TIPS TO GRADUATE AND MEDICAL SCHOOL APPLICANTS

• Graduate schools
  • Helpful hints from specific graduate schools:
    NIH virtual career center
    Berkeley career center
    Johns Hopkins career center
    Washington University
    

  • General information sites about graduate schools in the sciences:
    PhDs org: Science, math and engineering career resources.
    A great collection of articles on a variety of subjects related to academic life, as well as other useful information. Highly recommended if you want to have a good idea of what graduate school is all about and what the future of a Ph.D. holder is likely to be!!!
    Questions to ask when thinking about pursuing a Ph.D.
    Highly recommended reading to make sure your are choosing the right career path, considering that up to half of the students who begin doctoral study never receive the Ph.D.
    Straight Talk about Graduate School.
    A personnal view of what it means to get a Ph.D.
    Ph.D. life:
    A British perspective on getting a Ph.D.
    "Peterson's graduate planner: International student edition".
    A good source of general information.

  • Undergraduate summer research programs in the U.S.
    A list of research opportunities for undergraduates, typically during the summer of their junior year.
    Summer undergraduate research opportunities at the N.I.H.

  • Top ranked graduate schools
    This site provides information about top-ranked N.I.H.-funded graduate schools and biomedical sciences departments in the U.S.

  • The GRE home site.
    The official Graduate Record Examination Site. Includes test registration and sample questions.

  • Tips on writing the application essay:
    Dartmouth University writing center
    Winthrop University writing center

  • Science careers.
    This site is part of the online Science magazine and provides interesting information on what to expect after your Ph.D. It also has a section on graduate programs.

  • Women in research.
    Nine women talk about their careers in research.

  • www.phdcomics.com.
    A comic strip view of a graduate career.

• Medical schools
  • General information about a career in medicine:
    Considering a career in medicine.
    A good guide from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
    "The illicit guide to medical school admissions".
    This site provides extensive and valuable information to medical school applicants.
    The applicant's advocate.
    A personnal site compiled by somebody who's been through medical school, residency and is now in private practice. The site provides very useful advice on what to do long before you apply.

  • Personnal Statements. This site will give you valuable advice on writing your personnal statement. This is necessary reading before you start writing.

  • Sample application essays.
    A selection of positive sample essays as well as an example of how not to write.

  • The American Medical College Application Service.

  • Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) website.

  • Facts-Applicants, matriculants and graduates.
    A site from the "Association of American Medical Colleges" providing statistics on MCAT scores and the profile of medical school applicants.