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Sources of Comprehensive Graduate School Information

• www.gradschools.com - a searchable grad program database
• gradview.com
• Catapult's Graduate and Professional School Guides
• The Princeton Review's graduate school page
• Graduate-education.com

About Graduate School

• Council of Graduate Schools
• PhDs.Org (out of Dartmouth College)
• Going to Graduate School from Embark.com
• Carolyn Kleiner wrote an article on things you should consider before pursuing a PhD
• How to Succeed in Graduate School" by Marie desJardins
• Faculty Advice for Undergraduates Considering Graduate School" by Phil Agre
• The University of Michigan Graduate School publishes "How to Get the Mentoring You Want," which offers fantastic and thorough advice to students in choosing the right mentors. Worthwhile reading for undergraduate and graduate students alike
• The purpose of Accepted.com, according to their website, is "helping you to write the best personal statement or application essay that you can write"

Finding the Right Graduate Program for You

• Gradschools.com
• Graduate School Directory (from Gradschools.com)
• U.S. News and World Report 2001 Graduate School Rankings
• Peterson's Online
• Peterson's Graduate School Channel
• Ratings page allows you to select a discipline, then choose criteria that are most important to you, and then ranks all the graduate programs in that discipline according to your criteria
• US News listing of on-line graduate programs.

Information for Minority Students

• AMIE: Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering
• Diversity Digest, from Association of American Colleges and Universities
• The Coalition to Increase Minority Degrees is headquartered at Arizona State University. They have a nifty link to graduate funding sources based on major
• The Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students of the University of California-Berkeley sponsor a Future Black Faculty Database for doctoral students and faculty of African descent
• GEM: National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc.

Information About the GRE (Graduate Record Examination)

• Educational Testing Service (ETS) homepage (this is the organization that administers the GRE)
• The ETS also has a page dedicated to the GRE