I Have a Low GPA: Should I Apply to Grad School?
By Tara Kuther, Ph.D.
A reader asks: I want to apply to two highly competitive graduate schools. My concern is my GPA, which is a 2.5. However I have a wealth of experience. The two programs do not specify GPA. Other schools require a mandatory GPA of 3.0. Should I apply, with the risk of not getting accepted and reapplying next year? Should I wait and improve my credentials?
GPA questions are tough. There's no guarantee when it comes to graduate school admissions. While some graduate programs apply cutoff GPA scores in order to weed out applicants, this is not always the case. We ca...
Psychology Alumna Defines IUPUI Experience Through Research and International Opportunities
Morgan Rhodes | 2013 Alumna, B.S. Psychology
New School of Science graduate Morgan Rhodes will miss the friendships she’s forged during her years at IUPUI because she credits that strong support network with paving the way for her success.
Morgan Rhodes“The camaraderie I found in the School of Science—including the amazing faculty who genuinely care about their students’ success—is the greatest advantage I found as a Science student,” said Rhodes, an Indianapolis native who earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology this past May.
From a professional standpoint, however,...
Secrets of Standing Out From the Pile: Getting Into Graduate School
The following article by Matt Huss (published in the Spring, 1996 issue of the Psi Chi Newsletter) was written when he was a graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It provides some very valuable lessons that Matt learned as a result of his ultimately successful acceptance into the graduate school of his choice.
If you are beginning the process of applying to graduate school, you are realizing it's not easy. You are learning schools are looking for GRE scores of 800, GPAs of 4.5 on a 4.0 scale, at least two dozen publications, and a letter of recommendation from Sigmund Freu...
The Job You Do and Your Life’s Work
You will not be remembered for what you did for money. You will be remembered for your work.
It’s an easy trap to let your career define you. As a single woman wholly uninterested in dating, I have found myself falling back on this excuse, even though I honestly mean what I say when I say it.
“I’m focusing on my career,” I tell well-intending people who inquire about my dating life in casual conversation, as if it were any of their business. For the most part, this is true. Everything I do is important work towards a nebulous notion of “success” — something that...
How To Do Money Before, During & After Grad
by Ruth Zweig
BEFORE YOU GO
Work. Work at least two years in a career hopefully related to what you plan to do your PhD in. Why?
1. Hopefully you will get an idea if you really want to dedicate your life to whatever your topic is. (PS: more on should you go.)
2. You give yourself a chance to save money before you go to school.
3. You can start your retirement fund. Say you put 10k in a Roth IRA by the time you’re 24 and you pull at age 70. Assuming a real rate of return, taking into account inflation, of 4% you can expect $60,748 from that investment. The magic of compound interes...
3 Graduate School Savings Tips for Full-Time Employees
Try a 529 plan, but don't neglect other savings priorities.
By Deborah Ziff March 12, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. + More
Many prospective graduate students spend at least a few years working before deciding to return to school for a postbaccalaureate degree – time that can be spent planning, and saving, for graduate school.
More than half of graduate students have a gap of three years or more before they return to school for a graduate degree, according to an analysis of government data by Mark Kantrowitz, senior vice president and publisher of the college planning website Edvisors.c...
5 Tips for Telling Your Boss You’re Heading Back to School
by CCU CAGS
The privilege of supporting a family plays a major role in many of our lives. When you feel led to expand your knowledge and earn a master’s degree, these will help you when it comes time to talk to your boss about your choice regarding the return to school.
5 Tips for Talking to Your Boss about Going Back to School
Request a Meeting Time
Since you’ll want your boss’s full attention, request a private meeting time to avoid distractions and interruptions. This will allow you to discuss your plans in full, giving you and your boss time to discuss the benefits of you h...
Don't Let Your Marriage Fail When Your Spouse Goes to Grad School
In two days, my wife finishes up her second master's degree. This one's in counseling. In some ways, I feel like I'm graduating on Friday. The past two years were downright hellacious at times, and stressful at others. But, through the exams, papers, class projects and reading assignments, we managed to make it as a couple.
To me, this is no small achievement. I've personally known of at least three marriages that didn't survive grad school for one reason or the other. Grad school wasn't necessarily the only thing to blame, but it doesn't make anything easier.
My marriage survived grad s...
Avoid Graduate School Hell! Select Your Advisor and Committee Wisely
Many students think I write articles like these because I did not have a good advisor. In fact, I did. He was a tenured professor and well respected in my academic department. He wasn’t my best friend; my friend Elsie had fulfilled that role a long time ago. He was intelligent, well respected in the field, and had the reputation of being an advocate for his student advisees. I chose him because he was reliable and a great advocate for me. While some faculty members might be able to serve as mentors, you need an advisor who has power and respect in the department.
Selecting an advisor requ...
Arizona Summit Receives WRBLSA Award Arizona Summit was recently awarded the 2016 Black Student Law Association Chapter Award at the
Western Region Black Law Students Association (WRBLSA)'s 48th annual convention held during the
first week of January in San Diego.
Charlotte School of Law AAMPLE®
If a lower LSAT score is hurting your chances of getting into law school, Charlotte School of
Law (CSL) offers the Alternative Admissions Model Program for Legal Education (AAMPLE), a
seven-week online class that helps prospective students prove they are able to handle a
demanding law school curriculum.
Florida Coastal Law's Practitioner Clinics Florida Coastal Law's Practitioner Clinic is an innovative course offering students a chance
to work closely on pro bono cases with a practicing lawyer. Students are often invited to
work on these cases in the practitioner's office off campus, and the Clinics are offered as
two credits with an evening classroom component.
Center for Professional Development Arizona Summit's Center for Professional Development (CPD) is a full-service career counseling
and resource center that supports and assists students in all stages of the career planning
process, while helping employers fill their semester, summer, and permanent hiring needs.
Charlotte Law Compliance Certificate Program
Students with or without a legal background can pursue a career in the rapidly growing
field of compliance and ethics. Charlotte Law is one of the few law schools in the U.S.
offering a Corporate Compliance Certificate Programentirely online. It's an 18-week
platform that prepares students for the Compliance Certification Board exam.
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Certificate in Logistics & Transportation. Students in the 24-credit LL.M. or 12-credit
Certificate program gain expertise in global logistics and transportation law through
cutting-edge courses taught by attorneys and industry professionals online.
