Some grad school programs require an admissions interview. Many graduate programs require applicants to take a standardized admissions exam, such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE™).

Some graduate-admissions committees use centralized systems; others invent their own reporting formats. Consequently, we may complete as many as 10 unique surveys about the same student.

However, in my time as a dean of admissions, letters of denial were mistakenly sent to a few applicants. It would not hurt to check this out—kindly, not in an accusatory way. 6.

The most common standardized exams for graduate school admission are the GRE®, LSAT®, MCAT® and GMAT™. Typical grad school application materials include personal statements or essays ...