Graduate/Professional School - Checklist of suggested activities and schedule
Spring of Junior Year
- Attend meeting for juniors considering graduate or professional school
- Decide when to attend graduate or professional school
- Choose discipline of study
- Research programs of study in career library (Peterson's Guide, etc.)
- Begin thinking about letters of recommendation
- Talk with faculty, deans, alumni about programs of study and particular schools
Summer Between Junior and Senior Year
- Request information from graduate and professional schools (catalog, application, financial aid information, faculty lists, etc.)
- Visit / interview with prospective schools
- Discuss graduate and professional schools and programs of study with alumni and professionals in the field
- Prepare for and/or take entrance exam (if applicable)
Fall of Senior Year
- Attend senior meeting
- Attend graduate and professional school workshop
- Discuss your academic plans with dean, advisors, career center staff
- Participate in graduate and professional school fairs and forums
- Meet with on-campus graduate and professional school representatives
- Apply for specialized forms of financial aid
- Complete applications
- Take entrance exam(s)
- Be certain letters of recommendation are on file
Winter of Senior Year
- Submit all applications and financial aid materials by specified deadlines
Spring of Senior Year
- Make decisions about enrollment based on acceptances / rejections
NOTE: This schedule is based on one's desire to attend graduate school directly after college. Adjust the timeline according to your anticipated enrollment date.
