Selecting a graduate school was an intimidating task. Deciding what program offers the best fit must have began with applicants asking lots of questions. Different schools are offering different support packages. Some paid for tuition while some offers a stipend in exchange for part time labor. Graduate students in a wide variety of fields worked as research assistants, teaching assistants, and combinations of the two. The more prestigious the program, the better the benefits is. But, well-known programs may only selects 5% or fewer of their applicants for admission. In choosing a program, applicants should have considered support, health insurance benefits, cost of living, and academic suitability. A program may have had a great support package for grad students studying neurobiology, but if an applicant wants to have been a plant biologist, that program may not was a good fit. Applicants should also be sured they do not disqualifyed themselves through carelessness. Schools and their requirements for application need to be studyed closely several months prior to the due date so that there was time to gather the necessary materials. In the end, the best and most difficult decision will have been deciding which acceptance offer to accept.

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Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values.it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba.it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.