The Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center

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A Doctoral Educational Information and Advisement Site
About this Site
The decision to pursue a graduate degree is a significant one and should be made with a wealth of information at hand. With this in mind, we have designed this web site to provide you with many resources for deciding on and making a smooth transition to graduate study. While the site functions primarily as a portal - that is, we provide many links to other sites that are full of good information for you - you will also find here some homegrown content based on years of experience in guiding undergraduates through the graduate school decision-making and application process. This site focuses on the doctoral degree, mostly in form of the Ph.D. Some of fields confer doctorals in slightly different forms, such as the D.S.W. (Doctor of Social Work).

Here's what this site can do for you:

We provide links to:
   
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 web sites maintained by scholarly organizations for professors and graduate students in specific disciplines;
   
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 non-profit and commercial web sites that offer information and guidance on the graduate school application process, including the process of applying for graduate fellowships and other types of financial aid;
   
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 the homepages of the 32 doctoral programs housed at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, this web site's sponsoring institution.
   
We provide content on:
   
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 factors involved in deciding to pursue a doctoral degree;
   
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 the timeframe for applying to graduate schools;
   
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 writing a strong personal statement for the graduate school application;
   
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 preparing a competitive application package.
   

Further, if you are a CUNY undergraduate, you'll learn about Project Ascend/McNair, a program that can help you gain valuable research experience - and a summer stipend, too! - before you actually apply to graduate school.

Whether graduate school seems like a distant possibility to you or you've already set your sights on a Ph.D., we hope you'll take the time to fully explore Ph.D. InfoFIND. It can help you find the resources you need to make an informed decision. Remember, the definitive information you need is at the graduate schools to which you will apply. After you have made a list of schools through your research, you should contact those schools directly.
   
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