Course: Puentes Summer 2024

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The 2024 Puentes Summer Training will be focusing on items necessary for a successful graduate school or summer research program application.

This training is designed to help you craft the majority, if not all, of the application materials necessary for your upcoming applications. Each week you will be completing an assignment that goes toward your application package, and that assignment will be uploaded to your SharePoint folder (link below) by the listed deadline. You are expected to submit revised versions of your materials by Monday, July 15. Application items will again be reviewed, and feedback will be provided by email. Additionally, individual meetings may be setup to discuss comments/feedback of your revised materials.

We look forward to working with you this summer and supporting you in crafting your application materials!
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Hi everyone!

Below are some useful links and documents that you can peruse and create study sets with (my recommendation is to divide and conquer to make vocab flashcards). Other than that read and practice as much as you can (making sure to take time for your own well being and not stress!).

Feel free to reach out, my email is roble055@cougars.csusm.edu. Or visit me while I'm in lab Tuesday's 12PM - 1PM in SCI Hall 1, room 214.

-Dulce Robles

6/13 ANNOUNCEMENT: Apologies there is a weird reverb in the Sentence Equivalence video if the audio is set too loud. Please let me know if this is an issue for any of you, and I would be happy to re-record and upload a better audio version.
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Hello McNair Scholars,

My name is Enrique and I've been tasked with helping and guiding you through the math portion of the GRE. I happen to have just received my B.S. in Mathematics and have been working closely with the STEM SC and FIRST2STEM program for three years. If you have any questions on any of the material or need a more guided video on some questions, my email

garci567@cougars.csusm.edu

I look forward to hearing from you and I hope I am of great help!

Arithmetic Exercises on pg. 28 on GRE PDF

Algebra Exercises on pg. 80 on GRE PDF

Geometry Exercises on pg. 115 on GRE PDF

Data Analysis Exercises on pg. 185 on GRE PDF
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Hello all!

I'm excited to have you joining me for the Analytical Writing portion of our GRE prep course. If you can read this, the first video for this section of the course is either on its way or has already been uploaded. There will be three videos in this series: one overview video plus one in-depth video for each of the two GRE writing portions. If I miss something or there are sufficient clarifications to be made, I will gladly upload a fourth video to make sure all bases are covered. Transcripts will also be posted soon after each video in case anyone prefers or requires a written version of the lesson. Since this portion of the program will be completely asynchronous, I will be fully dependent on email communication from you if you have questions or concerns about the test. Please do not hesitate to get in touch! My email is leao001@cougars.csusm.edu.

Looking forward to hearing from you all soon,

Carlos Caetano Leão
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Hello, McNair Scholars!

Here you will find materials and resources to guide your quantitative prep. The materials are sorted into folders by subject. In each folder, you'll find benchmark assessments and lessons. In the resource folder, you'll find a practice exam with solutions, an index of materials and the Exam Overview Powerpoint from our first session.

Hope to see you at office hours on Thursdays at 1. Don't hesitate to reach out on Teams or by email (jbrich@csusm.edu) with any questions as you work independently. Dedicating just a few minutes each day really adds up! :)

Happy studying!
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Agenda, Due Dates, and How to Apply to Graduate School

Requesting Letters of Recommendation

Writing your CV

Writing your Personal Statment

Writing your Diversity Statement

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2022 GRE: Quantitative Reasoning

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