Choosing a grad school can be a long, tedious process. You have to sift through website after website and brochure after brochure looking for the schools that meet your needs. Then, you have to apply to a narrowed-down group of your preferred schools and hope that you’re accepted to one of the schools. However, Peterson’s has made this process much easier with their GradSchoolsWantYou program:

If grad school is in your future, take the first step in finding the perfect school or program with GradSchoolsWantYou! Choosing the right school no longer requires hours of research sifting through stacks of school and program descriptions. Register today, and let prospective grad schools across the country find you directly.

Unlike other college search and selection tools, CollegesWantYouSM doesnt expect you to sort through page after page of generic college listings. Instead, enter information on your preferences, test scores, and extracurricular activities into the online form, and before you know it, colleges that meet your specifications will be in touch with you. And the best part is, you only need to enter your personal information once to connect with hundreds of colleges.

Students can save themselves time with this program as well as money. Finding grad schools based not only on your preferences but also the schools’ can save you from sending in too many applications and application fees to schools that you never had a chance of getting into to begin with.

There are three major sources of funding for a graduate school education: individual, federal, and school. When deciding how you’re going to fund your graduate school education, consider this advice on the forms of funding from GradSchoolTips:
If at all possible, it’s best to pay for as much of your graduate school as possible without resorting […]

There are several reasons why you might be considering enrolling in graduate school. Maybe you need a graduate degree to chase the career you want. Maybe you have been out of undergraduate school for a while and you’re discovering that it’s harder to get a job than you thought it would be. Or maybe you […]

If you’re considering going into law school, then you’ll need to be prepared to take the LSAT exam. The SAT is a standardized test that is required of students that are applying to law school. According to Peterson’s, the LSAT is broken down in this manner:
The two Logical Reasoning sections assess your ability to analyze […]

If you’ve ever been in a situation where a teacher or student talked about an assistantship and you weren’t quite sure what that was, then you may need to brush up on your grad school terminology. The following definitions for grad school terms are provided by Peterson’s:
Assistantship
Assistantships are available at many schools with graduate programs, […]

Every year, U.S. News and World Report ranks the best grad schools in 10 different fields of study. Their 2008 report ranks the following ten graduate schools in business as the best in the country:

Harvard University (MA)
Stanford University (CA)
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) 
Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
University of […]

ETS, the administrator of the GRE Test, a test that is often required for students planning to attend grad school, recently announced that they will not revise the test later this year as they had originally planned. Instead, the test will retain its current format. According to Peterson’s:
This new exam, scheduled for release in September, […]

Every year, U.S. News and World Report ranks the best grad schools in 10 different fields of study. Their 2008 report ranks the following ten graduate schools in education as the best in the country:

Teachers College, Columbia University (NY)
Stanford University (CA)
Harvard University (MA)
Vanderbilt University (Peabody) (TN)
University of California–Los Angeles 
University of […]

Prior to getting your acceptance and rejection letters, you were terrified that you weren’t going to get into any of the grad schools that you applied to. However, now you’ve gotten your letters back, and you have been accepted into more than one of the schools you’ve applied to. The decision between the schools can […]

When you’re trying to distinguish yourself from hundreds of other candidates for the grad school of your choice, then you’re probably going to be better of with a remarkable GPA. However, there are other ways of distinguishing yourself in your grad school application. Macleans.ca offers the following advice on applying to grad school:
In general, even […]