GRADUATE HORIZONSA PRE-GRADUATE SCHOOL PROGRAMFor Native American, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native StudentsCollaborating partners: AIGC ( American Indian Graduate Center ), Winds of Change magazine, the Princeton Review Foundation, University ofWashington, and many of the nation's finest graduate and professional programs. July 14-17, 2007 University of Washington , SeattleThe Graduate Horizons Program is a four-day "crash course" for Native college students, master's students or alumni to help prepare them for graduate school (master's, Ph.D. or professional school). Faculty, admission officers and deans representing hundreds of graduate disciplines and a host of graduate and professional schools will helpyou: * Select programs and careers suitable for you * Complete winning applications and write memorable personal statements * Learn what turns an applicant into an admitted student * Become a test-prep "whiz kid" on the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, & MCAT * Find your way through the financial aid/scholarship jungle * Explore special issues for Native students * Learn graduate school survival tipsStudents will learn about a broad variety of programs and establish personal relationships with graduate school representatives that continue long after the program is over. Participants will be limited to 75 and will be Native American (enrolled members only), Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian college students, master's students or alumni. Students will be selected by application. First round, priority receipt deadline is February 1; 2nd round receipt deadline is March 1. Applications will be accepted on a space-available basis to June 1 (after May 1, please contact us to see if we still have spaces). Complete program cost is $150 (includes tuition, room, meals, and transportation to campus from SeaTac airport). Students are responsible for their own airfare, but substantial funds are available for airfare and tuition assistance (in 2006, 70% of our students received travel awards).
Programs and Universities attending:American Indian Graduate CenterSyracuse University Arizona State UniversityTexas A&M UniversityCornell UniversityThe Admission Advisory GroupDartmouth CollegeThe Princeton Review FoundationDuke UniversityUniversity of ArizonaGeorge town UniversityUniversity of California - BerkeleyHarvard UniversityUniversity of Missouri-ColumbiaInstitute for Recruitment of TeachersUniversity of OklahomaLewis & Clark Law SchoolUniversity of Puget Sound Michigan State UniversityUniversity of WashingtonOregon State UniversityWashington State UniversityPrinceton UniversityWashington UniversityStanford UniversityYale UniversityConsortium for Graduate Study in Management (representing 13 business schools) http://www.aigc.com/