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Tara's Graduate School Blog December 2008 Archive

By Tara Kuther, Ph.D., About.com Guide to Graduate School

Goal-Setting

Monday December 29, 2008
If you're like most people, you're probably thinking about what goals you'd like to accomplish in 2009. Take care in choosing goals - and devise a realistic plan for achieving ... Read More

5 Tips for Coping with Grad School Stress

Saturday December 27, 2008
Exams, papers, and other deadlines are very stressful for students. How do you manage the stress of graduate school? Try these tips.

Law: How to Prepare and What to Expect

Monday December 22, 2008
Think you want to go to law school? First, get an overview of what law school is like. Then make sure that you take the classes that typically compose a ... Read More

How Do I Get a Letter of Recommendation When I Attend an Online University?

Friday December 19, 2008
What do you do if you obtain your bachelor's degree via distance education? As a student in an online undergraduate institution, it is likely that you will never meet any ... Read More

Where to Apply?

Wednesday December 17, 2008
Applying to graduate school entails a series of tough decisions -- decisions about who to ask for letters of recommendation, what to include in your admissions essay, when to take ... Read More

All About Recommendation Letters

Monday December 15, 2008
What I first considered applying to graduate school, I was confused and nervous about the part of the application referred to as "letters of recommendation." What are such letters? Who ... Read More

How Do You Compile and Present Your Application?

Friday December 12, 2008
You're application is complete. Its huge! Forms, essays, financial aid, etc. How do you organize and present this material? Do you just stuff it into an envelope and hope for ... Read More

Is Business School for You?

Wednesday December 10, 2008
The MBA is a popular degree that offers opportunities to advance your knowledge but also to advance your career. That said, an MBA is not for everyone. Is it right ... Read More

You Missed Class: What Do You Do?

Monday December 8, 2008
Regardless of how good a student you are, how detail-oriented, hard working, or diligent, you can be certain that you will miss a class at some point in your academic ... Read More

Your Graduate Application: Possible Outcomes

Thursday December 4, 2008
Once your application is in, the school has received all of your letters and test scores, interviews (if any) have been conducted, and you're slogged through an interminable waiting period ... Read More

It's Not You

Tuesday December 2, 2008
Sometimes it's about them. As you compile and submit your applications to graduate school, recognize that your own merits as a student influence whether you are admitted to the program ... Read More

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