English Faculty Award for Honors Literature Students Student Application Name: Expected Graduation Date: Upper Division Courses Taken in English: GRE Preparation: Please explain your planned approach for preparing for the GRE, including: * Noting areas of development on which you particularly want to work, ‘* Providing a short bibliography of resource-material you believe will aid your study, and ‘© Identifying any GRE preparation courses or seminars you plan to attend. Graduate Study Plans: © What schools do you intend to apply to for admission? ‘© Whatis your rationale for sele ig these specific schools? ‘© What is the reputation of these schools in your chosen concentration? ‘+ What specific scholars at these institutions are important in this field with whom you wish to study? ‘© What forms of funding are available for successful candidates at these institutions? ‘© When do you plan to begin applications to these schools? ‘© When do you plan to attend the identified schools? Anticipated Concentration within Literature Studie: * Identify and provide a brief description of your anticipated areas of research, by identifying one or more periods, authors, genres, or critical approaches in which you have an interest. ‘© Indicate your own accomplishments in this area of study (e.g, papers written, courses taken, professional meetings attended, student memberships in relevant organizations) that you believe contribute to being prepared for graduate study. * Ifyou are planning on applying primarily to a terminal Master's program, discuss how you believe this step advances your ultimate educational objective (e.g. doctoral studies), Long-Term Vocational Goals Please explain how you hope to use your graduate studies in English to further your future goals. Where do you hope to be professionally in the next 5, 10, or 15 years? Applicant's Signature. Date. Faculty Sponsor's Signature Date.