Section I: What Are Graduate Schools Looking For?
Chapter 1: Making The “Grade” in College
Chapter 2: The Big Three: Academics, Scholarship, and
Activities
Section II: What Should You Be Doing From Freshman To Senior
Year?
Chapter 3: Freshman Year: Find a Direction
Chapter 4: Sophomore and Junior Years: Pursue Opportunities
Chapter 5: Senior Year: Select Schools and Complete
Applications
Section III: Completing Parts of the Graduate School Application
and More
Chapter 6: Writing a “Letter of Intent”
Chapter 7: Writing a Résumé and Curriculum Vitae
Chapter 8: Submitting, Interviewing, and Waiting
Section IV: The Decision Letters and Next Steps
Chapter 9: Acceptance and Rejection: Realizing Opportunity In Both
Cases
Chapter 10: Reflecting on the Process and Graduation
Gregory J. Privitera is a three-time national-award-winning
author and a professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure University
where he is a recipient of its highest teaching honor, The Award
for Professional Excellence in Teaching, and its highest honor for
scholarship, The Award for Professional Excellence in Research and
Publication. Dr. Privitera received his PhD in behavioral
neuroscience in the field of psychology at the State University of
New York at Buffalo and continued with his postdoctoral research at
Arizona State University. His texts span diverse topics in
psychology and the behavioral sciences and include an
introductory psychology text, three statistics texts, two research
methods texts, and multiple other texts bridging knowledge creation
across health, health care, and analytics. In addition, Dr.
Privitera has authored more than three dozen peer-reviewed papers
aimed at advancing our understanding of health, health literacy,
and informing policy in health care. His research has earned
recognition by the American Psychological Association and in media
to include Oprah’s Magazine, Time Magazine, and the Wall Street
Journal. He mentors a variety of undergraduate research projects at
St. Bonaventure University, where dozens of students, many of whom
have gone on to earn graduate and doctoral degrees at various
institutions, have coauthored and presented research work. In
addition to his teaching, research, and advisement, Dr. Privitera
is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, is an identical twin, and is
married with two daughters, Grace Ann and Charlotte Jane, and two
sons, Aiden Andrew and Luca James.
"Privitera helps students to keep their eye on a goal and a prize
from day one of college, and he helps them to understand that
long-term thinking can enhance all areas of life."
*Ramani Durvasula, California State University, Los Angeles*
"The single most impressive aspect…is the concrete plan outlined
for how students can plan for applying to graduate school, as early
as their freshman year."
*Stacy Bender, Alfred University*
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