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An edition of Getting what you came for (1997)

Getting what you came for

the smart student's guide to earning a Master's or a Ph. D

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
English
Pages
399

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Subjects

Career Center materials, Universities and colleges, Graduate work, Whitman College, Graduate-School information, Academic Dissertations, Handbooks, manuals

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Cover of: Getting what you came for
Getting what you came for: the smart student's guide to earning a Master's or a Ph. D
1997, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Table of Contents

This book can help (and you probably need it!)
What is graduate school like?
Do you need to go?
Should you work first?
Choosing a school: the thesis adviser
Choosing a school: secondary aspects
Application and admission
Improving your credentials for admission
Financial aid
The master's degree: history and hurdles
The doctorate: history and hurdles
Managing yourself
Playing politics: building a reputation
Master's comprehensive and Ph. D. qualifying examinations
Choosing and managing your thesis committee
The thesis topic: finding it
The thesis proposal
The thesis: writing it
The thesis defense
Oral presentations: the key to being a star
Dealing with stress and depression
The social milieu
Swimming with the mainstream: returning students, women, minorities, and foreign students
Bringing it all together: the job
Appendix A: Buying your computer and software
Appendix B: Useful internet addresses.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
378.24
Library of Congress
LB2371.4 .P48 1997

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xii, 399 p. :
Number of pages
399

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OL24635687M
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OCLC/WorldCat
46888334

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