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As graduation nears, some
students are concerned about
life in the “real world,” while
others realize that their time at
school is not over yet — they
still have graduate or profes
sional school ahead.
For many students, graduate
or professional school gives
them a guarantee to succeed in
their chosen profession. Others
want to continue their education
after college because of a pas
sion to continue learning.
Dr. Douglas Starr, a professor
of journalism, said a mas
ter’s degree often will get
one a higher salary and
higher raises during
his or her career. He
said a bachelor's
degree usually is
not enough.
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thousands of
job seekers
have only the
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the line.”
Dr. Clifton Griffin,
physical therapy schools.
According to Langerhans, an
education in physical therapy
includes a master’s program and
has similar acceptance require
ments as graduate school, such as
completing the Graduate Record
Examination (GRE) or the
Graduate Management
Admission Test (GMAT).
Like Langerhans, other stu
dents are preparing to take or
have already taken the GRE.
Mary Catherine Paup, a senior
journalism major, recently took
the GRE to be accepted to
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their bachelor’s degree.
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the director for the Office
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the number of graduate school
applicants increases during
tough economic times. Yet in
spite of ambitious students
desiring higher education, the
task of preparing for graduate
school can be stressful. Some
students have known they want
to continue their education-After
college and have researched
and prepared, while others only
are beginning their search.
Kay Langerhans, a senior
exercise physiology major, said
she realized in high school that
she wanted to work in medicine.
“I had an injury in high school,
and during my own physical ther
apy, 1 saw what it was like,”
Langerhans said. “I got to see the
therapist work with the other
patients, and I knew that was
something I wanted to do.”
Langerhans said she has
applied to a few universities with
graduate
in public
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ol tor a masters
relations.. She
described the test as being sim
ilar to that of the Scholastic
Assessment Test (SAT). Paup
participated in a review course
offered through Kaplan, a com
pany that provides educational
and career services such as test
preparations and admission and
school information.
“I recommend either taking a
review course or buying a review
hook with a disk to practice
because it takes a while to get use
to it,” Paup said.
Paup said it is important to
check with graduate schools to
find out what they look at and the
score to be accepted.
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