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Title: Common Sense
Review: I felt like I wasted my money purchasing this book. In general, it was mostly just common sense for anyone who is really serious about applying to graduate school - ie talk to professors, talk to grad students, research the programs you are interested in. Basically, it said that if you do not have excellent grades, you need to have other areas of strength. Obviously.I did find some parts of the book to be quite humorous. It was published in 1997 and talked about using the internet to research schools as a novelty. It just shows that the internet is in use much more than it was when the book was published.Additionally, the book was too long (and too expensive for its quantity and quality). The information could have been summarized in 20 pages max.I really wish I had not purchased this book, but at least Amazon allowed me to return it and get my money back.If you are looking for a book about applying to graduate school, I suggest looking elsewhere.
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