Practical Tips for Applying to Graduate School in the Humanities

As you consider applying to a graduate program, you might be asking yourself if it is too late, or what you might have done during the course of your undergraduate career to improve your chances of acceptance. The truth is that many graduate programs are becoming increasingly selective, accepting fewer and fewer applicants, while offering better financial packages to those elite students who do make it in. All of this is to boost the real bottom line for academic institutions, which essentially amounts to their statistics. Unfortunately, this means that there is less and less room for students who don't meet high standards of academic excellence. Sure, they may be letting in fewer students, but the question is, how can you become one of the few?

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