PREPARING SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS
FOR
GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS
APPLICATION HINTS
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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.
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
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GRE general scores
Essay/biosketch
Letters of reference
MS/Ph.D. intent
Research area
QUALIFICATIONS:
GEORGIA TECH ADMISSION
• 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 GRA
• GPA  3.7
• Graduate Record Exams
– Verbal  156 (600-old scale)
– Quantitative  155 (700-old scale)
– Analytical writing  5