Planning for graduate or professional school
Finding and choosing a school and program | applying | entrance tests
Below on this page:
General guides, multi-field, find schools and programs
Writing personal statements for admission
Medicine | health professions | medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, etc.
Other test prep | graduate admissions tests | entrance exams
None of the above..? I'm interested in grad school, but undecided
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Grad school prep events includes free Kaplan seminars for VT students |
Resources in ALPHA ORDER: AllAboutGradSchool.com Braintrack.com GradSchools.com GraduateGuide.com Peterson's
Graduate & Professional Schools Princeton
Review U.S. News & World Report Graduate and Professional School Rankings |
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| Writing personal statements for admission | |
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Grad school prep events include writing an effective personal statement. |
Writing Personal Statements for graduate school (Virginia Tech, Department of English) Writing the Statement of Purpose (The Princeton Review) Do and Don't list, in How Much Assistance with Personal Statements is Too Much? (scroll half-way down article) (NACE: National Association of Colleges and Employers) Graduate School Essays (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Center for Communication Practices) Writing Your Grad School Personal Statement Includes 10 DOs and 10 DON'Ts. (Accepted.com) Premedical Advising: Writing Personal Statements (University of Kansas) Definition of a Personal Statement (PDF) (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Writing the Personal Statement (Purdue University, Online Writing Lab [OWL]) Personal Statement (Dartmouth College) Graduate School Statement (Univ of California at Berkeley) Law School Personal Statement (Boston College) |
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Grad school prep events include GMAT prep. |
Resources in ALPHA ORDER: Business
Schools list on Find The Best.com ETS.org
- Educational Testing Service Network Knewton GMAT prep Masters in International Business.com Princeton Review > Business schools Princeton Review |
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| Pre-law advising at Virginia Tech - Events, test-prep, scholarships and discounts, and other excellent opportunities and resources. See Pre-professional school advising, clubs, other resources for Pre-Law |
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Grad school prep events include Free practice test day, including LSAT. |
Resources in ALPHA ORDER: Admissions Dean.com Get Prepped.com LSAT prep Kaplan.com
test prep and admissions > LSAT Law School Admission Council.org Law Schools list on Find The Best.com LSAT Exam Practice Tests.com LSAT Freedom.com/blog LSAT test questions.com Princeton Review.com > Law schools and careers Simugator.com TRIALS: Training and Recruitment Initiative for Admission to Leading Law Schools |
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| Medicine | health professions | health admin | |
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Virginia Tech, Office of
Health Professions Advising (OHPA) VT pre-professional school advising, clubs, resources for Pre-Med, Pre-Dent, and more |
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Grad school prep events include numerous events sponsored by the Office of Health Professions Advising, and Free practice test day, including MCAT and other health professional school admission exams. |
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Resources in ALPHA ORDER: Health Administration Degrees.com. Learn about career fields; research programs by degree, location. Kaplan test prep: Medical schools on Find the best.com Princeton Review > Medical schools and careers Princeton
Review Medical StudentDoc.com |
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Virginia Tech, Office of Health Professions Advising (OHPA) VT pre-professional school advising, clubs, resources for Pre-Vet |
Association
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Tests/schedule administered at Virginia
Tech by Cook Counseling Center Some grad or professional school admission tests are administered on/near the Virginia Tech campus. |
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Grad school prep events include several test prep events VT students. |
Resources in ALPHA ORDER: ETS.org
- Educational Testing Service Network GRE Test Prep | greprepinfo.com Kaplan.com
test prep / info My GRE tutor.com Princeton
Review.com SherwoodTest.com Test
Prep Review.com Testmasters.net |
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| Career Services does NOT specialize or have expertise in the area of financial aid. You should consult the financial aid or scholarship offices of schools you wish to attend. These resources are listed for information only because financial aid questions often go hand-in-hand with choosing schools and applying. | |
Resources in ALPHA ORDER: AllAboutGradSchool.com American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association of University Women (AAUW) Financial Aid from the U.S. Department of Education: The Student Guide GradSchools.com - Financial aid information GraduateGuide.com - Financing graduate study Petersons.com - Financial aid resources |
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In the Career Resource Center we have a library of print publications related to graduate and professional school that you can view during office hours. |
Planning for grad or professional school
Finding & choosing schools & programs | applying | entrance exams
Should you go?
Five Qs to ask yourself.
Events
Graduate & professional school info & test prep.
Pre-professional school Advising, clubs, resources
Office of Health Professions Advising (OHPA) Planning for graduate education for all health professions.
Career Services advising
For help on your decision-making and reviewing personal statements.
Where VT grads go to grad & professional school:
- Post-Graduation Report tells what VT B.A. & B.S. grads do after graduation.
- See Grad / professional school attendance by major.
- About the report; choose a year to view.
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You will find both free and fee-based information and services online. If you choose to purchase fee-based services, do so of your own volition after having researched the options.