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Graduate School Ready Guide
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Task #1:

Develop Good Study Skills

Keeping up in your graduate courses is similar to your undergraduate senior-level course work.

One exception is that you will participate in more lab work and case studies that can be difficult. It would be good to develop good study skills.

Some suggestions:

Online Study Skills Workshops:


Learning Abilities:

Task #2:

Building Discipline for Success

The most important thing to "take" when you start school is discipline and the motivation to succeed.


You will use discipline to:

  • keep up with your class assignments and readings
  • prepare for the mid-week exam
  • make preparations to continue school
  • pass each class with honors
  • graduate with honors
  • find that perfect job
  • build up your career
  • live a successful life

The ingredients of discipline include a well-rounded character with hope and motivation.

Learn more about building discipline and a better you.

Task #3:

Making the Move


Making a Family Move:
visit our Relocation Center for a detailed list of moving requirements. This is especially helpful if you are moving a family household


Making a Personal-Self Move:

if you are moving yourself to grad school, you may need to find housing and move a few items:

Task #4:

Credit Management 101


Credit Card Use 101

It's a big step heading off to college. It's another big step entering into the world of financial management and credit financing.

  • As a graduating high school student, you will be targeted by credit card companies on the "EASE" of using and having your own credit card.

    Think about it! Your own personal card to buy pizza, clothes, gas, music — you name it — without having to pawn money from your parents.


But there is a hitch!

The credit card charges will come due in about 25 days. And if you are like most students, you won't have have enough money to pay your credit card off.

No problem!, say the credit card companies. Simply pay the minimum payment (which will be very low) and continue using your card up to your available credit line limit.

  • That is where the credit card companies entrap you — they want to keep you paying that low minimum payment from month-to-month.

    By paying just the minimum payment each month, it will take you about 23 years to pay off your credit card balance.

    Now you can see why credit card companies want YOU as their customer.

Task #5:

What Kind of Credit Card for School

You will need a cash card for school. Many college-town merchants will not accept checks and you don't want to carry around cash. But beware! Many students quickly get into debt with easy use of credit cards. What kind of card should you get:

  1. Pre-paid credit:
    see how to use pre-paid credit cards to manage and budget your student funds. They work just like credit cards. But they limit your spending by the amount of money you load to the card:

    view how to use pre-paid credit to manage student loans


  2. Get smart:
    preview student credit cards to get an idea on what type of cards are available. Equip yourself with knowledge on what is out there to avoid getting hooked on a credit card marketing offers:

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