Problem: Article: If you are not currently in a baccalaureate program or if it has been many years since you have been an undergraduate, you may demonstrate that your work experience makes you qualified for the program. While you may still be required to submit transcripts, prepare a thorough CV that demonstrates your experience. In your personal statement or statement of interest, you can explain how your work experience makes you uniquely qualified for the program. Many universities will ask for your job history. This is a good place to demonstrate how your experience outside of university has made you a competitive applicant. Typically, you will need at least three references, although this number can vary by university. Never list a faculty member as a reference until s/he gives you permission to do so. Always ask first. Give the faculty member at least two months of advance notice. Provide a copy of your CV and statement of research interests to help the writer craft the letter appropriately. To ask someone to write you a letter of recommendation, you can say, "I am applying to graduate school this fall. I was wondering if you would be willing to write me a letter of recommendation. I really value your good word." If they agree, don't forget to thank them. If it has been a few years since you graduated your baccalaureate program, you may want to ask recent employers or coworkers to write references for you. Choose people who can testify to your hard work and the skills needed for the graduate program. Graduate programs will often require not just a personal statement but also statements about your research interests, interest in the graduate school, and plans for the future. The length and requirements vary from university to university. While it may be tempting to write one statement and send it to all schools, it is best to tailor your personal statement to each school that you are attending. State why you are interested in each university and how it will help you achieve your goals. A personal statement is a short essay about your skills, experience, and unique characteristics that make you a strong applicant. A statement of research interests explores what you want to research and why. You may also state how you are qualified to begin this research. A statement of interest details why you are interested in that particular university. Here you might explain which faculty members you want to work with, classes you want to take, or opportunities that will be available to you. Many universities have writing centers where you can have a consultant read over your statements. They can not only proofread the statement but also give you suggestions as to things that you should include. It can take a few weeks for your current or former university to process requests for transcripts, and it can take a few more weeks after that for the transcript to reach the other school. Make sure that you submit your transcripts as early as possible so that they reach the schools you are applying to. If you are applying in the fall, you should request your transcripts around October. Graduate school applications will include many pages asking for details. They may ask you for personal information, job history, course history, a CV, writing sample, portfolio, and other personal details. Each application can take several hours, in addition to writing the statements and ordering the transcripts. Do not procrastinate, or leave it until the night before the deadline. Most applications charge a fee. You may be eligible to waive the fee if you are unable to pay. Contact the graduate school, and ask them about fee waivers. Read the application policies carefully. If the university wants all of your files in a PDF, make sure that you convert your files to PDF before you submit. Before you submit your application, double-check it to make sure that you filled everything out correctly and attached the proper documents.
Summary: Demonstrate your work experience. Ask current faculty members to write letters of reference for you. Write strong statements of support. Submit transcripts and other documentation early. Fill out the application.

Problem: Article: If the information or quote you are referencing in an academic paper or book comes from a source, you will need to give your reader the necessary information to look up the information in that source. This is done for a variety of reasons: To avoid plagiarism, you must correctly attribute ideas and quotations, which is using someone else's ideas or material without acknowledgement (intentionally or unintentionally). If you are a student, plagiarism may result in disciplinary action. If you are an academic or professional, plagiarism will result in, at best, the rejection of your manuscript, and at worst disciplinary action. People have even their degrees revoked when plagiarism was discovered. To allow the reader to check your work. Proper citations allow readers to look up the quotes and ideas you used in context, to see if they agree with your interpretation. To allow interested readers to dig deeper. Endnotes allow readers interested in your topic to easily locate the sources that informed it so that they can read them as well. To show that you have considered a variety of sources. Endnotes allow you to show the reader that you have considered all of the major arguments regarding your given topic, or if you have not, allows them to easily see which authors you have failed to consider. Because you will need to correctly cite your sources, it is important to keep track of all the pertinent information when taking notes. This includes: Page number Author name, as well as the name of any editors or translators Book name, place of publishing, name of publisher, and year of publishing if a book Article name, periodical name, volume and series number, and date of publication Other systems cite sources parenthetically within the text or in footnotes at the bottom of the page. Endnotes, on the other hand, are all collected in a separate section labeled "Notes" at the end of your paper. There are advantage and disadvantages to this: Pushing citations to the end of a paper or work helps to create clean, uncluttered pages. This is why endnotes are often preferred in books. Having all the citations in one place allows the reader to digest them as a whole. On the other hand, not having citations on the page means the reader will have to flip to the back of your manuscript each time they want to look something up, which can be frustrating. Endnotes can give the impression that you are trying to hide your citations. You should insert a superscript number in your text immediately after you reference someone else's work. The same number will appear in the endnote section at the end of your manuscript, allowing your reader to look up the citation. Note numbers should follow punctuation. Never put a note number before a period, comma, or quotation mark. Note numbers should be consecutive throughout an entire paper. In a book, note numbers may restart with each chapter, in which case the endnotes should be divided by chapter. Put the superscript number at the end of the clause or sentence in which you reference someone else's materials. For example: "According to Hoskins and Garrett, IQ tests are often problematic,1 but I argue that it is still possible to implement them usefully in school settings." Your endnotes should start on their own page, with "Notes" centered at the top. Each citation should start with a superscript number that matches the note number in the text where the material was cited. Indent the first line of each endnote half an inch (or 5 spaces) from the left margin. Additional lines within a single endnote should be flush with the left hand margin. Use the appropriate citation form per your style guide. While you can insert a superscript number yourself and then scroll to your endnotes page to write the note, it is much easier to use the Endnote Function in your word processor. In programs like Microsoft Word, you simply have to click Insert > Insert Endnote (or References > Insert Endnote, depending on your version). A number note will automatically be inserted into the text wherever your cursor is and you will be taken to the same note number on the endnotes page, where you can enter the citation information.
Summary:
Use endnotes to cite sources. Keep track of your sources as you research your paper. Put endnotes at the end of your paper. Insert note numbers in the text to reference your endnotes. Create a separate endnotes page. Pick a word processor that inserts notes and creates an automatic link to the endnotes page.