Dissertation successfully defended.
I defended today. Passed with revisions which is normal. I’ll write up a full story later, but for now I …
Category Archives: Graduate school
The end is in sight….
It’s starting to feel real. I revised the document and sent it back to my chair last sunday evening, then …
Hurry up and wait…
I am now deep in to the “hurry up and wait” phase of my dissertation. At the beginning of January …
Show me the money…Funding in Graduate School
I’ve been thinking lately about how to pay for graduate school. Now, obviously I’ve already paid for most of it …
You can’t plan your time if you don’t know where you really spend it
I was talking to some new students and realized something. One of the reasons we fail to integrate our school …
Misaligned expectations
Yesterday was my dissertation proposal review. As longer-time readers will know, I completed the proposal (which is essentially the intro, …
10 books every graduate student should read
Regardless of what you are studying, there are a few books that can help just about any graduate student master …
Demystifying Dissertation Writing Part 1: Chapters 1-5
In order to move myself forward on this process I have been reading Demystifying Dissertation Writing:A Streamlined Process from Choice …
I will not become a statistic….
They used to say that only 50% of those who start a doctorate finish. Updated statistics in the social sciences …
Perspective: Useful thing that…
Often we are told to take a step back from things to gain some perspective. It’s very hard when you …
