1. PREPARING SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS

2. 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

3. Convey the societal importance of your work. Get great letters of recommendation from faculty members. APPLICATION HINTS

4. 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.

5. COMPONENTS OF A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN Transcript GRE general scores Essay/biosketch Letters of reference MS/Ph.D. intent Research area

6. GPA > 3.0 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

7. GPA  3.7 Graduate Record Exams –Verbal  156 (600-old scale) –Quantitative  155 (700-old scale) –Analytical writing  5 QUALIFICATIONS: GEORGIA TECH GRA