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Beyond the Ivy Wall: 10 Essential Steps to Graduate School Admission
Tells how to select a school, prepare for graduate college tests, write a personal statement, and complete the admissions process
198 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1989
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September 1, 2011
So, as I look at my options for graduate school (and my looming unemployment, but let's not go there), I figured what better way to familiarize myself with the process than to read a book that came out over twenty years ago and is almost certainly outdated?
But I got this for free from Bookmooch, and I had 12 hours of being stuck in a car ahead of me so I went for it.
Actually, a lot of the basic ideas behind Beyond the Ivy Wall still make sense. It's still a good idea to list what you want out of a program and examine your options. It's still advisable to try to get into the most prestigious school you can because that may help you gain employment (and, yes, pay off student loans). With all the competition Howard Greene is right to advise students to work hard on packaging themselves in their applications so that they stand out as individuals that will succeed in the particular program they are applying for.
While I was amused by the tuition and fee figures quoted in Beyond the Ivy Wall, they are, unsurprisingly, completely outdated. Also amusing, encouragement for women and minorities to really go for it when choosing which competitive schools to apply for, because there is much less discrimination now (1987). Really, all of that is to be expected and probably needed to be said when this text was written. Now, it's less vital. Really, I wish they had spent less time on talking about Law, Medical, and Business (especially Business) programs, and spent more time on humanities. Almost every example came from one of these three grad programs. Greene has much less to offer for someone who doesn't want to be a lawyer, doctor, or businessman.
But I got this for free from Bookmooch, and I had 12 hours of being stuck in a car ahead of me so I went for it.
Actually, a lot of the basic ideas behind Beyond the Ivy Wall still make sense. It's still a good idea to list what you want out of a program and examine your options. It's still advisable to try to get into the most prestigious school you can because that may help you gain employment (and, yes, pay off student loans). With all the competition Howard Greene is right to advise students to work hard on packaging themselves in their applications so that they stand out as individuals that will succeed in the particular program they are applying for.
While I was amused by the tuition and fee figures quoted in Beyond the Ivy Wall, they are, unsurprisingly, completely outdated. Also amusing, encouragement for women and minorities to really go for it when choosing which competitive schools to apply for, because there is much less discrimination now (1987). Really, all of that is to be expected and probably needed to be said when this text was written. Now, it's less vital. Really, I wish they had spent less time on talking about Law, Medical, and Business (especially Business) programs, and spent more time on humanities. Almost every example came from one of these three grad programs. Greene has much less to offer for someone who doesn't want to be a lawyer, doctor, or businessman.
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