Why Graduate School?

Graduate degrees:

• Can influence how fast and how far you can advance in your career.
• Provides greater flexibility to change careers.
• Make you more competitive in some labor markets.
• Are necessary for some careers as an entry level position (i.e. medicine, law.).
  

GRE practice class is held each year at Peace College during early September. The cost is $300.00 for students and alumnae for four, four-hour sessions with an experienced professional instructor. This is open to the public for a fee of $375.00. Contact The Career Center for dates and registration form.

Testing information:

• Graduate Record Exam - http://www.gre.org
• Graduate Management Exam - http://www.gmat.org
• Law School Admissions Test - http://www.lsat.org
• Medical College Admissions Test - http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/start.htm
• Pharmacy Admissions Test - http://tpc-etesting.com/pcat
• Dental Admissions Test - http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/index.asp
• Miller Analogy Test - http://www.ncsu.edu/psychology/school/MAT.htm
• Veterinary School Admissions

http://vetmedicine.about.com/cs/schoolprep/

Graduate School Timeline (suggested by the Council of Graduate Schools)

• Junior year Browse through catalogs and information about schools of interest
• Summer Begin a draft of your statement of purpose (also called personal statement) and continue to research program requirements
• Senior year September- Meet with your advisor and/or faculty members in your major to discuss your goals, personal statement and possible programs. Ask for letters of recommendation and register for standardized tests. Look for application deadline dates in programs of interest.

October- Take standardized tests and request application forms from schools
November- Order transcripts
December- Complete application forms- even if deadlines are later in the semester- the earlier the better.
January- complete all your federal income tax information as early as possible if you will be applying for financial aid.
February- visit schools and research financial aid possibilities

Did you know that Peace students have been accepted to over 150 different graduate and professional school programs over the past 10 years?

Oh the places we go.....

• ECU- School of Medicine
• UNC- Law School, Dental School
• UNC- W - School of Social Work
• Duke Divinity School
• Auburn University- School of Veterinary Medicine