Graduate School (Master’s/PhD)
Graduate School Resource Links
Find a school/program
U.S. News’ site that lets you search for law, business and medical schools or engineering and education programs.
The most comprehensive online source of graduate school information
WORLD UNIVERSITIES SEARCH ENGINE
International education directory including 7000 Universities and Colleges in 200 countries.
MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION’S ADVICE TO GRADUATE STUDENTS
Advice for prospective English and modern language graduate students in MA and PhD programs.
Admission and advice
ACCREDITEDCOLLEGESONLINE.COM’S GETTING INTO GRADUATE SCHOOL ADVICE
A former instructor for Kaplan, grad student and essay consultant offers some advice free as well as the option of purchasing his complete print guide. Contains an excellent section with resources and additional links.
ESSAYEDGE.COM SAMPLE STATEMENTS
Offers before and after examples of edited essays for graduate, law, medicine and MBA programs. Note that this site also offers fee-based resume editing.
This site has great advice on writing a personal statement and takes you through each step of the process.
Financial aid
FINANCIAL AID FOR GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL
FinAid.org’s resources
Michigan State University Libraries’ web site, grouped by academic interest, type of population, academic level, etc.
PAYING FOR GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL
CollegeAffordabilityGuide.com’s comprehensive resource
NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
CCPD resource page
Entrance exam preparation
Use Test-Guide.com’ reviews of the 6 top GRE prep courses to make your choice based on budget, learning style, guarantees and more.
Provides tests and quizzes in a highly interactive environment, which students can access for free.
Provides tests and quizzes in a highly interactive environment, which students can access for free.
Very thorough plan of action for studying for the GRE by Magoosh, an EdTech company providing affordable, online test prep.
Major nationwide test-prep provider. A comprehensive site with separate links for graduate, business, law and medical school. Test prep courses and study materials for sale.
PRACTICE GRE TESTS FROM LEARNING EXPRESS
Via the SU library, this direct link only works from on campus. Otherwise, log in through the SU library page > Databases A-Z > LearningExpress Library > go to All Centers menu tab at top and choose College Center > use the right arrow to tab over to Prepare for Graduate School Admission Exams > defaults to GMAT, but use the left-hand navigation bar to select for GRE (as well as LSAT and PCAT).
Major nationwide test-prep provider, offering graduate and professional school information, test prep courses and study materials.
Testmasters is one of the fastest-growing test preparation companies in the country. They offer classroom courses, online courses, and private 1-on-1 courses for a variety of exams including the GRE, GMAT, and LSAT. Recently they made our online grading resources free to the public. Students can take publicly available exams, submit their responses for online grading, and receive feedback along with a professionally printed score report at no charge. The website also offers free essay grading. Previously such access would have required students to enroll in a professional test prep course costing hundreds of dollars.