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The ultimate guide to applying to a graduate program: Part 5. Communicating with school officials

American email etiquette 101 A big part of the application process is communication with school officials. You will have questions - about transcripts, test scores, translations, funding - anything you can think of. If you aren’t used to email communication in English, writing emails may…

By Irina Kuznetcova

What does a typical graduate class look like?

To say that I was anxious about my first graduate class is an understatement. What will my classmates be like? How will instructors teach? What are homework assignments like? Are the course memorization-heavy? Will I be bored to death by lectures again?.. With all these…

By Irina Kuznetcova

English skills for international students - Pt. 1. Communicative acts and social norms

After a 13-hour bus ride from New York, I had only two things on my mind: food and passing out in my bed. As I was dragging my (not so big) suitcase through the downtown of my new home base, my eyes came across a…

By Irina Kuznetcova