The following links will help you to identify graduate and professional programs that will match your interests, as well information about financial aid, admission tests, and application essays. In addition, it provides information about The Ohio State Graduate and Professional Schools as well as their application process.
| Identifying Programs that Match Your Interests |
| The Peterson's Guide to Graduate School and Professional Programs |
Lists degree-granting institutions by areas of interests and contains the information needed to request program information and application materials. |
| Graduate School Information |
Lists over 36,000 national and international graduate programs by subject area: easy to use format. Features links to the homepages of universities from across the United States. Recipient of many awards. |
| The Ohio State University |
The application process at OSU is a decentralized one, in which students apply to both the Admission Office and to the department they wish to attend.
Information about general admissions policies and procedures can be found at OSU Admission Office
For specific program requirement, contact the particular unit to which admission is sought. Information about the various OSU graduate and professional programs can be found at the Graduate School web site |
| US News and World Report |
Annually ranks different programs according to different criteria. |
| Financial Aid |
| FastWeb |
This database provides information about 18,000 plus scholarships, grants, fellowships, and loans representing billions of private sector funding for college students living in the Unites States. |
| Finaid |
This site contains a comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web. |
| College Scholarships |
A monthly posting of scholarship information |
| Admission Tests |
| Each test vendor provides free handbooks containing sample tests and basic testing strategies to all who register to take admission tests. Free practice tests are also available at their web sites. |
| GRE |
Graduate Records Examinations. |
| LSAT |
The Law School Admission Test. |
| GMAT |
The test used in the selection process for graduate study in business is the Graduate Management Admission TestŪ |
| MCAT |
The test used in the selection process for Med School is The Medical College Admission Test. |
| Test Preparation |
Software for the GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT and others can be downloaded for a cost. |
| Another option when preparing for an admission test is to take the commercial test review course if you can afford the fee. The largest vendors are Kaplan and Princeton Review. |
| TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) |
International Applicants are required to submit TOEFL scores to demonstrate their English proficiency. |
| Application Essays |
| Graduate School Essays |
Provides detail advice on how to write an effective application essay. |
| Interviewing Tips |
| Medical School Interviews |
The purpose of this website is to demystify the medical school interview process and it includes sample questions and true stories about applicant experiences. Interviews are typical of medical school application, but some business schools and graduate programs also require them. |
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Interfolio.com
MBA Page
Law School Admission Council
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Interfolio allows file holders to create an electronic portfolio to manage important credentials online. This portfolio can be used to send academic credentials to a search community, apply for a teaching position, send application materials to graduate or professional schools, or apply for a job anywhere.
Features rankings of MBA programs from multiple sources and an assortment of links to assist with the application process.
The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) is a nonprofit corporation whose members are more than 200 law schools in the United States and Canada. All law schools approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) are LSAC members. Fifteen Canadian law schools recognized by a provincial or territorial law society or government agency are also included in the voting membership of the Council. |
| Guide to Medical School Admission |
This site provides information about the Medical School application process, includes tips for interviewing. |
