Grad Student Advice Series: 10 Ways To Be A Successful PhD Student
by anna pitts
From Start To Finish
Your PhD is going to be the focus of your professional and personal life for at least four years, so it is important that it will be time well spent. Here are some tips and points to consider to make sure you are a successful PhD student from The Graduate Recruitment Bureau.
So how do you get from start to finish and what can help keep you motivated throughout?
1) Choose The Right University
*Research ahead of time which Universities express/match up with your best research interests and goals. Dig deeper as to what programs are ideal (look at ...
Short and Sweet: Five Job Hunting Mistakes PhD Graduates Should Avoid
by lisa morton
"You might argue that if I leave academia to, say, teach high school or become a journalist, I’ve wasted my laboratory training. This argument is ridiculous. Since the Ph.D.’s inception in 18th century Germany, the product of a doctoral education has been a dissertation—a body of research that, in a small way, moves a field forward. There’s nothing wrong with contributing to science and then moving on. The work won’t disappear. Dissertations are published, and doctorates last a lifetime. ~ Why Grad School Is Worth It"
Short and Sweet Advice for PhD Grads
Each ye...
Interested in Graduate School?
The undergraduate degrees offered in IAS prepare students for a wide variety of graduate programs. IAS faculty members are happy to talk with you about your plans and aspirations. In the meantime, here are a few tips to get you started:
1. Keep copies of your best writing and research samples (whether scholarly or creative).
2. Be involved in undergraduate research with professors and peers; do presentations at conferences and publications; join associations.
3. Write the best personal statement that you can; it must be error-free, engaging, and program specific.
4. Talk with your pr...
Academic Overview: Business Analytics
Here’s the third and final of our academic overview blogs for the M.S. in Commerce’s newest track: Business Analytics. Analytics positions are on the rise, making them one of the “it” jobs (not to be confused with IT jobs, but that difference will be described below). They are growing as companies increasingly recognize the importance of data-driven decisions. There are currently 34 of us in the track. Lucky for you guys, I’ve been your guinea pig and am here to shed some light on the newest track.
What is business analytics?
To give you guys a big picture overview of busines...
8 College Degrees with the Worst Return on Investment
These Careers Might Make You Happy, But Fail the Tuition ROI Test
By Dawn Dugan, Salary.com contributing writer.
College: Is it Worth It?
What's more expensive than going to college? Until recently, the answer was easy: not going to college. Numerous studies over the years have shown that individuals with college degrees significantly out-earn those with high school degrees by $1 million or more over the course of a lifetime.
But as the cost of education increases faster than inflation and the economy remains relatively weak, people are beginning to question how they spend their ed...
WHAT ARE THE BEST NUTRITION GRADUATE PROGRAMS?
Passionate about learning? Want to be on the cutting edge of new discoveries? Then graduate school is perfect for you. Typically a graduate nutrition program prepares you for high-level research, analysis, or communications in the nutrition field.
Of course, grad school offers many advantages beyond what you get as an undergraduate.
First, you get the time to explore a particular area of interest in depth. You even get to participate in ongoing research in that area.
Learning how to plan and carry out research projects is particularly exciting for most incoming grad students. As is le...
Cooking! Affording grad life through eating.
Through my assistantship, I am fortunate to have a stipend. However, I am not rolling around in cash, and my stipend is just enough to feed me, house me, and have a little lift for entertaining me (movies, dinners with friends, and yes, shopping). Yet, I have to be creative in stretching each and every dollar. One way I save money is cooking my own meals. Bloomington has a lot of great restaurants and combined with a graduate students’ super busy schedule, it is very tempting to buy grab a quick and tasty lunch or dinner. Yet, the lunch money and the calories add up each day! If you e...
Grad School Blues
Posted by Jessica Kirkpatrick
A few years back UC Berkeley did a study of the mental health of graduate students. The results were quite astounding.
The study found that 67% of graduate students said they had felt hopeless at least once in the last year; 54% felt so depressed they had a hard time functioning; and nearly 10% said they had considered suicide (note that in the graph below shows considering suicide "frequently" or "all the time", thus the percentage difference). Female respondents were more likely to report feeling hopeless, exhausted, sad, depressed, or suicidal. By compa...
Fellowships for 1st or 2nd Year of Graduate Study
There are a number of post-baccalaureate fellowships specifically focused on students still in the early stages of graduate study – in some cases applicants may be no more advanced than the first year of graduate study. Below is a list of some of the major fellowships of relevance to first-year graduate students. For more details on these and other fellowships, visit Graduate Guide to Grants available online: www.gsas.harvard.edu/fellowships
Please note: counseling is available on how to write a winning proposal and other aspects of the application process. Several of our first-year winn...
Arizona Summit Receives WRBLSA Award Arizona Summit was recently awarded the 2016 Black Student Law Association Chapter Award at the
Western Region Black Law Students Association (WRBLSA)'s 48th annual convention held during the
first week of January in San Diego.
Charlotte School of Law AAMPLE®
If a lower LSAT score is hurting your chances of getting into law school, Charlotte School of
Law (CSL) offers the Alternative Admissions Model Program for Legal Education (AAMPLE), a
seven-week online class that helps prospective students prove they are able to handle a
demanding law school curriculum.
Florida Coastal Law's Practitioner Clinics Florida Coastal Law's Practitioner Clinic is an innovative course offering students a chance
to work closely on pro bono cases with a practicing lawyer. Students are often invited to
work on these cases in the practitioner's office off campus, and the Clinics are offered as
two credits with an evening classroom component.
Center for Professional Development Arizona Summit's Center for Professional Development (CPD) is a full-service career counseling
and resource center that supports and assists students in all stages of the career planning
process, while helping employers fill their semester, summer, and permanent hiring needs.
Charlotte Law Compliance Certificate Program
Students with or without a legal background can pursue a career in the rapidly growing
field of compliance and ethics. Charlotte Law is one of the few law schools in the U.S.
offering a Corporate Compliance Certificate Programentirely online. It's an 18-week
platform that prepares students for the Compliance Certification Board exam.
Florida Coastal Law Offers LLM & Certificate in Logistics & Transportation Florida Coastal Law is the first law school in the U.S. to offer an onlineLL.M. Degree or
Certificate in Logistics & Transportation. Students in the 24-credit LL.M. or 12-credit
Certificate program gain expertise in global logistics and transportation law through
cutting-edge courses taught by attorneys and industry professionals online.
