PREPARING SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FOR

GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS

• Make your application easy to read.

• Keep your essays to a reasonable length.

• Convey a sense of focus and excitement.

• Emphasize your ability and potential for– Creativity– Integration– Research – Synthesis

• Get your application in early.

APPLICATION HINTS

• Convey the societal importance of your work.

• Get great letters of recommendation from faculty members.

APPLICATION HINTS

APPLICATIONS

• Graduate school and fellowship applications are your personal business plan.

• Successful professionals are extremely good at convincing others to invest resources in them.

• You must apply to have a chance to win.

• Do not self-select yourself out of the race.

COMPONENTS OF A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN

• Transcript• GRE general scores• Essay/biosketch• Letters of reference• MS/Ph.D. intent• Research area

• GPA > 3.3 (Mechanical Engineering)

• GPA > 3.0 (Nuclear Engineering /Medical Physics)

• Graduate Record Exams– Verbal 153 (500-old scale)– Quantitative 155 (700-old)– Analytical writing 4 to 4.5

• GRE Engineering is not required

QUALIFICATIONS:GEORGIA TECH ADMISSION

• GPA 3.7

• Graduate Record Exams– Verbal 156 (600-old scale) – Quantitative 155 (700-old scale)– Analytical writing 5

QUALIFICATIONS:GEORGIA TECH GRA