“The purpose of education, finally,” Baldwin asserted, “is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not. To ask questions of the universe, and then learn to live with those questions, is the way he achieves his own identity.”
Letters of Recommendation Requests
Tiera Tanksley
Glenn Morris
Terrenda White
Arturo Cortez
Nishant
CHECK LIST
| TO DO | COMPLETED Y/N |
|---|---|
| Form a group of prospective Ph.D students | Y |
| Statement of Purpose | |
| Reach out to Faculty for letters of Rec | |
| Tweak Letters of Recommendation for each school | |
| Triple check SOP | |
| Writing Sample | |
| Transcripts (Official) | |
| Obtain Applications from Each Institution | |
| Graduate Record Examination (GRE) | |
| Preparing for the Interview |
Statement of Purpose
https://docs.google.com/document/d/189U8VCGlM35MscNAhoiSj59frng7ZikSz3wuJXV6Of4/edit?usp=sharing
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION REQUESTS
REACHING OUT TO FACULTY TEMPLATE:
I AM ____. I AM INTERESTED IN STUDYING X.
RESEARCH THEIR PUBLICATIONS
WHY DOES YOUR WORK OVERLAP WITH THEIRS
REQUEST FOR 20 MINUTES OF THEIR TIME.
INFO
| SCHOOL | FACULTY | PROGRAM | PROMPT / Link to Prompt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton | |||
| University of Chicago | |||
| Northwestern | |||
| University of Pennsylvania | |||
| Penn State | |||
RESEARCH INTERESTS
TIPS
QUESTIONS WE HAVE
RESOURCES
TEMPLATE FOR REQUESTING A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JowyJw44gR1BKQS411Tj6GrHRrq1Q3TVk0olrPVGHT8/edit?usp=sharing
HOW TO WRITE AN STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XNhg7qX3W3KrbtEOjQgKsddpyfv2nXImX9SH4Ux-znw/edit
GRE TESTING INFORMATION & SCHEDULING