1. Education

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 an Assistantship?

Many graduate students pay for all of part of graduate school by working as research and teaching assistants.

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.?

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?

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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