Nov
25
Grad School Possibilities
November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about going to grad school. I’d never seriously considered going before because it isn’t necessarily needed for my major but I think grad school will be beneficial when it comes to securing a steady job.
New York Times journalists Tom Jolly and Justin Sablich visited campus earlier [...]
Nov
20
Making an Impression
November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Yeah, let me clarify that: making a GOOD impression. Who really matters, anyway?
Do I have to impress that professor that greets me at 8:30 AM? (And I just rolled out of bed, and I’m wearing sweat pants from Pictoria’s Private that have some kind of fanny slogan? Some professors don’t understand that the bottom [...]
Nov
19
Starting the Internship Search
November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I went to Career Services today to start a search for summer internships. I met with John Shirley, director of Career Services, who was very enthusiastic and eager in helping me start my search. (Make an appointment with him if you don’t know where to start!)
He first gave me a copy of the SUNY Cortland [...]
Nov
13
Results of the Practice GRE
November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Okay, so I went to Career Services today and picked up my practice GRE results. The results? Not so good. I definitely have a lot to work on. Thankfully, that was a free practice exam and I didn’t have to pay the $140 to take the real one to find out what it is that [...]
Nov
13
Taking the GRE
November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
At the end of October, Career Services and Kaplan Educational Centers offered a Kaplan Practice Test Event, which gave students the opportunity to take a free practice GRE, MCAT, LSAT, GMAT or DAT exam. These standardized tests are an admissions requirement for most grad schools.
Career Services sent out a mass e-mail about it and [...]
Nov
3
Strong Interest Inventory Results
November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I recently received the results of the Strong Interest Inventory, a mail-in career assessment I took last month. The results, for the most part, were surprisingly accurate and extremely detailed: 9 pages worth of detail! I found myself nodding in agreement at much of what was said in my results.
The results are broken up into [...]