Links to some useful sites on 'Applying to US ( and other countries) for Higher Studies'

1. Guide to doing MS in the US
 ( homepage of a Computer Science (CS)  guy doing masters from Univ. of Michigan. good funda and analysis of univs. very good for CS guys)

2. Chronicle of higher Educations in US
( has software for GRE, links to all US univs according to States and alphabetical list. this site was very helpful for as it contains links to all univs alphabetically and statewise)

3. Graduate Studies in USA
( very good site with lot of customized funda for Indian students. one of my favs.)

4. Graduate School Directory for Materials Science and Engineering Programs
( comprehensive database of univs in US-statewise and in other countries for Mat Sci)

5. GradSchool.com

6. Graduate Student Resources
( cool database of links etc for graduate studies in US)

7. Graduate Student Resources
( another collections of links)

8. Petersons
( everything from college search to financing to test preparation)

9. The Princeton Review

9. Statement of Purpose
( site just devoted to SOP's. a good site)

10. USNews
( my fav. site for for rankings, comparison and other data about univs.)

11. An exhaustive article on apping by an IIT'ian for an IIT'ian

11. Rankings of B-Schools

Articles on Graduate Studies/Research

Useful

1. Graduate School Survival Guide

2. Complete guide for a graduate student (Much of the material is very Rice Chemistry Department specific, but some sections useful for all)

3. How to Be a Good Graduate Student

4. Information resources for the Graduate Student

5. Survival in the Academy

6. A computer science graduate school survival guide, intended for prospective or novice graduate students

7. Why Become an Engineer?

8. Why Engineering ( a serious article)

9. Engineering Quotes

10. What makes a good PhD Thesis ?

11. You and Your Research

12. PhD of Masters ( a very good serious one)

13. Notes On The PhD Degree

14. Tips on Organizing Workshops and Symposia

15. Things to Carry to the US ( good info for those about to leave for US)

16. Going Abroad Vs. Staying in India !

Humor

1. How to have a bad career in Research/Academia ( or pdf format ) by D. Patterson.

2. 50 Fun things to do in a final that does not matter (cool!!)

3. Graduate Student Humor Page

4. College Humor (cool)

5. PhD or Masters ( an article, in light vein, or those who are confused whether to go for Phd or not? )

6. A Funny Essay - application to college

7. Schedule of a Graduate Student

8. Top 10 Differences between a grad school and hell