Undergrad vs Grad admissions

newmassdad
Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:50:10 +0000

For true grad school admissions, i.e. not professional school, the process has nothing in common with undergrad admissions, other than superficial similarities regarding grades and testing.

The grad school process is completely idiosyncratic. because each department at each university does this its own way. And since the departmental admissions committee faculty membership can vary from year to year, one won’t even find consistency from year to year in the same department.

The best thing the OP could do would be to talk to some faculty at his current college, as each one of them went through the process and probably has some specific insider knowledge.