Getting into Graduate School in the Sciences
A Step-by-Step Guide for Students

A comprehensive, step-by-step guide for students of life and earth sciences applying to graduate school in the United States.

S. Kersey Sturdivant (Author), Noelle J. Relles (Author)

9781107420670, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 December 2016

180 pages, 12 b/w illus. 3 tables
22.8 x 15.3 x 0.9 cm, 0.31 kg

Are you applying for graduate school and feeling overwhelmed by the choices available to you and the complexity of the application process? This informative and humorous guide for life and earth science students offers comprehensive advice to help you prepare and increase your chances of success. Adopting a step-by-step approach, you will be guided through the entire application process, from undergraduate preparation and choice of graduate program, to funding, applying, scheduling a visit, and finally deciding which offer to accept. Based extensively on a comprehensive survey of graduate admissions programs across the United States, the advice offered is evidence-based and specific to the natural sciences. This jargon-free text ensures that prospective students are well prepared and make best use of all available resources to convince graduate programs and advisors that you are the best candidate.

Preface
1. Pre-graduate school preparation
2. Graduate record examination (GRE)
3. Your curriculum vitae (CV)
4. Choosing a graduate program
5. Funding
6. Applying
7. Visiting and interviewing
8. Master's, doctorate, or undecided
9. Acceptance and decision time
10. The graduate school experience
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Engineering: general [TBC], Technology: general issues [TB], Technology, engineering, agriculture [T], Life sciences: general issues [PSA], Biology, life sciences [PS], Science funding & policy [PDK], Science: general issues [PD], Mathematics & science [P]