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Our book collection is updated from time to time. Not all titles below are available in our library. We also might have others that are not listed here.

    The Application Process
    Choosing a School or Program
    Financing Options
    General Print Resources
    Specific Program Resources

The Application Process
  • Graduate Admissions Essays: Write your way into the Graduate School of Your Choice
    Donald Asher, Ten Speed Press, 2000.
  • How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School
    Richard J. Stelzer, Peterson's Guides, 1997.
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Choosing a School or Program
  • Get Into Graduate School: A Strategic Approach
    Kaplan Publishing, 2003.
  • Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student’s Guide to Earnings an M.A. or a Ph.D.
    Robert Peters, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
  • Graduate School Guide
    (Free, available at Career Services)
  • Graduate Schools in the U.S.
    Peterson's, Thomson Peterson's, 2006.
  • Peterson's Graduate & Professional Programs: An Overview
    Peterson's Guides, 2005.
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Financing Options
  • Cash for Grad School: The Ultimate Guide to Grad School Scholarships
    Phillip C. McKee and Cynthia Ruiz McKee, Collins, 2004.
  • Free Money For Graduate School
    Laurie Blum, Checkmark Books, 2000.
  • Getting Money for Graduate School
    Peterson's Guides, 2002.
  • Graduate School Funding Handbook
    April Vahle Hamel, Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick
    University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
  • Peterson's Scholarships, Grants & Prizes
    Thomson Peterson's, 2006.
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General Print Resources
  • Get Into Graduate School: A Strategic Approach
    Kaplan Publishing, 2003.
  • Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student’s Guide to Earnings an M.A. or a Ph.D.
    Robert Peters, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
  • Graduate Schools in the U.S.
    Peterson's, Thomson Peterson's, 2006.
  • Peterson's Graduate & Professional Programs: An Overview
    Peterson's Guides, 2005.
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Specific Program Resources
  • Best 117 Law Schools
    Princeton Review, 2004.
  • Best 143 Business Schools
    Princeton Review, 2004.
  • Best 162 Medical Schools
    Princeton Review, 2005.
  • The Business School Buzz Book
    Carolyn C. Wise and the Staff of Vault, Vault, Inc., 2007.
  • Complete Book of Business Schools
    Princeton Review, 2003.
  • Complete Book of Graduate Programs in the Arts and Sciences
    Princeton Review, 2005.
  • Complete Book of Law Schools
    Princeton Review, 2003.
  • Complete Book of Medical Schools
    Princeton Review, 2003.
  • Graduate Programs in Psychology
    Peterson's Guides, 2003.
  • The Law School Buzz Book
    The Staff of Vault, Vault, Inc., 2007.
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