Talk:Admission to Graduate School in the U.S.

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Contents 1 Proposed sections and topics 1.1 Sections 1.2 Questions to Address 2 Order 3 Useful links and sources 3.1 General 3.2 Tests 3.3 Government Agencies 3.4 Personal Statement 3.5 After Admission 4 Initial Editing

[edit] Proposed sections and topics

[edit] Sections

1. Why the U.S.
2. Overview of the U.S. graduate school system
3. Standard tests: English tests, GRE General Test, GRE Subject Tests
4. English language tests
5. Factors of admission
6. Funding
7. Tips
8. Student Visas - getting them
9. After the admission

[edit] Questions to Address

1. How many schools to apply to?
2. Leading causes of failure
3. How to tell if grad school is for you
4. Master's vs. Ph.D. programs

Cdamama 12:09, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Order

Seems Master vs. PhD would be soemthing that we would want to have the reader be familiar with before reading the whole book... maybe move it to after introduction. --Remi0o 12:15, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I second that. We need to to a thorough overview of the system.Cdamama 12:24, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Useful links and sources

[edit] General

• [1]
• [2]

[edit] Tests

• GRE wikibook

[edit] Government Agencies

• [3]
• [4]

[edit] Personal Statement

• [5]
• [6]
• [7]

[edit] After Admission

• [8]
• [9]
• [10]
• [11]
• [12]

Cdamama 19:00, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Initial Editing

I would like to keep all the contents in one page, until such point when it gets long and acquires a clearer structure. Only then I will port it to chapters. What do you think?Cdamama 02:24, 19 December 2006 (UTC)