Graduate School Resources

The Process

Applying to Graduate and Professional Schools" by Elinor R. Workman

Beyond the Ivy Wall: 10 Essential Steps to Graduate School Admission, by Howard Greene & Robert Minton

Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or a Ph.D., by Robert L. Peters, Ph.D.

Graduate Admissions Essays--What Works, What Doesn't, and Why, by Donald Asher

How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School, by Richard J. Stelzer

The Master's Degree: Tradition, Diversity, Innovation, by Judith S. Glazer

The Schools

Besides the general resources listed below, there are over 100 works in that list graduate schools for specific Majors/professions, from Architecture to Writing, Business to Urban Planning, Law to Physical Therapy, Art to Sociology.

America's Best Graduate Schools, by the U.S. News and World Report

The Gourman Report: A Rating of Graduate and Professional Programs in American and International Universities, 6th ed., by Jack Gourman

The Official GRE/CGS Directory of Graduate Programs, 13th ed., by Educational Testing Service

Peterson's Guide to Graduate and Professional Programs, 27th ed., by Peterson's Guides