Graduate School Search
The Office of Career Services is available to assist Ithaca College students and alumni with graduate school decisions. Our Peer Career Advisors are here to help you during drop-in hours or you may call the office to arrange an appointment with a career counselor.
Five Important Steps
- Look at resources in our Career Library. We have publications such as the Peterson's Guide, Graduate Admissions Essays and Getting Into Grad School.
- Attend our annual Graduate School Fair in the Fall. This event provides you the opportunity to talk with representatives from a variety of graduate programs.
- Take a free practice GRE, LSAT, MCAT or GMAT during the Kaplan Practice Test . Stop by Career Services for more information and to sign up.
- Apply for a Kaplan Scholarship for a free Kaplan Prep course. Complete the form, email it to careers@ithaca.edu or mail it to Career Services, 101 Muller Center. You can also pick up the application at our office.
- Have your graduate school essays critiqued by our staff.
Library Resources
We have numerous resources in our Career Library to help you search for a graduate program and to assist you in developing your materials. We also have a take away guide that you can pick up at our office or access by clicking on the Featured Document Grad School Search Quick Guide.
On-Line Resources
There are many excellent online resources available for free to assist in your graduate school search.
Finding & researching graduate programs:
- American Universities
- CollegeSource OnLine - 21,367 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format
- GradSchools.com- a directory of almost 60,000 graduate programs
- Graduate School Guide - a directory of graduate schools in the U.S. and Canada
- Peterson's Graduate School Information - a listing of graduate programs offered across the country
- US News-Best Graduate Schools- please stop by the Office of Career Services for log-in information
Financial aid information:
Entrance exam & program-specific information:
- Association of American Medical Colleges- information on the MCAT, applying to and financing med school, etc.
- Graduate Management Admission Council
- GRE Online
- Learn more about the changes made to the new GRE as of August 1, 2011 here.
- Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions
- Law School Admissions Council
- MBA.com
- Medical Career Info - information about different medical programs along with graduate school admissions advice
- The Princeton Review- information on GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, etc. and tips on getting into graduate school
- Graduate Entrance Exams At-A-Glance handout
