Group 11 A-D
Stacey Czamara & Sarah Potter
Graduate School Application Process
& GREs
Outline
 Admission
 Time
Criteria
Table
 Obtaining and Filling Out Application
Forms
 GRE
Criteria for Admission
 Application
Fees
 GPA minimum
 Transcripts
 Entrance Exams
 Letters
of
Recommendation
 Personal Statement
 Interview
 Resume/VITA
TIME LINE
JUNIOR YEAR
FALL
 Make
tentative decisions
 Get advice
 Admission requirements
 Know professors
 Honor societies
 Field experience
 Study for GRE
http://www.oneonta.edu/development/cdc/pages/Grad_School/requirements.asp
SPRING
 Time
table
 Choosing schools
 Consider Alternatives
SUMMER
 Request
information
 Visit schools
 Final decision
 Register and take tests
 Calculate fees and
travel costs
SENIOR YEAR
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
 Register/Retake
tests
 Consult for advice
 Job hunt
 Financial aid
 Draft
your personal
statement
 Letters of
recommendation
 Fill out applications
NOVEMBER
 Finalize
personal
statements
 Apply for financial aid
 Request transcripts
 Reminder/receive
letters of
recommendation
DECEMBER/JANUARY
 Send
out application
packets
 Track materials
 Thank you letters of
recommendation
 Attend interviews
 FAFSA
 Wait . . .
MARCH/APRIL
 Accept/decline
offers
 Inform letters of
recommendation
writers of results
 Visit
 Intensify job search
MAY
GRADUATE
REFERENCES
Oneonta State College Career Center
http://www.oneonta.edu/development/cdc/pages/Grad_School/timetable.asp
The Psychology Graduate Applicant’s Portal
http://www.psychgrad.org/timeline.html
About.com
http://gradschool.about.com/cs/overviewtimetable/a/timetable.htm
Applications
SUNY
Stony Brook
Peterson’s Guide
GRE
Graduate Record Examination
GRE GENERAL
 $115
registration fee
 Includes:
75 minutes- Analytical writing (2 tasks)
 30 min- 30 Q- Verbal
 45min- 45 Q- Quantitative
 May also include an experimental section (verbal
or quantitative) and occasionally- optional
research section

 Things
every test taker should know:
Video taped taking computerized test
 Do you prefer being hot or cold?
 Mandatory tutorials on computer
 Can’t go back to previous questions on computer
 Harder Q are worth more that easier Q
 Computer GRE adapts to your skill level
 Not penalized for incorrect answers so take an
educated guess
 Breaks: 1 min- 10min- 1min

format
 Verbal:
 Analytical
8-10 antonym
 6-8 analogy
 5-7 sentence completions
 6-10 reading comprehension

 Quantitative:
14 quantitative comparison
 10 discrete quantitative
 4 data interpretation

Writing
Issue Task
 Argument Task

GRE SPECIFIC
 $130
registration fee
 210 multiple choice questions:
40% experimental or natural science
 43% social or social science
 17% general

 Usually
offered:
October or November
 December
 April

 Format:
200-220 Questions
 170 minutes
 No separately timed sections
 Computerized and paper- same rules apply as
the general GRE

 Involve:
Recalling factual information
 Analyzing relationships
 Applying principles
 Drawing conclusions
 Evaluating research,
 Identifying researchers and theorists

References
GRE Official Website
www.gre.org
Green, S.W. & Wolf, I. (2003). How to prepare
for the GRE test: Graduate Record Examination,
15th edition. Hauppauge, New York: Barron’s.
Palmer, E.L. & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2001). How
to prepare for the GRE Psychology: Graduate
Record Examination in Psychology, 5th edition.
Hauppauge, New York: Barron’s