A few days ago, ETS made a major announcement regarding score reports. The gist of it is that on test day: You can send four free score reports, one to each institution. You can send score reports for all the GRE tests that you have taken in the last four years The second announcement is [...]
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[Guest Post] How to Get Graduate School Funding
A guest post from AcceptU.com, by Stephen Friedfeld, PhD. As a graduate student, applying for funding for research can be a long, difficult and uncertain process. Many fellowships are out there – but you’ll need to do your research to find the right ones! Even as an applicant to graduate programs – especially those in [...]
[Guest Post] Optional Admissions Essays: When and How to Write Them
Here’s a great guest post/video from our friends at Accepted.com. In this short video, Linda Abraham explores the two kinds of optional essays, who should write them, and what should go into them. Don’t miss the crucial warning at the end! By Accepted.com, the premier admissions consultancy and essay editing company that has helped applicants around [...]
Will My Undergraduate College’s Ranking Hurt My Chances of Getting into Grad School?
Here’s a great guest post from Dr. Thomas of Your Grad School Coach, enjoy! Colleges and universities earn bragging rights for appearing at the top of magazine “America’s Best College” lists, but what do these rankings really mean? What kind of impact does it translate to for the student who is going onto graduate school? [...]
[Guest Post] How to Give the Adcom a Good Nap
Another great guest post from our friends at Accepted.com. Enjoy! Last week was National Sleep Week. You were probably too busy to observe the annual NSW Snooze Fest, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do your part to help others enjoy a deep siesta! The following tips will ensure that when the adcoms pick up [...]
Steps for Applying to Grad School
A great guest post from Stephen Friedfeld, PhD, of AcceptU. Enjoy! Applying to academic graduate programs – MA, MS and PhD degrees – is very different from applying to college. (And, applying to professional graduate programs – MD, JD, M.Arch., Ed.D., MBA, and so on – is itself very different from applying for academic grad [...]
You’re Training for the Big Leagues: Preparing to Apply to Grad School
Here’s a great guest post from Dr. Thomas at YourGradSchoolCoach. Enjoy! If you are anything like me, you were never quite athletic or coordinated enough to excel at sports. And if you aren’t like me and you enjoyed your share of years as Athlete of the Year, kudos for having those glory days to look [...]
Increase in GRE Test-takers– What Does This Mean for Students?
It looks like the Revised GRE test was a big success – depending on whom you ask. According to ETS, the creators of the test, it was definitely a banner year. A recent ETS press release trumpets the fact that 800,000 students took the exam in 2011, which is an increase of over 13%. ETS chalks [...]
[Guest Post] How to Get Started on Your Personal Statement with One Easy Technique
A new guest post from our friends at Accepted.com, enjoy! Okay, you’ve calmed down after your initial essay-writing anxiety, and you still don’t know where to begin. How do you capture your whole life in the meager number of characters allotted? Whether you’re feeling stuck or feeling overwhelmed by all the ideas bouncing around in [...]
What is a Good Score on the Revised GRE?
Here at Magoosh, our students regularly ask us what a good score on the new GRE is. The short answer is that a “good” score is different for everyone. But in this post I’ll give you a longer, more comprehensive answer. Determining what a good score is for you will take some time and research. [...]
