Quintessential Careers: Graduate School Books

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FEATURED GRAD SCHOOL BOOK:

Making a Difference Graduate Programs: Select and Distinctive Education for Socially Responsible Careers, by Miriam Weinstein (Sage Works Press). Enables prospective graduate students to easily discover outstanding and unique educational opportunities. A distinctive, socially responsible guide, this book offers relevant timely graduate programs for realists, idealists, activists and future leaders. Prospective students will find a smorgasbord of options, including environment, sustainability, natural resources planning, oceanography, sustainable societies, environmental law, green building green MBA's, nonprofit management and peace/conflict resolution studies, human rights, and community development.

OTHER GRAD SCHOOL BOOKS:

Barron's Guide to Graduate Business Schools (Barrons).

Barron's Guide to Law Schools (Barrons).

Barron's Guide to Medical and Dental Schools (Barrons).

Barron's How to Prepare for the GMAT -- Graduate Management Admission Exam -- with CD-ROM (Barrons).

Barron's How to Prepare for the GRE -- Graduate Record Exam -- with CD-ROM (Barrons).

Barron's How to Prepare for the LSAT -- Law School Admissions Test (Barrons).

Barron's How to Prepare for the MCAT -- Medical College Admissions Test (Barrons).

Barron's How to Prepare for the PCAT -- Pharmacy College Admissions Test (Barrons).

Essays That Will Get You into Medical School, by Daniel Kaufman, Amy Burnham, and Chris Dowhan (Barrons).

Getting Money for Graduate School: More Than 1,000 Scholarships, Grants, Prizes, Forgivable Loans, and Fellowshios (Petersons).

Getting What You Came for: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or a Ph.D., by Robert L. Peters (Noonday Press).

Graduate Admissions Essays: Write Your Way into the Graduate School of Your Choice, by Donald Asher (Ten Speed Press).

Graduate School: Winning Strategies for Getting in With or Without Excellent Grades, by Dave G. Mumby, Ph.D. (Proto Press).

How to Get a Ph.D.: A Handbook for Students and Their Supervisors, by Estelle M. Phillips and Derek Salman Pugh (Open University Press).

How to Get into the Right Dental School, by Carla S. Rogers (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books).

How to Get into the Top Law Schools, by Richard Montauk (Prentice Hall).

How to Get into the Top MBA Programs, by Richard Montauk (Prentice Hall).

How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School, by Richard J. Stelzer (Peterson).

Insider's Guide to Medical School Admissions, by R. Stephen Toyos (CENGAGE Delmar Learning).

Kaplan GMAT (Kaplan).

Kaplan GRE Exam (Kaplan).

Kaplan MCAT (Kaplan).

LSAT Explained: Unofficial Explanations for "The Next 10 LSAT PrepTests" (Get Prepped!).

Marketing Yourself to the Top Business Schools, by Phil Carpenter and Carol Carpenter (Wiley).

Mastering Your PhD: Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond, by Patricia A. Gosling, Ph.D. and Bart D. Noordam, Ph.D. (Springer).

Med School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Medical School Experience: By Students, for Students, by Robert H. Miller and Dan Bissell, M.D. (St. Martin's Griffin).

Peterson's Graduate & Professional Programs: An Overview (Peterson Guides).

Peterson's Graduate Schools in the U.S. (Peterson).

Peterson's Graduate Programs in Engineering & Applied Sciences (Peterson Guides).

Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (Peterson Guides).

Peterson's MBA Programs (Peterson).

Scholarships, Grants & Prizes (Petersons).

Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process, by Kjell Erik Rudestam and Rae R. Newton (Sage).

TopScore Pro: Dental Admission Test (DAT) Computerized Sample Tests and Guide (ScholarWare).

TopScore Pro: Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) Computerized Sample Tests and Guide (ScholarWare).

Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements in the United States and Canada (Purdue University Press).

Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools (Random House).

Which MBA?: A Critical Guide to the World's Best MBAs, by George Bickerstaffe (FT Press).

Writing the Doctoral Dissertation: A Systematic Approach, by Gordon B. Davis and Clyde A. Parker (Barrons).

Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis, by Joan Bolker (Owl Books).

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