How do parents get their children into grad school?

mathboy98
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:26:41 +0000

“Are there too many students who are not intelligent enough getting into grad school as suggested too or are there just too many programs? Very interesting.”

See, while GP is right on with the assessments on why a student might want grad school instead of a job, I have to say that this will certainly not be a problem at the top schools. You can make it with good grades and stuff to a pretty good school, but for a top school, you have to be INSANELY aggressive and do wild things to bolster your application.

Parents can kind of spoonfeed the kid and tell him/her what to do. Maybe the kid is pretty bright and can get A’s in school – that alone will get you into some grad program. But to get into a top one you have to be more aggressive than that.