Grad School Guides

Grad School Recommendation Letters

Researching Grad Schools

Grad School Web Pages

Entrance Exams

Entrance Essays

Financial Aid

Post Doctoral Employment

Graduate School Guides:

• Planning Guide to Graduate School: See bottom of page
• Graduate School Guide - Completing the Grad School Application Process [ 62k]
• Applying to Graduate School Handout [ 117k]
• Applying to Graduate or Professional School [ MS Powerpoint Slides]
• Grad School Links
• Graduate School Discussion Forum: Popular among individuals who are in the process of applying to graduate programs. For currently enrolled graduate school students, the forum includes a Dissertation Writers Support Group and Master's Thesis Writers Support Group.
• The Princeton Review

Grad School Recommendation Letters:

• Recommendation Letter Guide

Researching Graduate Schools:

• US News & World Report ranking of colleges
• Peterson's.com
• Gradschools.com: Comprehensive source for Grad School information.
• Wisconsin Careers: Academic and Career information provided by the State of Wisconsin
• Grad School Directory: Directory of a variety of Graduate Schools.
• Collegeboard: Discover the best colleges for you from a database of over 3,200 two- and four-year colleges.
• MBA Explorer
• MonsterTrack: Links to jobs and Graduate Schools.
• US News: Links to Graduate Schools and to Financial Aid sites.
• College Source Online: Over 12,000 College catalogs available.
• JobWeb.com: Professionals give tips for applying to Graduate School.
• Steven's Point Grad School Info. Page

Graduate School Web Pages:

• UW-River Falls
• UW-Madison
• UW-Stout
• UW-Eau Claire
• UW-La Crosse
• UW-Steven's Point
• U of Minnesota

Entrance Exams:

• Kaplan Test- Graduate School information and testing site.
• GRE- Find test dates, register, and preparation tools.
• Online Testing Center-SAT, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, LSAT
• Princeton Review- Exam preparation.

Entrance Essays:

• EssayEdge - EssayEdge offers all users free access to over 100 admissions essays accepted by the United States' top undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. These essays are FREE.
• Winthrop -Steps to writing a Graduate entrance essay.
• Accepted.com -Provides sample essays for environment, health, and engineering students.

Financial Aid:

• US News
• Financing Grad School
• Career Develpment Center's, Financing Grad School
• UWRF's Financial Aid office

Post-Doctoral Employment:

• Post Doc Network-listing of post Doc job openings and assistanceships.