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Graduate Gateway

Welcome to the Graduate Gateway, where you will find resources specially designed for graduate writers.

Graduate Gateway Areas
Getting into Grad School:Personal Statements, Admission Essays, and Writing Samples Writing Grant and Fellowship Proposals: Suggestions, Links, and Helpful Samples
Graduate Level Writing: Comprehensive Exams, Critical Theories Beyond Grad School: Resumes, CVs, and Cover Letters
Thesis and Dissertation Graduate Writing: Texts at the UWC
Writing Conference Papers: Guidelines and Models Grad Links: Links to outside resources for Grad students
UCF Graduate Studies  

Getting into Grad School
Guidelines for Writing Your Personal Statement
Worksheet for Writing a Personal Statement
Writing the Personal Statement

Sample Personal Statement
Writing Personal Statements

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Resources

ETD and Formatting Instructional Videos

ETD Process

ETD Assistance: Located in the Faculty Multimedia Center (FMC) in CL I

An ETD Graduate Assistant is available to help you with formatting elements of your thesis or dissertation. Please contact the ETD Graduate Assistant at blenoir@mail.ucf.edu for an appointment. Availability by appointment only: M-W 12-5; F 8-1.

Application Essay Links

College Admissions Essays.com

About the website
This site is dedicated to helping students write the most effective college admission essays for your school of choice. Additional links are provided for assistance with financial aid, SAT preparation, and other college admission needs.

Writing the Scholarship Essay

About the website
Suggestions for your college admissions essay, including leadership experiences, extra-curricular activities and more personal subjects, such as a significant epiphany, favorite books, and what you learned from a troubling experience. Less formal, but offers steps and ideas for writers.

Tests for Graduate School Admissions

GRE
The GRE website outlines expectations for the writing section of the test. They also provide example questions and tips.

LSAT
The LSAT website offers insights and suggestions for taking the exam.

MCAT
The MCAT website offers details and tips on taking and passing the analytical writing section of the test

Free MCAT Practice Exams

Graduate Level Writing
Tips for Taking and Passing Comprehensive Exams
Critical Theories and Literature

Thesis and Dissertation
Tackling a Thesis
Preparing for the Defense
Sample Theses and Dissertations
Writing Your Dissertation: created by the University of North Carolina Writing Center, this excellent guide offers help for starting, drafting, completing, and surviving the dissertation process.

Writing Conference Papers
Preparing a Conference Proposal
Preparing to Present a Conference Paper

Writing Grant and Fellowship Proposals
Writing a Grant Proposal
Grant Sources and Links
Sample Grant Proposals: Check out this collection of education-based grant proposals to get an idea of format and content. Learning Lab also offers a list of links to sample proposals. Search for "grant proposals."

Beyond Grad School
Cover Letters
About E-Resumes
Locating Professional References
Resume Basics
Resume Content and Structure
Sample Resume
CVs
CV Writing Tips

Turning a Resume into a CV

Example Resumes
functional

chronological (traditional)
scannable

Also visit Career Services and Experiential Learning for more information on professional writing.