Grad School Resources
Here are a few items from the talk that Chris Stubbs gave on 11/2/06. We should add more information over time because applying to grad school turns out to be really confusing and stressful!
Here are some useful books:
- AIP publishes a list of grad programs in the physical sciences which has lots of useful information. It is online and we have the 2005 print edition in Dr. Morin's office.
- The NAS published another useful book on Careers in Science and Engineering.
- Finally, if you manage to become a grad student, Chris recommends Getting What You Came For, "the smart student's guide to earning a Master's or PhD", by R. L. Peters, 1997, Noonday Press.
Fellowships are good to get.
- The NSF Fellowship is always popular.
- The Hertz Fellowship is very prestigious and worth a lot of cash money.
- The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG Fellowship) is also good. Doesn't require military service or anything like that.
- You might be eligible for the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for Minorities.
- Or possible an American Association of University Women fellowship.
- There are many more. See the OCS fellowships page for more leads.
Some miscellaneous websites:
- GRE Exams (see also our Physics GRE Resources)
- Dr. Morin's advice on requesting letters of recommendation
- AIP statistics on employment in the physical sciences.
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