| The following timeline can also serve as your professional/graduate school planning checklist: | |
| Spring of Junior Year | |
 Begin
asking faculty, advisors and professionals about graduate programs in
your field. |
|
| Identify
and read professional journals in the field. Learn as much as you can
about the current research. |
|
| Identify
the leading researchers and institutions for your field of interest. |
|
| Visit
Career Services for information on graduate and professional school programs.
|
|
| Develop
as many options as you can; then eliminate some by researching them before
you leave for the summer. |
|
| Register
and prepare for graduate admission tests. |
|
| Summer | |
| Call
or write the remaining schools on your list for applications and program
information. |
|
| Look
over the materials you receive and continue narrowing your list. |
|
| Contact
admissions offices for information on acceptance rates, test score, and
GPA ranges. |
|
| Ask
for information on placement rates and typical employers for each program.
|
|
| Talk
to professionals in the field regarding their research and employment
opportunities. |
|
| Identify
Davidson alumni currently enrolled or recently graduated from the program
and contact them. |
|
| Begin
writing your personal statement, which must be modified for each school.
|
|
| If
you haven’t done so, register and prepare for admission tests. |
|
| September | |
| When
school starts, finish narrowing your list of schools. |
|
| Begin
asking for letters of recommendation. |
|
| Continue
working on your personal statement. |
|
| Check
on application deadlines and rolling or early admissions policies. |
|
| Read
the applications thoroughly and prepare any other materials requested.
|
|
| For
medical, dental or law school register with the appropriate application
and data assembly service. |
|
| October | |
| Submit
completed applications for any early decision programs. |
|
| Prepare
for and take graduate admissions exams if you haven’t done so already.
|
|
| Contact
schools to schedule visits during fall semester. |
|
| Continue
to gather and complete the necessary application materials. |
|
| November | |
| Continue
to send applications, paying close attention to deadlines. |
|
| A
good rule of thumb is to submit your applications by Thanksgiving Break
or shortly thereafter. |
|
| Follow
up with graduate schools to confirm that all necessary application materials
have arrived. |
|
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