Students - Role in MS Admission Process
Applying to MS can be stressful and demanding for students. Many students feel considerable pressure to perform well on standardized tests, participate in extracurricular activities and write authentic-sounding essays while maintaining high grades in rigorous courses at under-grad level. The outcome of the admission process may affect a student's future career trajectory considerably, so a student has to remain committed and interested to clear each milestone in the process. Entrance into top MS programs is increasingly competitive.
Students need to juggle between 5 pretty unrelated activities and synchronize them:
- Improving undergraduate academic grades
- Work on GRE test
- Participate in extracurricular activities
- Research colleges to apply to
- Work on admission essays