Graduate Programs
When looking at graduate programs, the reputation of this organization is more important the the reputation of the school
What is the department or program?
This document is among the most important in the application process and is completed entirely by the student applying.
What is the statement of purpose?
The McNair program was named for an astronaut and physicist who died in this space shuttle accident.
What is the Challenger?
The GRE is made of these three sections.
What are verbal, quantitative, and writing?
Receiving a PhD entitles you to this title regardless of whether or not you become a professor.
What is Doctor?
"Ph.D" stands for this phrase
What is Doctor of Philosophy?
This is the most common number of letters of recommendation required for a graduate school application.
What is three?
Ronald E. McNair is from this U.S. state.
What is South Carolina?
The GRE takes this amount of time to complete.
What is 3 hours and 45 minutes?
This title is the first one given to a professor who has just received tenure.
What is Associate Professor?
This written document is required to graduate with a PhD
What is a dissertation or doctoral thesis?
You are strongly encouraged to apply to this many programs.
What is 10-12?
There are this many McNair programs in Utah.
What is one?
Name a word that completes the following sentence:
"The reporter's most significant weakness is its assumption that the phenomenon under study is __, when in reality it is limited to a specific geographic area."
What is ubiquitous, universal, broadly applicable, etc.?
This is the phrase given to careers outside of the professoriate in higher education.
What is Alt-Ac or Alternatives to Academic Careers?
This is the term applied to a financial award letter that covers tuition and a stipend for multiple years
What is full funding?
You will send this document to Jo once you receive it from a graduate program.
What the offer of admission/award letter?
The McNair Scholars program was first funded in this year.
What is 1989?
Solve.
A business owner obtained a $6,000 loan at a simple annual interest rate of r percent in order to purchase a computer. After one year, the owner made a single payment of $6,840 to repay the loan including interest. What is the value of r?
What 14%?
The ceremonial process that takes place at PhD commencements
What is hooding?
The professor with whom you will work the most closely on your PhD research is also given this title.
What is Dissertation Chair or Chair?
You will check this resource to find out the policy for the graduate application waiver when you're applying to graduate programs.
What is the COE Voucher list?
Ronald E. McNair was adept at this instrument.
What is the saxophone?
This measurement is more informative than your combined score.
What is the percentile?
This is the best type of dissertation.
What is done or finished?