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New PhDs.org Graduate School Rankings
- All new rankings of nearly 6000 graduate programs at 418 universities. Rankings include new data from NSF on where recent PhDs got jobs, how they were funded, and more.
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Advice for undergraduates considering graduate school
- by Phil Agre, UCSD.
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Straight Talk About Graduate School
- Hard-won advice about applying to grad school. The suggested questions to ask are quite good.
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Top Ranked Graduate Schools in the Biomedical Sciences
- This website provides advice and guidance for prospective graduate students in the biomedical and biological sciences. Because of the importance of funding in graduate education, this website concentrates on schools and programs that are well-funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Graduate Programs in Mathematics
- A list of links to mathematics departments in the US, courtesy of Harvey Mudd College.
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Ranking of US Psychology Ph.D. Programs by Area
- "This page contains links to U.S. psychology Ph.D. programs grouped by research area and ranked in quality according to the Princeton Review's 'Gourman Report of Graduate Programs'"
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GRE General Test: Math Review
- Review materials for the mathematics section of the GRE general test from ETS.
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Stipends for Graduate Assistants
- " The Chronicle surveyed the top research universities in the United States about the benefits they provide to their teaching and research assistants. The survey was designed to provide a snapshot of the benefits, rather than a comprehensive look at every graduate student or every graduate institution. "
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Wanted: Really Smart Suckers - Grad school provides exciting new road to poverty
- The Village Voice, April 27, 2004.
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Practice GRE General Test
- A complete practice GRE General Test courtesy of ETS. "Contains one full-length paper-based GRE General Test, test-taking strategies, sample verbal and quantitative questions with explanations, sample analytical writing topics, and scored sample essays and reader commentary."
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The Top American Research Universities
- " TheCenter determines the Top American Research Universities by their rank on nine different measures: Total Research, Federal Research, Endowment Assets, Annual Giving, National Academy Members, Faculty Awards, Doctorates Granted, Postdoctoral Appointees, and Median SAT Scores. "
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Everything I Wish Somebody Would Have Told Me About Graduate School Admissions
- (and a few things that people did tell me but that I didn't really believe until after it was all over.) by Matt Lepinski.
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Should You Go to Graduate School?: Here are some important questions to consider before you
- Is graduate school right for you? Here are some serious questions to consider before you make this commitment.
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NRC Rankings
- The National Research Council's 1994 ratings of graduate programs are available as Excel 5.0 spreadsheets. (This is part of the information used in the PhDs.org rankings)
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Writing the Personal Statement - The OWL at Purdue
- This handout provides information about writing personal statements for academic and other positions.
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Princeton Review College Ratings
- These rankings provide a somewhat less academic perspective. They cover everything from academics and athletics to politics and parties and give a sense of what life on campus is like. You have to leave the office every once in awhile!
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Letters of Recomendation
- Good advice on how to ask for letters of recommendation.
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The Seven Sins of Applying to Graduate School
- "These tips are one of a kind! Where else can you get expert advice on how not to get in?"
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Grants in Graduate Studies
- " GIGS is a database of grants for graduate and post-graduate students, provided by U.S. government, international, corporate and private funding agencies, in addition to grants from departments within New York University. "
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World University Rankings by the Times Higher Education Supplement
- The top 20 American research universities according to the 2005 (London) Times Higher Education Supplement
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Peterson's Guide to Graduate and Professional Programs
- Comprehensive set of overviews of graduate programs in all of the sciences.
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Graduate Programs in Statistics
- A list compiled by Mitchell Watnik
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Sell Yourself: Guidance for Developing Your Personal Statement for Graduate School
Applications
- "Its the night before the application deadline and Jamal has completed all application forms, requested transcripts, and asked for letters of recommendation from his professors and research mentor. One last piece needs his attention, however: the personal statements. One application states, 'Discuss how your past educational, research and/or work experience(s) will contribute to your proposed studies.' Another application asks, 'What are your career goals and how do you see our program supporting your goals?'"
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Don't Become a Scientist!
- "Why am I (a tenured professor of physics) trying to discourage you from following a career path which was successful for me? Because times have changed (I received my Ph.D. in 1973, and tenure in 1976). American science no longer offers a reasonable career path. If you go to graduate school in science it is in the expectation of spending your working life doing scientific research, using your ingenuity and curiosity to solve important and interesting problems. You will almost certainly be disappointed, probably when it is too late to choose another career."
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Should I Go to Grad School?
- " Short answer: no. Long answer: maybe, but... "
