Diversity Preview Weekends
Welcome to our database of diversity preview weekends!
Preview weekends are energizing 2-3 day visits analogous to “college open houses” — but for graduate school. They provide college students insight into graduate student life by partaking in various activities on campuses of universities they are interested in applying to! Scroll through our database or browse through the pages to begin your search for the right fit.
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Brown University Graduate Programs Diversity Preview Day
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Brown University (Providence, RI)
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Seniors, recent graduates
The Brown University Graduate Programs invites prospective graduate students from diverse backgrounds, with interest in pursuing a Ph.D. in any discipline, to visit campus and explore academic, social and professional opportunities.
Engineering Achievers in Graduate Education: EngAGE
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Columbia University (New York City, NY)
April
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Bianca Matthew
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Juniors
Looking for the brightest young engineers and applied scientists interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering or applied science disciplines to attend an all-expense-paid weekend in New York City for the Columbia Engineering EngAGE program
Diversity Preview Weekend
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Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
September
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around August 20
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Juniors, Seniors
Introduce attendees to our research programs (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Entomology, and the School of Integrative Plant Science) the year before they apply to graduate school
Duke Diversity Days in Psychology and Neuroscience
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Duke University
October
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Armen Bagdasarov
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Duke Diversity Days in Psychology & Neuroscience 2023 aims to diversify graduate enrollment in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. It is an in-person opportunity for prospective PhD students who are underrepresented in psychology and neuroscience graduate programs to learn more about Duke through seminars, workshops, and conversations with graduate students and faculty.
Prospective students will arrive at Duke's campus in Durham, North Carolina, on Thursday, October 19. Programming will take place on Friday, October 20 and Saturday, October 21. Prospective students will stay with current graduate students on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. All travel, meal, and activity costs will be covered by Duke. Prospective students will head home on Sunday, October 22.
Learning about Laney Visitation Weekend
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Emory University
October
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Website has a lot more information, there is an application you must submit. You need a personal statement, CV and unofficial transcript. This is an all expense paid trip to ATL for student interested in PhD programs at Emory.
Focus Program
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Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
January
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Juniors, Seniors
Attracts the best and brightest underrepresented minority students and encourage them to pursue graduate degrees at Georgia Tech
Getting You into Indiana University (GU2IU) Event
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Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
April
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around March 26
Assistant Dean Dr. Bianca D. Evans-Donaldson
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Seniors
A campus recruitment program for prospective underrepresented and minority students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or M.F.A. at Indiana University (IUB) Bloomington
Explore Hopkins (EHOP)
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Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
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Ayana N. Teal
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Juniors and Seniors
EHOP is a joint effort between the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering. Our program is designed to provide students from underrepresented backgrounds, with an intimate opportunity to learn more about our doctoral programs.
ACCESS Program
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MIT (Cambridge, MA)
September
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around August 6
N/A
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Sophomore, Juniors, Seniors
ACCESS is a weekend of educational and informative events that will introduce talented sophomores, juniors and seniors to the benefits of a graduate education in chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science. The goal of ACCESS is not to prepare students for graduate school at MIT specifically, but rather to introduce them to the advantages of choosing a graduate career path at an institution that best meets each participant's individual needs.
Visit NC State Program
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North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
November
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around October 4
David Shafer, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School
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Sophomore, Juniors, Seniors, U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, International Student
Designed to offer prospective graduate students, and particularly those interested in the Ph.D., an opportunity to visit our campus, at no cost, to learn more about current research of our faculty and graduate students, and to experience the quality of our graduate programs
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