Hi all, I'm new here, and just now attempting to put together an application for grad school, with the hopes to enter in Fall 2013.
I'm one of the first people in my family to apply to a decent grad school - my mom applied to a new program at a local school before me, but she has a different experience being in the sciences, I feel. I'm trying to get into a grad program in the social sciences.
At this point, I have my target schools, and my top choice needs ALL application materials in by January 3rd. When is the absolute latest I should take my GRE, given that I need to allow time for scores to come back and be sent to schools, etc. I'm trying to put together a rough timeline of how I should be approaching all of this, and so any help on this front would be appreciated. Things like "Essay Done by X date", "GRE done by Y date", "School list compiled by Z date etc" I have a lot of time on my hands to study and really get to know the in and outs of this process, so please point me anywhere that you think could help.
Thank you all so much, and all the best with your guys' applications as well