Archive for November, 2008
The Most Competitive Graduate Programs in the Country
In the US, the best graduate schools are very competitive and tend to admit only the cream of the crop. Usually, these institutions only get the cream of the crop, so they have a very small graduate student population. Still, many students want to apply to these institutions because they believe they will get the [...]
Why Getting a Graduate Degree Is Considered an Investment
Earning a graduate degree is an investment for it furthers your potentials and demands time, effort, and money. Although a bachelor’s degree may have already prepared you for the initial steps of your career, having advanced knowledge pertinent to a certain field can make a difference. Your graduate degree and your career path Having a [...]
The Graduate Thesis Writing Process
The graduate thesis is probably the most important part prerequisite for getting that graduate diploma. That said, thesis preparation must be done with care and with proper application of gained knowledge either school taught or from research works. After all, writing a graduate thesis proves just the amount of learning a student had for the [...]
Research Assistant: The benefits of being one
Becoming a professor’s research assistant certainly has its perks. Earning an advanced degree can be costly and taking a full-time job is sometimes not an option especially if you have decided on a much heavier load for a certain term. Being a student assistant or a research assistant gives a degree earner more time to [...]
The Wrong Reasons for Enrolling in a Graduate Program
While there may be valid reasons for pursuing graduate school, the fact that there are wrong ones still remains. Some of these reasons may sound noble and genuine but no one’s to say which is which exactly. The bottom line is that if the motives aren’t that of meeting career goals, the very reasons for [...]
Graduate School Stress Management 101
Coping with stress is quite tricky when you’re not used to having it around. Specially in graduate school, having too much to juggle can beat the life out of you unless you’re able to make things work. Although you were able to go through college despite the undergrad pressure, being in graduate school offers a [...]
Making the Best out of Graduate School Study Groups
In graduate school, you need all the help you can get when it comes to furthering your education. You need your professors’ insights and your colleagues’ ideas to help improve your academic aptitude. One effective way to enrich your knowledge is to join a well-organized study group. Limit active members In a study group session, [...]