Graduate School?

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Originally posted by TxAPhi
Best book to read about this ---

Getting What You Came For : The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. by Robert Peters

It answered a lot of questions.
Is graduate school right for you?
Should you get a master’s or a Ph.D.?
How can you choose the best possible school?


Review - “This is an excellent book. I don’t know how Robert Peters was able to assemble all this highly relevant and valuable information after only one pass through the system known as graduate school, but he has produced a definitive piece of work.” – Dr. Gene Woodruff, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Washington, Seattle, President of the Association of Graduate Schools, Chairman of the GRE Board


This classic guide helps students answer these vital questions and much more. It will also help graduate students finish in less time, for less money, and with less trouble.

Based on interviews with career counselors, graduate students, and professors, Getting What You Came For is packed with real-life experiences. It has all the advice a student will need not only to survive but to thrive in graduate school, including: instructions on applying to school and for financial aid; how to excel on qualifying exams; how to manage academic politics—including hostile professors; and how to write and defend a top-notch thesis. Most important, it shows you how to land a job when you graduate.

Have you read it?

I read it, and it's definitely geared more towards those going to grad school for a career in academia--not so much for those in professional programs like law, business, education, architecture, public administration, international affairs, and the like.