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Workshop/Discipline Panel Descriptions
How to Finance Your Graduate Education
This session will focus on the resources available to finance
a graduate education. Special emphasis will be placed on campus-based
and external fellowship support available as students advance
in their graduate programs. Included in this workshop are ways
in which students can effectively negotiate their financial
awards and options available at the dissertation and post-doctoral
stages of the graduate school experience.
How to Prepare for the GRE
This seminar will introduce students to Princeton Review's approaches,
techniques, and strategies for dealing with GRE verbal, quantitative,
and analytical writing sections. An overview of the GRE will
be provided, and then a few specific techniques for tackling
GRE questions will be presented.
How to Select, Apply to, and Prepare for Graduate School
This workshop will discuss the merits of graduate school, the
nuts and bolts of applying, and everything you need to know
to submit a strong application.
Discipline-based panels: (Physical Sciences/Math, Life Sciences,
Engineering/Computer Science, Social Sciences, Humanities/Arts,
Business/Management and Education) Different disciplines have
different norms and ways of operating. These panels are intended
to provide students with an understanding of various aspects
of graduate study within a given discipline area. For each of
the discipline areas listed above, panelists offer insights
on such topics as how to prepare strategically for admission
into a graduate program within the discipline area, what a graduate
program entails (content, workload, process, time to degree),
and career options (including a snapshot of the life of a faculty
member). Most panels include two faculty and on graduate student.
Panelists are asked to direct their remarks toward their specific
disciplines (e.g. physics) without focusing too specifically
on their own departments’ idiosyncrasies.
Keys to Success and Survival in Graduate School This panel permits
students to hear directly from current graduate students about
their experiences in graduate school -- the problems they have
encountered and the solutions they have found. Topics may include
coping with isolation and finding support groups, cultivating
academic and personal mentors, inside tips and strategies for
passing qualifying exams, and successful time management.
How to Write a Winning Statement of Purpose The goal of this
workshop is to help students understand the role of the Statement
of Purpose (SOP), the value of investing time into developing
a strong SOP, and the necessary components of a SOP. The key
objectives are as follows: (1) explain the role of the SOP in
a graduate school application package; (2) outline basic components
of SOP; (3) timeline/strategies for writing a strong SOP (examples
of what to do and what not to do); and (4) additional items
as appropriate, including demystifying rumors about SOP. Undergraduate
Research in Graduate Admissions The goal of this workshop is
to help students build a solid foundation for understanding
the basics of an undergraduate research program. Information
that will be covered includes: application components, program
components, timelines, web sites and helpful resources, benefits
of participating in such a program, and how to choose the right
program for oneself.
The Relation of the Master's Degree to the Ph.D. Students often
pose these questions: What's the difference between a Master's
program and a Ph.D. program? Should I get a master's degree
first or go straight to a Ph.D. program? This workshop helps
to demystify the role of the master's degree both as a stand
alone degree and its relationship to the doctorate. Students
will hear from presenters from Ph.D.-granting institutions,
such as the UC and certain private and independent universities,
as well as those that award up to the master's, particularly
the CSU. Among the questions answered: What careers can I have
with a master's degree? What is the transferability of a master's
program to a Ph.D. program? Should I earn a master's degree
first? Will a Ph.D. program give me credit for my master's work?
How much time will it take to earn a Master's? What is involved
in earning a master's in terms of course work and thesis?
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