Schools

Now that you are ready for graduate school, what do you do next? You start searching for schools with your area of concentration/specialization/research interest in mind. Also ensure that your profile (GPA, GRE/TOEFL Scores, SOP, LORs) meet the graduate school/department requirement for admission.

With a set of schools outlined base on your research, start contacting Professor in the department whose research you are interested in (never send generic emails to long list of Professors). You should only contact Professors you have a genuine interest in working with and you can know more about these Professors and the kind of research they conduct by looking at their Webpages. Prior to contacting a potential Professor as your advisor, you should ensure that you have gone through his/her webpage and you understand the scope of his/her research.

It is important to note that in the search for schools, it is the quality of the research work being done by the Professor, the availability of funding and the national ranking of the program that are the most important factors to consider.