Six Month Grad School Application Plan
I plan on writing a proper intro sometime soon, but right now I’m going to try to get my plan straight.
ROADMAP:
- Tuesday, 12/15/2015: Sign up for the affordable JS (or Ruby) course. The curriculum looks good!
- Thursday, 1/7/2016: Purchase a new laptop (Macbook Pro?) before that date as this is when the course starts. My current laptop is almost five years old and on its last legs. I’m afraid to take it out of my house.
- Sunday, 1/3/2016: Must have already taken the GRE once. I have been studying for the past few months focusing on quant, so it’s time to take a leap of faith. Goal: 163V, 162Q, 4.5 AWA
- Thursday, 1/14/2016: Contact three potential recommenders on this day (college stats prof, college TA I had for several classes in my major, and hopefully my new JS instructor)
- Thursday, 1/21/2016: Contact an additional recommender if necessary since I have been out of school for several years and ugh (start thinking about who could step in and vouch for you: visiting prof from last semester, vision TA?)
- 2/17/2016-3/1/2016: Work on apps and apply to programs (check deadlines, but that Feb date is really the earliest I could swing)
- April/May 2016: If I’m not accepted anywhere or money does not work out, apply to coding bootcamp