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Time Table for Applying to
Graduate or Professional School
Note: this time table covers only the application
process. Review what you can do while a student to
better prepare yourself for graduate school; much of this information is
summarized in the time table for
students planning to enter the job market.
Second semester, junior year:
Complete intermediate microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics and
econometrics.
Summer and early fall, senior year:
Request application forms, program descriptions, current catalogs and
financial aid forms from the schools and programs that interest you.
Prepare to take the standardized tests the schools to which you'll be
applying will use to make acceptance and financial aid decisions.
Most graduate programs in economics require
the Graduate Record Exam
(GRE); law schools require the Law
School Admission Test (LSAT); management schools the Graduate
Management Admission Test (GMAT). Study materials, sample tests
and even commercial courses are available to prepare you to take the GRE,
LSAT and GMAT tests. Strongly consider taking advantage of these
materials -- they are worth the money. Learn more by visiting the Career
Center, the Princeton Review and the GRE, LSAT
and GMAT sites.
September, senior year:
Register to take the appropriate test or sequence of tests required for
the programs that interest you. The Career
Center can help you do this.
October, senior year:
Take the appropriate test or sequence of tests.
November, senior year:
Begin filling out and submitting application and financial assistance
forms to the programs you have selected. Apply to at least 2-4 schools for a
M.A.; 3-6 schools for an MBA, law degree or a Ph.D. Request letters of
recommendation from the number of your professors required by the programs
to which you are applying. Be sure that these faculty know you and know your
work. Provide them with a written description of yourself (a resume and a
narrative description of some of your personal attributes and
accomplishments) and all necessary forms. Stamp the envelopes and make sure
they know the deadline date for the letters of recommendation!
December, senior year:
Request that the registrar's office send copies of your transcript to each
of the schools to which you have applied after your fall grades have been
recorded.
April, senior year:
You find out to which schools you've been accepted. If you have been
accepted to several schools, you should consider visiting those which appeal
to you most before making your final decision.
October, senior year:
Take the appropriate test or sequence of tests.
November, senior year:
Begin filling out and submitting application and financial assistance
forms to the programs you have selected. Apply to at least 2-4 schools for a
M.A.; 3-6 schools for an MBA, law degree or a Ph.D. Request letters of
recommendation from the number of your professors required by the programs
to which you are applying. Be sure that these faculty know you and know your
work. Provide them with a written description of yourself (a resume and a
narrative description of some of your personal attributes and
accomplishments) and all necessary forms. Stamp the envelopes and make sure
they know the deadline date for the letters of recommendation!
December, senior year:
Request that the registrar's office send copies of your transcript to each
of the schools to which you have applied after your fall grades have been
recorded.
April, senior year:
You find out to which schools you've been accepted. If you have been
accepted to several schools, you should consider visiting those which appeal
to you most before making your final decision.
Economics Department
159 Karpen Hall CPO # 2110
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804
Phone: 828-251-6550
FAX: 828-251-6572
Copyright © 2001-2008
[Chris Bell (email), Economics Department, UNC Asheville].
All rights reserved. Revised:
September 08,
2008
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