Subject Guide to Choosing a Professional or Graduate School
Below are some resources in Mossey Library and on the Internet which may help with the process of selecting, evaluating, applying and financing graduate or professional school.
If you need help, don't hesitate to ask at the reference desk, or contact Reference Librarians Linda Moore or Mark Maier.
Selecting a School
Detailed descriptions of various graduate programs can be found in
Peterson's Graduate and Professional Programs, An Overview Ref L901 .P442. Click here for an online version.
Gradschools.com - This site allows you to search by programs at universities across the country.
Evaluation and Rankings
Although controversial and not the final word on quality, each year the mid-April
issue of U.S. News & World Report contains several articles ranking graduate and professional schools. We have a copy
of the report in our Reference Collection. For a fee, you can also
view them online here.
Testing
Two excellent test practice and preparation sites are
Learn
a Test and Test Prep Review.
See also the GRE, Kaplan and for helpful resources on test preparation, preparing for interviews and selecting a graduate program that's right for you.
Financing
A good source for finding information about financing graduate school school
Free Money for Graduate School.
Specific Disciplines
The resources above are general resources for all disciplines, while those listed below
are target for specific programs.
Law: a good starting point is LSAT prep.
Medicine: see
MCAT.
Business: see the
Princeton Review.
Library &
Information Science: see the American Library Association.
Science, Math & Engineering: for career information and program rankings, click here.