The essay is one of the most important parts of your grad school application. Depending on the schools you apply to, it is sometimes called the statement of purpose, the biographical essay, the letter of intent, or the personal statement. Schools place a premium on this essay because they want to see how you write and think. They want to […]
Working While in Grad School… is it Possible?
For many students, the ability/possibility to work while in grad school is a big determinant. Institutional aid only covers so much, so the feasibility of attending one school over another often comes down to this factor. However, while many students would like to work while they are in school, many programs prohibit it, or, at […]
Why Does Your GRE Score Matter So Much?
There is a lot of stress that surrounds an impending test day. It’s not surprising, then, that so many students often wonder why this test matters so much in the first place. From a practical standpoint, it may not be particularly relevant. It does matter, and there’s really no getting around it. However, this asking […]
Are You Too Old for Graduate School?
School is for the young! Or at least it’s easy to believe that it is. K-12 consumed your childhood and teenage years. College likely cradled you into your 20s. If you’re in your 30s or beyond, you may feel that the time for school, particularly grad school, has passed. But we have great news for […]
How to Easily Keep Track of Your Grad Schools Applications
When you’re applying to grad school, one school just isn’t enough. Somewhere between five and ten is a more sensible number to apply to. It’s also a more difficult number to keep track of. Grad school applications tend to have several parts and different grad schools can have different requirements. But, there’s an easy way […]
GRE to LSAT Conversion Matrix
A Rough Guide In its continued effort to attract law schools and law school applicants to consider respectively accepting or taking the GRE, ETS has created a tool to give a rough conversion (± 5 point margin of error!) between given GRE scores and LSAT scores. The margin of error says it all: it’s hard […]
The GRE and LSAT: The Big Picture
Birds of a Feather? Both are grad school admissions exams. Both are aptitude tests. Both have been around forever. Both test reading comprehension and critical reasoning skills. You’ve seen one standardized test, you’ve seen them all? How similar are the LSAT and the GRE after all? You may have guessed the answer to this one: […]
GRE vs. GMAT: The Swiss Army Knife of Tests
The Swiss Army Knife of Tests With the news yesterday that Harvard Law School will join the pilot program of accepting the GRE for admissions, now is a good time to revisit the status of the GRE for business school admissions and the seemingly unstoppable expansion of the GRE into ever broader graduate admissions uses. For the purposes […]