This list of grad school resources includes a mix of documents, podcasts, videos, and websites. I will add more to the list as time goes on and you all should feel free to send me suggestions!
Documents
- Graduate School Application Kisses of Death
- Mitch’s Uncensored Advice for Applying to Graduate School in Clinical Psychology
- Leadership Alliance: Tips for Applying to Grad School in STEM
- Things I wish I’d known from Day 1 of my PhD
Podcasts (can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, etc.) — feel free to check out all the episodes of each podcast below. I’ve just highlighted a few!
- Hello PhD
- 065: Does the GRE Predict Which Students Will Succeed?
- 076: Should I choose a research focus BEFORE I apply?
- 084: The 4 Keys to an Effective Grad School Application
- 087: How Do I Choose a PhD Program?
- 101: HelloPhD Guide to Grad School Applications – Knowing When, and Where, to Apply
- 102: HelloPhD Guide to Grad School Applications – Crafting the Perfect Personal Statement
- 106: HelloPhD Guide to Grad School Applications – Acing Your Interview
- 109: HelloPhD Guide to Grad School Applications – Understanding Your Offer Letter
- 129: Grad School Rejection: Why it Happens and How to Get Accepted
- 137: Tools for Finding a Research Mentor
- The Unlikely Academics (only on Spotify)
- S01E01: Don’t Do It, Let Us Talk You Out of Graduate School
- S01E02: Applying to Graduate School for the Rest of Us
- S01E03: The Truth about Standardized Testing and other Nuggets of Bureaucratic Profitability in Applying to Grad School
- S01E04: How to Organize an Application to Graduate School and Making Contact
- S01E05: Writing a Personal Statement and What if you are Contacted for an Interview?
- S01E06: I did not get in, or my friend did not get into graduate school, so now what?
- S01E08: You Have Been Accepted to Graduate School, Which do you Choose (including a Response to our Listeners)
- S01E16: Memoirs of a Person of Color in Graduate School – A personal reflection of minority experiences in privileged higher education
- S01E23: The Day Before, the Day of, and the Day Following in Taking the GRE. A Graduate Applicant’s Guide to the Psychology of the GRE
- S01E31: Seek and Ye Shall Find, the Importance of Research Experience in Undergraduate Education
- What’s the PhDeal?
- Grad School Femtoring
- Dear Grad Student
- We Need to Name This (all episodes!)
GRE Resources
YouTube videos/channels
- Should You Get a PhD???|Reasons to Apply to PhD Programs (OR NOT) (Dr. Casey Fiesler)
- PhD Application Tips!|Advice for Applying to PhD Programs (Dr. Casey Fiesler)
- Reasons PhD applicants are rejected | Advice for a successful PhD application (Dr. Casey Fiesler)
- YCGS – Applying for Grad School Episode 11
- Lillian Horin’s PhD Admissions Series
- APA’s Finding Fit: Getting in and Getting Through
- Choosing Grad Programs in Today’s Climate (Jasmine Banks)
- How to Get a PhD for Free (Jasmine Banks)
- What the PhD Application Process is Like (Olivia Simone)
- Olivia Simone’s Graduate School Applications Playlist
- Tanesha Renae’s Grad School Application Series
- Step by Step Guide to Applying for a PhD in 2020 (Jasmine Banks)
- 10 Tips for Surviving School Psychology Graduate School (Tiffany Lee)
- Chelsea Nnebe’s MDPhDandMe YouTube channel
- Reflections on my First Semester of Graduate School (Sociology PhD Program) (Pamela Hong)
- From being Rejected to EVERY Clinical Psych PhD Program to Accepted to an Ivy League in ONE YEAR! (Brianna Baker)
- My Graduate School Experience | Overcoming Failure *literally* (Brelynn Hunt)
- Kaelyn Grace Apple’s YouTube channel
- Sarah Fischer’s YouTube channel
Websites
- Getting into grad school: 5 steps to admission
- Twenty things I wish I’d known when I started my PhD by Dr. Lucy A. Taylor
- Academic Chatter Twitter (and hashtag)
- What some current grad students wish they did/knew before starting grad school
- A good way to save PDF files when submitting documents for applications
- The Daily Psych blog
- Free and Low Cost Resources for Grad Students, Postdocs, and Early Career Researchers
- Informal “Guide” to Grad School
- 10 tips that can help you succeed when applying for a PhD
- 7 Big Differences between College and Graduate School
- Alex Hunter Lang’s NSF GRFP Guide
- Mallory Ladd’s GRFP Advice
- Christine Liu’s GRFP Advice
- Modest Advice for New Graduate Students by Dr. Dorsa Amir
- PsychResearchList (resources for Psychology folks)
Inclusivity in STEM + Beyond
- Black in Neuro (Resources for Undergrads)
- List of Faculty/Postdoc Mentors for Black (and URM) Scientists
- 8 Black Ivy League Students Discuss Their College Experience
- Scholarships for Black STEM majors
- APA’s Leading the Way (spotlighting legendary women of color researchers)
- Blk + in Grad School podcast
- A Harvard PhD candidate is helping women of color succeed in academia
- Black scholars’ experiences in academia (#BlackintheIvory)
- Cite Black Women
- Scholarships Open to Undocumented Students
- What I’ve learned about being a Black scientist by Dr. Neil Lewis, Jr.
- 46 Questions: Humanizing Science by Highlighting Those That Do It
- A Survival Guide for Black, Indigenous, and Other Women of Color in Academe
- Científico Latino: Changing the next generation of STEM
- The Ebony Tower: An Online Community for and by Scholars of Color
- Why Black Psychology Matters by Dr. Kevin Cokley
- From Rejected to Rendered: A Dream Come True-Graduate School Acceptance by Brianna A. Baker
- Landing that dream PhD — opening the doors as a queer woman in academia
Inclusivity in STEM + Beyond: Grad School Diversity Weekends
- The Wharton School @UPenn
- Purdue University
- List of campus visit events (McNair scholars)
- Psychology Diversity Recruitment Weekend @UMich
- Tepper School of Business @ Carnegie Mellon University
- The Jones Graduate School of Business @ Rice University
Career Resources
A First-Gen's Guide to Grad School: How to Get in, Survive, and Thrive 