Motivations

• Why do you feel prepared to start graduate school?
• What are you looking to gain from your graduate school experience?

Program/Institution

• What do you think you will contribute to the program?
• Which faculty members’ work particularly interests you and why?

Previous research

• What was your favorite technique that you used in your undergraduate research?
• What do you think are your most significant research accomplisshments?
• If you were starting your project again today, what would you do differently?

Current/Future Research

• What are the biggest challenges/questions in your field of research?
• What is an interesting paper you have read lately?