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Graduate School Information

Guides

  • UIUC Websites:
  • UIUC ACES Guide to Graduate and Professional School [http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/Careers/GradSchool.shtml]

    UIUC Career Center Choosing Graduate Schools [http://www.careercenter.uiuc.edu/gradschool/default.asp]

  • Other Websites:
  • Gradschools.com [http://www.gradschools.com/]

    Peterson's Graduate Bound Homepage [http://www.petersons.com/gradchannel/]

    The Princeton Review Grad Schools & Careers [http://www.princetonreview.com/grad/default.asp]

    Univeristy of California, Berkeley Career Center's Graduate School--Online Resources [http://career.berkeley.edu/Grad/GradResources.stm]

  • Books:
  • College Blue Book -- 378 C686 2004:1 cop.2

    Guide to American Graduate Schools -- 378.155 G94 2004-2005 cop.3

    Peterson's Graduate and Professional Programs: An Overview -- 378.155 P44B

    All books listed can be found at the Career Cluster, unless otherwise noted.

    Rankings

  • UIUC Websites:
  • UIUC Education & Social Science Library College and University Rankings [ http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankgrad.htm]

    UIUC Education & Social Science Library International College and University Rankings [http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankint.htm]

  • Other Websites:
  • America's Best Grad Schools by US News & World Report [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/grhome.htm]

  • Books:
  • The Gourman Report: A Rating of Graduate and Professional Programs in American and International Universities -- 378.1 G74GO Undergraduate Library Closed Reference (ask for it at the Reference Desk)

    America's Best Graduate Schools by U.S. News & World Report -- 378.15530257 Am351 Undergraduate Library Closed Reference (ask for it at the Reference Desk)

    All books listed can be found at the Career Cluster, unless otherwise noted.

    How to Apply

  • Websites:
  • Gradview.com [http://www.gradview.com/]

    UIUC Career Services Center - Exploring Graduate School [ http://www.careercenter.uiuc.edu/ws03/grad/ExplorGrad.asp]

  • Books:
  • How to write a winning personal statement for graduate and professional school -- 378.1056 St39h

    Kaplan guide to graduate school admissions -- 378.155 V289K

    All books listed can be found at the Career Cluster, unless otherwise noted.