Some resources for applying to grad schools

Here are some websites that are useful for applying to grad schools. The information here is taken from last year's (Spring 2012) "Grad School: To go or not to go" talk.

• Ruffin Evans's guide to grad school  http://people.virginia.edu/~ree5f/gradguide.html
• A very general and useful guide written by the legendary UVA physics undergrad Ruffin Evans
• Who hires physics students?  http://www.physics.purdue.edu/career/whohires.shtml
• US News Physics Grad School ranking  http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/physics-rankings
• NRC PhD program ranking  http://www.phds.org/
• GradSchoolShopper  http://www.gradschoolshopper.com/
• Despite its name, it is actually specific to physics grad schools