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Your Grad School Application: Presentation Matters

Your have put a great deal of time and energy into compiling your application to graduate school. Don't just slap it all together and stuff it into an envelope. Presentation matters. Submit neat, clean, carefully arranged documents.

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Is Medical School for You?

Friday January 16, 2009
Do you have what it takes? A career in medicine is not quite like Grey's Anatomy. Is it really for you?

Your Personal Statement: Dos and Don'ts

Wednesday January 14, 2009
If you're like many graduate applicants, you're putting the finishing touches on your graduate admissions essay. Take a moment to review these tips on what to do, and importantly, not do. Ensure that your essay does it's job -- gets you in to graduate school.

New Year, New Semester, New Syllabus

Monday January 12, 2009
On the first day of class the one thing you can expect each professor to do is distribute a syllabus. Consider the syllabus your guide to the course. Everything you need to know to get through and succeed in your course this semester is in the syllabus. Learn more about the syllabus and its parts.

Wiped Out with a Cold?

Saturday January 10, 2009
I am! We all get sick once in a while - and the best way to treat a cold is with rest. However, resting at home might help cure your cold, but leave you behind in your academic work. Minimize the effect of missing class time with a few tips:

1. Treat your cold quickly and effectively (so that it doesn't linger and cause you to miss more school)
2. Get a friend to tape record the professor's lecture (with his or her permission).
3. If you're well enough to read, keep up with the readings and make note of questions to ask the professor.
4. Check out these specific tips on what to do when you miss class.
5. If you find that you're behind and don’t know how to catch up, seek the professor's help.

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