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Targeting Grad Schools
Graduate and Medical School Mock Interviews
As you plan for graduate study, use the following guidelines to prepare early and thoroughly:
Sophomore Year:
- Select a major.
- Develop and demonstrate your writing, research, and analytical skills.
- Begin building effective relationships with faculty members.
Junior Year:
- Talk to your academic advisor or a faculty member in your department about various graduate programs.
- Consider faculty members who can serve as references to support your admission to graduate school.
- Obtain information on graduate programs by requesting catalogues and application materials.
- Gather information on graduate program admission tests and register for appropriate dates.
Senior Year:
- Take the appropriate graduate admission tests if you did not take them in the spring or summer.
- Talk with potential references and give them a copy of your resumé so they can highlight your strengths. Follow up with a thank-you letter when the recommendations have been sent.
- Begin working with application materials early. Plan to complete your graduate school admission file by December. Law school applications should be made in the fall of the senior year through LSDAS. Medical school applications are generally due in the summer.
- Write your personal statement. For assistance contact the Writing Center (Reynolda Hall, Room 117) or Career Services.
- Investigate the financial aid, assistantships, and employment opportunities at the institutions to which you are applying.
- If your graduate program requires an interview for admission, consider doing a mock interview with Career Services to prepare.
For More Information
Visit the Office of Career Services, your departmental advisor, or any of the designated professional school advisors on campus:
- Pre-Law: Dr. Perry Patterson, Economics, 758-5528, Pre-Law website
- Pre-Health: Dr. Hugo Lane, Biology, 758-5572
- Pre-Allied Health: Dr. Gary Miller, Health & Exercise Science, 758-1901
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