How does graduate admissions compare with undergraduate admissions

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<p>One can safely say that grad admissions resemble undergrad only in that they both contain the word “admission”.</p>

<p>They can be <em>very</em> competitive. In my field, Classics, the top programs admit something like 10-15%, expecting fewer than half that number to accept and matriculate. Unfortunately, few universities publish exact figures. One exception is U. Minn.:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.grad.umn.edu/data/stats/gs.html[/url]”>http://www.grad.umn.edu/data/stats/gs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Virtually all grad schools will require:</p>

<p>GRE or other standard test
Minimum of 3.0 undergrad GPA
3 LORs
A Statement of Purpose</p>

<p>Also, the department you are applying to may have additional requirements to those of the graduate school as a whole.</p>