Grad school apps

By dmagic453

  • Call Berkeley extension to settle transcript merger with summer sessions

  • Call Berkeley extension to settle transcript merger with summer sessions

  • Call interfolio to ensure application agreements with schools I am applying to

  • Order 6 transcripts for UVA, Berkeley Extension and Auckland (one sent to me, 5 sent to the schools that need an official copy). Upload the ones sent to myself onto interfolio and/or my applications

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    application period

  • Draft emails to recommenders once I have the final word on how many different ways they will have to submit them

    Tell them school list, send CV, and inform them of deadline (october 19th?)

  • send out emails to recommenders with appropriate links

  • Finish long, medium, and shoft statement of purpose skeleton draft

  • Open all applications and fill out all basic info

    Take notes of any application oddities or complications

  • Get father to give $1,000 and mom to give 750$ for application fees, GRE score Fees, and transcript fees

  • Finish personal background statement skeleton drafts

  • Order 14 GRE scores to be sent out.

  • print out 2 most recent study abstracts for all potential mentors at all schools (total = 28)

    Review these and begin brainstorming ways to modify statement of purposes to adress these topics

  • Customize personal statement to Uwash

  • Customize personal statements to Berkeley

  • Customize personal statements to UniIllinois

  • Customize personal statements to BostonU

  • Send update emaisl top recommenders to determine recommendation status

  • Customize personal statements to UWash St. Louis

  • Customize personal statements to UNC

  • Customize personal statements to Duke

  • Customize personal statements to Northwestern

  • Send Confirmation email to ensure all reocmmendations have will be completed by october 19th

  • Customize personal statements to Emory

  • Customize personal statements to UCLA

  • Customize personal statements to Uni Wisconsin

  • Check interfolio to confirm all recommendations submitted

  • Customize personal statements to Uni Indiana Bloomington

  • call interfolio to upload all documents to applications.

    Before doing this, write out specific intructions for each school's docs

  • Customize personal statements to Texas Austin

  • Call up all schools to confirm GRE Scores and mailed official transcripts have been received

  • Customize personal statements to Temple

  • Revise and look over any documents as needed

  • Revise and look over any documents as needed

  • Revise and look over any documents as needed

  • upload all documents, complete all applications, pay app fees

  • upload all documents, complete all applications, pay app fees

  • upload all documents, complete all applications, pay app fees

  • upload all documents, complete all applications, pay app fees

  • Call schools to confirm application materials have been received

  • Confirm application materials have all arrived