AboutJay Cutts Expertise Preparation for LSAT, GRE, MCAT, GMAT. Personal statements, letters of recommendation, graduate application process, practice tests.
No Questions about Undergrad Admissions Please (unless you are planning to go to law, business, medical or grad school eventually).
Note that I change private questions to public so they are available to others. If you have something that is truly private, let me know.
Experience Over 18 years full time graduate entrance exam prep with over 1500 students nationally and internationally.
Education/Credentials BA, Linguistics with Honors and Distinction, University of Michigan
MA, Special Education with an Emphasis in Learning Disabilities and Giftedness, with Honors, University of New Mexico
Question I am curretly living in the US as a legal alien. I have a BA Hons from a UK University (in fine art and history). I worked for 5 years in England for a human rights organization, advocating for refugees. I am very interested in pursuing an MA in Human Rights whilst I am in the US (I am likely to be here for several years and hope to have permanent residency soon). How difficult is it get into grad school here?
Answer Hi, Dominique.
You should start by identifying grad school programs that you would like to get into and then find out if your residence status would permit you to attend.
If so, then they can tell you what is required for the application process. Typically they will first look at your undergraduate grade point average and your GRE (Graduate Record Exam) score. These are the first hurdles and need to be strong to be considered.
Then they will look at your Personal Statement (aka Letter of Intent or Statement of Purpose).
My sense is that most people can get accepted somewhere if they work at it enough.
I have a lot of free information on the admissions process, GRE and personal statement on my website:
