How Do I … Research Grad & Professional Schools?
Graduate school is a major commitment. If you are interested in a master's
or doctoral study, your academic advisor is your best resource for information.
You may also find it helpful to speak with faculty who teach in the graduate
programs of interest to you. To find faculty teaching in Graduate programs
offered at U.Va., search the faculty
listings by department.
UCS Resources
- Counseling and walk-ins:
UCS counselors can help you by orienting you to available resources,
talking to you about how graduate school fits with your overall career
goals, and critiquing your personal statement and/or resume.
- Prelaw and Prehealth Advising
at UCS
- Interfolio - for letters
of recommendation or other credentials
Additional Resources
- GSAS
Career Services (for graduate students)
- Learn about entrance exams
- U.S.
News & World Report's America's Best Graduate Schools 2008
- The Princeton
Review: Contains data and statistics on U.S. law, medical, business,
and graduate programs, plus info on admissions, financial aid, and
grad school survival
- Kaplan Test Preparers:
Details on Kaplan services, plus info on education programs, admissions,
financial aid, and more
- Peterson's
Graduate Educational Center: search for programs by academic
area, geographic location, or alphabetical listings
- List of Law Schools:
The Association of American Law Schools has 168 Member Schools
- GradSchools.com:
An innovative recruiting tool that allows students to sit back and
be recruited. In a few short steps, students can be discovered by administrators
looking for ideal candidates. Students are able to send inquiries to
multiple graduate schools at once, while simultaneously increasing
their visibility to graduate institutions. Students are able to choose
whether or not an application is available to all recruiters or a select
few.
- FastWeb:
Financial Aid Search Through the WEB (FastWEB) is a searchable database
of more than 1.3 million private sector scholarships, fellowships,
grants, and loans. Used by colleges across the United States, Princeton
Review Financial Aid —the test preparers also have info on financing
your education, whether it be Literature or Law.
- FinAid: The
Smart Guide to Financial Aid (Mark Kantrowitz, Carnegie Mellon Univ.) —the
author of a book on scholarships, Kantrowitz collects a wide range
of information on aid, scholarships, university financial aid offices,
and related documents
- Federal
Student Aid
- Federal Student
Aid Application
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