| Can I Come Look At These Items? | | This online store is in association with Amazon.com, so these great, high-qualiy products will come from their warehouse or from other partners. Thanks for shopping! |
|
|
|
Graduate School: Winning Strategies for Getting in With or Without Excellent Grades | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dave G. Mumby, Ph.d.
Publisher: Proto Press Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $12.37
You Save: $7.58 (38%)
New (18) Used (10) from $11.18
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 244276
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 251
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0968217346
Dewey Decimal Number: 371
EAN: 9780968217344
ASIN: 0968217346
Publication Date: December 1, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Applying to graduate school can be quite the challenge for any student, but it can seem particularly intimidating if you are one of the many students that do not have spectacular grades. Although grades are an important component of your application, grades alone will certainly not get you a free pass into the graduate school or program of your choice. There are many other important factors that no one tells you about, ones that can make or break an application. If you take the time to learn about and understand why you are being evaluated in a variety of ways in the first place, you can then use this to your advantage. This book will take you through, in a clear, step-by-step fashion, all of the measures that you will be evaluated upon and how you can take advantage of each one of them to come out ahead of the competition. If you follow the advice in this book and take advantage of the helpful information available at My Graduate School.com web site you will greatly improve your chances of getting into the graduate school of your choice with or without having excellent grades. http://www.mygraduateschool.com
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Better than Most July 6, 2008
I must say that I'm really glad that I read this book twice. The first time I was greatly unimpressed, the author covered obvious points. However, finding myself applying to a completely different program and with bad grades I decided to read it again, and I'm glad. The author mentioned great points that I never considered. My first go around I used Getting What You Came For" with wonderful results, however, this book gave advice that I hadn't previously found on C.V., cover letters, contacting department heads and so forth. The book may seem dated to some but it was a wonderful resource, more helpful than the Graduate School Handbook that so many recommend. I think that it's a great read no matter where you are on your search for graduate school. However, if you have already graduated I suggest that you pick up another book as an accompaniment.
 Good for Sophomores, but not for those who have already given graduate school some thought November 15, 2007
The target audience of the book is a sophomore or junior year audience. Thos e purchasing the book should be limited to people of that level in their studies or people who are only beginning to consider graduate school. For those who have given grad school a lot of thought: The book is a waste of time. Everything you already know is in there. The chapters have great titles but in the end they told me what I already knew.
This book is in no way a complete guide to graduate school admissions. It seemed a bit infantile. But if you feel clueless, go for it.
A Lifesaver When Applying to Graduate School June 29, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book was a wonderful tool during my Grad School application process. It was a quick read and provided a wide range of tips and Do's/Don't that aren't mentioned at all on free online sites or a majority of the other reference books to help your chance of getting into Grad School. There are quite a few college students who spent most of their free time drinking beer rather than coffee at the library. And, that's not necessarily a bad thing, but if being a social butterfly or a bad test-taker has prevented you from the Summa Cum Laude crowd, this book is pretty honest in letting you know which schools you have a chance of being accepted to and those that will most likely immediately reject you. Even if you do have a 4.0 and were Student Body President, this book will provide you great insider tips as well. Applying to Grad School is 100 times more complicated than the Undergraduate application process. Even if you don't buy this particular book, DO buy at least one book that offers application tips. It will prove to be a wise investment.
So much more than common sense January 6, 2006
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I purchased this book and a few others on the topic and this was by far the most useful. The main reason was because it not only gave countless tips on what is important and what is not, but it was the only book that actually explained WHY certain things are important. It really changed my perception of how the process of getting into graduate school works, and this was something that the other books did not do. I think the other review that says this book is all about common sense is completely off the mark. (The other reviews I can agree with). The great thing about this book is that it deals with stuff that is NOT common sense...things that most people would never guess about the way students get accepted into grad school. Unlike the other books, this one has a small format and is full of text on every page...overall, it contains more information and useful advice than most of the other books that have lots of extra junk and large margins to make the book seem bigger and like a better value. It also has a good index, and although the website list in the appendix is outdated, it still gives a good idea of what types of useful websites you can find out there.
Useful in many ways August 19, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book provides clear, step-by-step information that students need to know about the application process;one which is complex and at times ovewhelming. I particularly appreciated the sections of the book which explained the decision-making process and the importance of choosing a supervisor based not only on the type of research area but on personal factors as well. Although much information about potential schools, supervisors, research areas etc.. is available on the web, there is also much to consider that cannot be obtained easily and this book really addresses those issues well. I myself am still unsure of when I will be applying to graduate school, however, I am sure to use this book when the time does come.
|
|
|
| |
News 
