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Graduate School Glossary

Glossary to common graduate school terms
What is a PhD?
What is a PhD?
What is a Master's Degree?
What is a master's degree?
What is a Grade Point Average (GPA)?
What is grade point average, also known as GPA?
What is a Transcript?
What is a transcript?
Ed.D.
What is an Ed.D.?
Psy.D.
What is a Psy.D?
M.D.
What is an M.D.?
Ph.D.
What is a Ph.D.?
Personal Statement
What is a personal statement?
GPA
What is a GPA?
LSAT
What is the LSAT?
GMAT
What is the GMAT?
MCAT
What is the MCAT?
GRE
What is the GRE?
M.Ed.
What is an M.Ed.?
CSW
What is a CSW?
MBA
What is an MBA?
M.A. and M.S.
What is an M.A. and an M.S.?
Dissertation
What is a dissertation?
Distance Education
What is distance education?
Fellowship
What is a fellowship?
What is a Master’s Degree?
What is a master’s degree and what does it entail? Many of your college professors may only mention doctoral degrees when they advise you about graduate school.

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