[bioundgrd] Fwd: Graduate School Fair for MIT Students and Alums- participating schools

[Janice Chang]

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>From: Heather Law <hlaw at MIT.EDU>
>Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 13:10:43 -0400
>Subject: Graduate School Fair for MIT Students and Alums- participating
>  schools
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>Hi everyone-
>Please feel free to share with your students who 
>are considering going to Graduate School. This 
>is a great opportunity to learn more about 
>schools from the comfort of their own computer.
>Thanks
>Heather
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>Hello Colleagues,
>
>We have a great group of schools participating 
>in the Virtual Graduate School Fair on October 
>13, but so far the student/alumni registration 
>numbers are lower than we would like. I would 
>welcome your help in spreading the word to 
>students, departments and any alumni you 
>encounter. Below I have listed all of the 
>schools participating, but feel free to 
>highlight or only include those that would be of 
>greatest interest to your specific liaison 
>groups.
>Thank you!!! The general announcement follows
>Amanda
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><http://gradschools.careereco.net/students-alumni/virtual-fair-registration/>Register 
>Here to attend a FREE Virtual Grad School Fair 
>on October 13, 2011
>Get answers to your most pressing questions from 35 Grad Schools in one event!
>For more information and for program online chat 
>hours, visit http://gradschools.careereco.net
>Examples of questions you might ask via online 
>chat with admissions officers during the fair:
>·        What is your professor to student 
>ratio? What is the average graduating class size?
>·        Why did you personally decide to pursue a career in this field?
>·        Does your school offer Graduate 
>Assistant or Teaching Assistant opportunities?
>·        How important is prior work experience prior to applying?
>·        How heavily do you weigh GRE/entrance 
>scores and GPA's versus interviews?
>What kind of research is happening at your University?
>·        What qualities are sought in an applicant?
>·        Do you give preference to in-state applicants?
>·        How many years does it take to complete the program?
>·        What is the one thing that your program prides itself on?
>·        Is it possible to study abroad as a graduate student?
>·         Do you have any words of advice?
>Graduate & Professional Schools participating (alphabetical order):
>Boston University School of Management
>Boston University, College of Communication
>Boston University, College of Engineering
>Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
>Claremont Graduate University
>Columbia University MPA in Environmental Science & Policy
>Columbia University MS in Sustainability Management
>Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
>Cornell University - Systems Engineering Program
>Duke University Graduate School (all programs)
>Duke University, Pratt School of Engineering
>Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business (Event Sponsor)
>Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
>ESSEC Business School (Website Sponsor)
>Harvard Business School
>Harvard Divinity School
>King's College London (all programs)
>MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
>MIT Engineering Systems Division PhD Program
>MIT Master of Engineering in Manufacturing
>MIT Sloan School of Management
>Northeastern University School of Law
>Northwestern University - McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
>Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis
>Penn Engineering
>Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University
>The Ohio State University, John Glenn School of Public Affairs
>UCL - University College London (all programs)
>University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions
>University of California Hastings College of the Law
>University of California, Berkeley - Master of Financial Engineering
>University of California, Berkeley Haas School 
>of Business: Full-Time MBA Program
>University of Pennsylvania, Fels Institute of Government
>USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
>Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
>Yale School of Management
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>Heather Law| Career Development Specialist |MIT 
>GECD 
> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cambridge-MA/MIT-Career-Development/104740232918061>  <http://twitter.com/MITCareerOnline> 
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>77 Massachusetts Avenue | Bldg. 12-170 |Cambridge, MA 02139 |617-253-4733
><mailto:hlaw at mit.edu>hlaw at mit.edu
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