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Resources to help prepare your grad school application

How to write an effective personal statement:

10 tips for writing a grad school personal statement
http://college.usatoday.com/2012/10/12/10-tips-for-writing-a-grad-school-personal-statement/

Preparing an Effective Personal Statement
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2002_07_12/nodoi.14900397769874419522

My Grad School Application Essay
http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-grad-school-application-essay.html

How not to apply to grad school

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2015_04_23/caredit.a1500101

UC Berkeley's resources for applying to grad school

https://career.berkeley.edu/Grad/Grad