Resources for Grad. Application

Peterson's  - http://www.petersons.com/ - A great source Peterson's  information about colleges and universities, career schools, graduate programs, distance learning,executive training, private secondary schools, summer opportunities, study abroad, financial aid, test preparation, and career exploration. 

USNEWS.COM - http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

2005 - The U.S. News rankings spotlight the country's academically excellent graduate programs, and, in doing so, they can start you on the right track toward picking the right school for you. This site also offers personalization tools–like searches and comparisons–as well as school directory pages and feature articles to help you make the best decision.

GraduateGuide - http://www.graduateguide.com/  - This site allows you to search for graduate schools by subject, keyword, state, or name.  Links directly to the graduate school for admission requirements, timelines, etc.

Graduate School Survival Guide - http://www.graduateguide.com/

Helpful tips on getting through graduate school with the least amount of hassle and pain.  Include such tips as:  Getting the most out of your relationship with your research advisor, Making continual progress on your research, Avoiding the research blues, Characteristics to look for in a good advisor, mentor, or committee member, Finding a thesis topic, etc.

Graduate Student Resources Page - http://www.graduateguide.com/ -This page was designed as a resource for current and future grad students. If you're thinking about applying to, attending, finishing, (or quitting) grad school, you may find something of interest here. 

Embark - http://www.embark.com/grad/grad_research.asp
The application process can be overwhelming. To make it
easier, do your research and refine the search. Embark can
help you uncover options you never knew existed and target
the best schools for you.

Getting In: An Applicant's Guide to Graduate School Admissions http://dave.burrell.net//guide/  - An excellent practical source.

"My purpose is to pass along much of the wisdom,
ideas, and information gleaned from others over my
years as graduate student, Kaplan instructor, and
essay consultant. You probably will find much of the advice here
quite different than what conventional sources recommend. The ultimate goal here is thus to help you to stimulate some creative energy and tenacious tactics."

Asking for Letters of Recommendation - http://psych.hanover.edu:80/handbook/rec_letters2.html  The Hanover College Department of psychology describes the proper protocol for requesting letters of recommendation.

Princeton Review - http://www.review.com/ - Another excellent source for professional school information.

So Long, and Thanks for the PH.D. - http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/hitch4.html
A computer science graduate school survival guide, intended for prospective or novice graduate students. This guide describes what I wish I had known at the start of graduate school but had to learn
the hard way instead. It focuses on mental toughness and the skills a graduate student needs. The guide also discusses finding a job after completing the Ph.D. and points to many other related web pages. 

How To Be a Good Graduate Student - http://www.cs.indiana.edu/HTMLit/how.2b/how.2b.html  This site attempts to raise some issues that are important for graduate students to be successful and to get as much out of the process as possible.  The intent is not to provide prescriptive advice, but to raise awareness on both sides of the advisor-student relationship as to what the expectations are and should be for this relationship, what a graduate student should expect to accomplish, common problems, and where to go if the advisor is not forthcoming.  Contents includes special information for women graduate students.

How to Succeed in Graduate School: A Guide for Students and Advisors http://info.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-2/advice1.html
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Site.