UAH | Career Services

Graduate Steps For Planning

Senior Year - Fall

Attend the Graduate and Professional School Day (check with the Office of Career Services for exact date in October).
Take graduate admissions examinations.
Identify and talk with faculty and others to serve as recommendations.
Collect or have individuals mail recommendation letters.
Ask your faculty advisor or other faculty member to review you application essay.
Send in your completed application packets and be sure to keep copies of everything.
Request registrar to mail official transcripts to graduate programs. (A final transcript will usually be necessary after you graduate.)

Senior Year-Spring

Confirm with all schools that your application file is complete. (You may need to follow up with a recommendation or two.)
Apply for financial aid.
Visit all programs of acceptance, if possible, and evaluate offers.
Keep track of acceptances and rejections so you know who you have and have not had a response.
Once you have accepted an offer, be sure to send thank you notes to everyone involved (especially those who wrote letters of recommendation) for their support, assistance and encouragement. Keep in touch with faculty.
Finally, be sure to notify the schools you have declined so that they can go to their waiting list.