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November 7 - 9, 2024
At the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EARTH), we've made it our mission to enhance diversity, not only within our department, but in the environmental and geosciences as a whole. Therefore, every year in the fall semester, EARTH organizes the ForALL Preview event about a month before graduate student applications are due.
This year's ForALL Preview event is on Friday November 8, 2024.
It is open to prospective students who are eligible for the Rackham Merit Fellowship Award. It provides an opportunity for college juniors, seniors, and recently graduated students with a BS or MS degree to
- explore graduate school and our department,
- get information about the graduate school application and admissions processes,
- learn about EARTH's MS and PhD programs,
- meet faculty and current graduate students and learn about their research,
- get a sense of academic life at the University of Michigan and in EARTH.
The ForALL Preview event will be held on the University of Michigan campus. Roundtrip airfare, ground transportation from the Detroit airport (DTW) to Ann Arbor, lodging, and meals during your stay will be covered by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Eligibility
Fall preview weekend is open to United States citizens, permanent residents, and undocumented students with DACA who meet more than one of the following criteria:
- Come from an educational, cultural or geographic background that is underrepresented in graduate study in their discipline in the U.S. or at the University of Michigan.
- Have demonstrated a sustained commitment to diversity in the academic, professional or civic realm through their work experience, volunteer engagement, or leadership of student or community organizations. By commitment to diversity, we mean efforts in the U.S. to reduce social, educational or economic disparities based on race, ethnicity or gender, or to improve race relations in the United States.
- Have experienced financial hardship as a result of family economic circumstances.
- Are first-generation U.S. citizens or are the first generation in their families to graduate from a four-year college.
International students who are currently located in the United States and otherwise meet the criteria are also eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Applications can be submitted at the link below through the InfoReady Review webiste. When applying, you will be required to register an account following the instructions under "Login for Other Users."
Your application must include:
- personal information;
- their areas of interest (Climate Change & Paleoclimate; Environmental Sciences & Hydrology; Geobiology; Geochronology & Thermochronology; Geology, Structural Geology & Tectonics; Geophysics & Seismology; Low-Temperature Geochemistry; Mineralogy, Petrology & High-Temperature Geochemistry; Oceanography; Paleontology);
- contact information for a reference (references can be requested before submitting the application by navigating to the final section);
- transcript(s) (unofficial documents are acceptable);
- at least two, 250-word limit essays (with an optional third essay), that explain the following:
1. academic experiences that an applicant has found particularly valuable and enjoyable;
2. the applicant's interest in attending an Earth & Environmental Sciences graduate program;
3. (optional) the applicant's potential for success in graduate school that may not be reflected by the GPA or standardized test scores.
Deadline for application: The 2024 application is due September 20th.
You will be notified of your acceptance status via email. All students accepted will receive instructions on how to attend the ForALL Preview.
Fee waiver – We will waive the application fee to the Rackham Graduate School for all students who are selected to participate in our ForALL Preview program.
Questions? – Contact michigan-earth@umich.edu
