Graduate School Information

This page contains resources to help you answer questions about going to graduate school.    The two most important things you should know are that you need to start  thinking about graduate school during your junior year and that your departmental advisor is your best source of information and advice.

• Should I go to graduate school?
  • Talk to your  (MCS departmental) advisor.
  • Talk to a professor who knows a lot about your work and your abilities.
  • Get a taste for doing research by participating in an internship or undergraduate research program.
    •  ACM list of internships
    •  List of REU sites
    •  Information for Graduate Students in Computer Science
    •  Resources for Undergraduates in Mathematics (AMS)
      This page has information about careeres in mathematics, scholarships, research experiences for undergraduates,  the Putnam, and so on
    • Summer Math programs for women students
      •  Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges
        For first and second year students
      •  George Washington University
        For third and fourth year students
      •  Summer Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Berkeley
  • Do some research with one of the professors at GAC.
• How do I decide where to go?
  • Talk to your advisor.
  • Attend the fall seminar on going to graduate school.
  • Look in the department library for information that graduate schools send us.
  • Check with the  Gustavus Career Center
  • What are the good schools in my area?
    • Check the Gourman Report, available at the Gustavus Career Center
    • Ask your advisor
    • US News Graduate School Rankings
    •  List of Mathematics Departments (US)
    • Computing Research Association Information Rresources
    • List of Statistics Departmental Servers  (Duke University)
    • StatLib List of Statistics Departmental Information(Carnegie Mellon)
• What do I need to do to apply?
  • Start early (spring of your junior year).
  • Attend the seminar given every fall, early in September, that will give you most of the information you need.
  • Take the GRE
  • Financial aid
    •  NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
    •  Fastweb.com Scholarship Search
    •  Gertrude Cox Scholarship for Women in Statistics
    •  Finanicial Aid Information Page
  • Letters of Recommendation
• Recent Gustie grads who are in school
  • Ask your faculty advisor for suggestions, or
  • Look at the alumni listing
• Other resources
  •   Graduate and Professional Opportunities in Statistices
  •   Graduate Student Resources Page