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A hodge-podge of resources to help you make it through graduate school

How Grad School's Different
New graduate students quickly discover that grad school is entirely different than college. Grad school is a whole different beast.

Book Review: Getting What You Came For
Guides your through graduate school. How do you handle the workload and politics? Read on.

Emotional Fatigue: Coping with Academic Pressure  
An excellent discussion of the causes of burnout, symptoms, and how to cope. A must-read for all graduate students (and professors!)

Get Organized!
Maximize your efficiency in graduate school by taking control of clutter and getting organized.

ASGS, the Association for Support of Graduate Students
A service organization that helps students complete their theses, obtain their degrees, and improve the quality of student lives. Nice resource.

How To Do Research In the MIT AI Lab
This document, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Lab, discusses how to do research (reading, writing, programming) and how to enjoy it (incluing info on methodology, topic and advisor selection, and emotional factors). Excellent resource!

Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal
Funding makes academic life a lot easier. Here are suggestions on how to get your proposal funded.

Networking on the Network
Believe it or not, networking is vital to your success. Phil Agree's advice on how to use the internet to network is essential.

So long and Thanks for the Ph.D.
A graduate school survival guide, intended for prospective or novice graduate students in computer science, but useful to all.

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