and write your resources which can help you pick schools and write your application essay.  application essay.  

Law School Application EssaysLaw School Application EssaysApplying to law school?  Applying to law school?  Writing skills are crucial for Writing skills are crucial for lawyerslawyers.  Your essay must be well-written.  Learn how to .  Your essay must be well-written.  Learn how to write a successful application essay with style and write a successful application essay with style and appropriate content.appropriate content.

Graduate Study in International AffairsGraduate Study in International AffairsLearn about the Learn about the naturenature and and diversity of diversity of study optionsstudy options, how to prepare for an apply to , how to prepare for an apply to programs and find out about resources to programs and find out about resources to help you do both and more.help you do both and more.

Graduate Study for Aspiring Graduate Study for Aspiring Psychologists & CounselorsPsychologists & CounselorsLearn about psychology, social work, Learn about psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, counseling, marriage and family therapy, and other graduate programs that prepare and other graduate programs that prepare mental health professionals.  Find out how mental health professionals.  Find out how to to applyapply and and fulfill admission requirementsfulfill admission requirements..

Graduate Study Graduate Study Application Basics: Reference Letters and Application Application Basics: Reference Letters and Application

EssaysEssaysKey elements of graduate and professional school applications Key elements of graduate and professional school applications - letters of reference and the application personal statement - letters of reference and the application personal statement or letter of intent.or letter of intent.

Preparing and Applying to Ph.D. Programs  Preparing and Applying to Ph.D. Programs  Learn about the Learn about the academic and research experience necessary academic and research experience necessary to compete for entrance to doctoral programs, as well as the to compete for entrance to doctoral programs, as well as the GRE, reference letters, research proposals, the statement of GRE, reference letters, research proposals, the statement of purpose or intent, and how to select programs.purpose or intent, and how to select programs.

Graduate Study in Science and Engineering  Graduate Study in Science and Engineering  Interested in applying for a master’s or Ph.D. program in a Interested in applying for a master’s or Ph.D. program in a science or engineering field?  Learn how to research science or engineering field?  Learn how to research programs and to meet the common requirements of the programs and to meet the common requirements of the application process: the GRE, reference letters, the statement application process: the GRE, reference letters, the statement of purpose or intent, and the application essay.of purpose or intent, and the application essay.

Graduate Study in the Graduate Study in the Humanities and Social Humanities and Social

SciencesSciences     Interested in applying for a master’s Interested in applying for a master’s

or Ph.D. program in a discipline in or Ph.D. program in a discipline in the humanities or social sciences?   the humanities or social sciences?    Learn about the common Learn about the common requirements of the application requirements of the application processprocess: the GRE, reference letters, : the GRE, reference letters, the statement of purpose or intent, the statement of purpose or intent, and the application essay.and the application essay.

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