- Develop a plan to finance your education and meet all deadlines for applications
- Create and finalize an alternate plan, such as other educational options and seeking employment
Develop a finance and application plan:
- Check all application information; develop a spreadsheet with all the information and your action plan
- Review the Academic References tipsheet for approaching professors for academic references / letters of recommendation
- Attend the Graduate and Professional Schools Fair (September) to check information with reps
- Review the Applying to Graduate School tipsheet for information on the application process
- Review the Funding Graduate School tipsheet to help with your financial plan
- As needed, work on your personal or research statement and your CV; see the Personal Statementand CVs for Undergrads tipsheets for more details
- Book a critique with a career counsellor for your CV and personal statement
Create and finalize an alternate plan:
- Work with a career counsellor on an alternate plan, with possible educational options or finding employment options