As a professor, I can't begin to tell you how often I receive inappropriate and unprofessional emails from students. While a lot of people understand the importance of following certain rules when writing a business letter, they often forget these rules when composing an email message. Begin practicing good email habits this summer. These tips, from About Career Planning Guide, Dawn Rosenberg McKay, will help you write professional emails so that your message gets across as you intend.

I'm applying to a school that is part of the same university I got my B.A. from. Will they see this as a positive (I liked the school so much I'm coming back), a negative (not a fresh face or something?) or neither?.

Is graduate school right for you? Only you can answer that question. Whether to go to graduate school is a big decision that should not be taken lightly. Here are some questions you should ask yourself in deciding whether to continue your education.

Not every applicant to graduate school is a 21 year-old senior in college. Many applicants seek to return to school several (or many) years after earning a bachelor's degree. What do you do about letters of recommendation when you've been out of college for a while?

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Many students complain that the dissertation is a beast that is impossible to conquer. Conducting a mammoth study and writing a book is a challenge, definitely, but it is one that you can surmount. It just takes stamina and motivation (and the ability to avoid procrastination!)

Most graduate students and new professionals feel, at least sometimes, like they are fooling the world. Someday someone will learn that they really don't know what they're doing and that they're frauds. This is a very common sentiment that is referred to as the impostor syndrome, as the student feels like an impostor and not a real academic. Learn more about the impostor syndrome from this article at Science Careers. Also see: Surviving Graduate School