Surviving and Succeeding in Graduate School
You've won admittance to graduate school! Now what? How do you ensure success in grad school? Peruse the pages below to enhance your ability to survive and succeed in graduate school.
Advisors and Professors (12)
Public Speaking (8)
Current Issues in Grad Ed (11)
Publishing (9)
Distance Learning (6)
Reading Tips and Strategies (9)
Family & Grad School (14)
Research Ethics (14)
Get Organized (11)
Stress (21)
Grad School Success: Tips (20)
Thesis Writing and Research (20)
Grad Student Humor (14)
Time Use & Procrastination (23)
Grants & Research Funding (22)
Transitions: Starting Out (19)
Media Interviews (5)
How to Prepare for Your Comprehensive Examination
Your performance on your master's or doctoral comprehensive exam can make or break your graduate school career. Learning all there is to know about your field is daunting, but don't let it overwhelm you. Be systematic in your preparations and follow these tips to get your studying underway and prepare for your comprehensive exams.
Your performance on your master's or doctoral comprehensive exam can make or break your graduate school career. Learning all there is to know about your field is daunting, but don't let it overwhelm you. Be systematic in your preparations and follow these tips to get your studying underway and prepare for your comprehensive exams.
Comprehensive Examinations: An Overview for Master's and Doctoral Students
One of the biggest milestones of graduate study is passing your "comps" -- or comprehensive examinations. Comps are administered at both the masters and doctoral level. Learn more.
One of the biggest milestones of graduate study is passing your "comps" -- or comprehensive examinations. Comps are administered at both the masters and doctoral level. Learn more.
The Impostor Syndrome: Are You Fooling Everyone?
At one time or another nearly every graduate student and new faculty member wonders about his or her competence: "Will they find out that I'm making it up as I go?" The impostor syndrome runs rampant in academia - and women are especially prone to it.
At one time or another nearly every graduate student and new faculty member wonders about his or her competence: "Will they find out that I'm making it up as I go?" The impostor syndrome runs rampant in academia - and women are especially prone to it.
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.
New graduate students quickly discover that grad school is entirely different than college. Grad school is a whole different beast.
Use a Project Planner to Get that Paper Done on Time
Writing papers and other large projects can overwhelm even the best of students. Most time management experts agree that the best way to tackle a large project is to break it into its component tasks. Here's how.
Writing papers and other large projects can overwhelm even the best of students. Most time management experts agree that the best way to tackle a large project is to break it into its component tasks. Here's how.
Get it Done with a To-Do List
To-do lists make your life easier because they list everything that you need to do or remember for a given day, so you don’t have to worry about forgetting anything.
To-do lists make your life easier because they list everything that you need to do or remember for a given day, so you don’t have to worry about forgetting anything.
Use an Academic Calendar to Prepare for the School Year
All students need an academic calendar because, rather than the calendar year, it follows the academic year, from mid-August to July.
All students need an academic calendar because, rather than the calendar year, it follows the academic year, from mid-August to July.
Make a Good Impression on Professors
Relationships with faculty are critical to success in graduate school. The initial relationship is often formed in class. How do you make a good impression in class?
Relationships with faculty are critical to success in graduate school. The initial relationship is often formed in class. How do you make a good impression in class?
Why Relationships with Other Students Matter
It is not just relationships with faculty that matter in graduate school. Many graduate students are surprised to learn that relationships with other students also predict success in graduate school and beyond.
It is not just relationships with faculty that matter in graduate school. Many graduate students are surprised to learn that relationships with other students also predict success in graduate school and beyond.
The First Day of Class: What to Expect
The first day of class in college and graduate school is all about introducing the class. There are different ways of approaching the first day.
The first day of class in college and graduate school is all about introducing the class. There are different ways of approaching the first day.
Advice for Graduate Students
This collection of resources will help you get a handle on your graduate studies
This collection of resources will help you get a handle on your graduate studies
Top 4 Graduate School Survival Books
Graduate school survival books abound. Some offer essential advice while others are a waste of your precious time. Don't lose lab and research time to reading hackneyed graduate school success books. Check out these picks
Graduate school survival books abound. Some offer essential advice while others are a waste of your precious time. Don't lose lab and research time to reading hackneyed graduate school success books. Check out these picks
Book Review: Getting What You Came For
Guides your through graduate school. How do you handle the workload and politics? Read on.
Guides your through graduate school. How do you handle the workload and politics? Read on.
5 Tips for Coping with Grad School Stress
Exams, papers, and other deadlines are very stressful for students. How do you manage the stress of graduate school? Try these tips.
Exams, papers, and other deadlines are very stressful for students. How do you manage the stress of graduate school? Try these tips.
Three Tips for New Graduate Students
Graduate school is way different from college. Pay attention to these three tips and you will start graduate school on the right foot and set yourself up for long term success.
Graduate school is way different from college. Pay attention to these three tips and you will start graduate school on the right foot and set yourself up for long term success.
Gender, Work, Stress, and Health
Is academia bad for your health?
Is academia bad for your health?
What Is the Impostor Syndrome?
Some graduate students and early career professional suffer from the impostor syndrome. What is it?
Some graduate students and early career professional suffer from the impostor syndrome. What is it?
How to Behave at a Presentation
In graduate school and beyond, you're judged not only by how you present your own work, but by the respect you show your colleagues.
In graduate school and beyond, you're judged not only by how you present your own work, but by the respect you show your colleagues.
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.
A graduate school survival guide, intended for prospective or novice graduate students in computer science, but useful to all.
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.
Believe it or not, networking is vital to your success. Phil Agree's advice on how to use the internet to network is essential.
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.
A service organization that helps students complete their theses, obtain their degrees, and improve the quality of student lives. Nice resource.