Guide to Applying to Graduate School: Home

GRE study guides

GMAT study guides

LSAT study guides

Online Practice Tests Here (GMAT, GRE, more)

If you want to ace that standardized test, check out these links. Study from a book or take a sample test from our databases.

Lynda.com

Features practice grad school tests.

SLAC Test Preparation

Get help prepping for the GRE, GMAT and more at Texas State's own SLAC center,

Graduate Student Survival Guide

Once you've been accepted to graduate school, this guide can help you be successful.

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Peterson's Graduate Programs Guide

You need a good introduction to a HARD topic. Written to get you started, and as intelligent as you are.You already know what the median and mode are; you need a discussion of Bayesian probability, or 12 ways of looking at correlation, or population distribution, etc.

Nutshell books are great introductions to legal topics such as arbitration, contracts, corporate finance, copyright law and more.

The wonderful Demystified series on everything.

Here are some examples.

Business Stats Demystified.
Stats Demystified
Probability Demystified

Writing the Personal Statement

• Application Timeline (Princeton Review)

  Timeline for applying to Graduate School from the Princeton Review.
• Application Timeline (Idealist.org)

  Timeline for applying to Graduate School from Idealist.org.
• Applying to Grad School?

  Information from US News and World Report.
• Grad School Application Process

  Helpful prezi on the process of applying to grad school with steps you will want to consider.

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