Graduate School Application Process

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Graduate School Application Process GREs

• Group 11 A-D
• Stacey Czamara Sarah Potter

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Outline

• Admission Criteria
• Time Table
• Obtaining and Filling Out Application Forms
• GRE

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Criteria for Admission

• Application Fees
• GPA minimum
• Transcripts
• Entrance Exams

• Letters of Recommendation
• Personal Statement
• Interview
• Resume/VITA

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TIME LINE
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JUNIOR YEAR
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FALL

• Make tentative decisions
• Get advice
• Admission requirements
• Know professors
• Honor societies
• Field experience
• Study for GRE
• http//www.oneonta.edu/development/cdc/pages/Grad_
  School/requirements.asp

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SPRING

• Time table
• Choosing schools
• Consider Alternatives

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SUMMER

• Request information
• Visit schools
• Final decision
• Register and take tests
• Calculate fees and travel costs

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SENIOR YEAR
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

• Register/Retake tests
• Consult for advice
• Job hunt
• Financial aid

• Draft your personal statement
• Letters of recommendation
• Fill out applications

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NOVEMBER

• Finalize personal statements
• Apply for financial aid
• Request transcripts
• Reminder/receive letters of recommendation

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DECEMBER/JANUARY

• Send out application packets
• Track materials
• Thank you letters of recommendation
• Attend interviews
• FAFSA
• Wait . . .

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MARCH/APRIL

• Accept/decline offers
• Inform letters of recommendation writers of
  results
• Visit
• Intensify job search

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MAY

• GRADUATE

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REFERENCES
Oneonta State College Career Center http//www.one
onta.edu/development/cdc/pages/Grad_School/timetab
le.asp The Psychology Graduate Applicants
Portal http//www.psychgrad.org/timeline.html Abou
t.com http//gradschool.about.com/cs/overviewtimet
able/a/timetable.htm
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Applications
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SUNY Stony Brook
Petersons Guide
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GRE
Graduate Record Examination
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GRE GENERAL

• 115 registration fee
• Includes
• 75 minutes- Analytical writing (2 tasks)
• 30 min- 30 Q- Verbal
• 45min- 45 Q- Quantitative
• May also include an experimental section (verbal
  or quantitative) and occasionally- optional
  research section

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• Things every test taker should know
• Video taped taking computerized test
• Do you prefer being hot or cold?
• Mandatory tutorials on computer
• Cant go back to previous questions on computer
• Harder Q are worth more that easier Q
• Computer GRE adapts to your skill level
• Not penalized for incorrect answers so take an
  educated guess
• Breaks 1 min- 10min- 1min

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format

• Verbal
• 8-10 antonym
• 6-8 analogy
• 5-7 sentence completions
• 6-10 reading comprehension
• Quantitative
• 14 quantitative comparison
• 10 discrete quantitative
• 4 data interpretation

• Analytical Writing
• Issue Task
• Argument Task

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GRE SPECIFIC

• 130 registration fee
• 210 multiple choice questions
• 40 experimental or natural science
• 43 social or social science
• 17 general
• Usually offered
• October or November
• December
• April

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• Format
• 200-220 Questions
• 170 minutes
• No separately timed sections
• Computerized and paper- same rules apply as the
  general GRE

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• Involve
• Recalling factual information
• Analyzing relationships
• Applying principles
• Drawing conclusions
• Evaluating research,
• Identifying researchers and theorists

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References
GRE Official Website www.gre.org Green, S.W.
Wolf, I. (2003). How to prepare for the GRE
test Graduate Record Examination, 15th edition.
Hauppauge, New York Barrons. Palmer, E.L.
Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2001). How to prepare
for the GRE Psychology Graduate Record
Examination in Psychology, 5th edition.
Hauppauge, New York Barrons