Getting what you came for
Subtitle: the smart student's guide to earning a Master's or a Ph. D
By: Robert L. Peters ; illustrations by the author.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Universities and colleges -- United States -- Graduate work -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Dissertations, Academic -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index.
Table of contents: title: This book can help (and you probably need it!) --; title: What is graduate school like? --; title: Do you need to go? --; title: Should you work first? --; title: Choosing a school: the thesis adviser --; title: Choosing a school: secondary aspects --; title: Application and admission --; title: Improving your credentials for admission --; title: Financial aid --; title: The master's degree: history and hurdles --; title: The doctorate: history and hurdles --; title: Managing yourself --; title: Playing politics: building a reputation --; title: Master's comprehensive and Ph. D. qualifying examinations --; title: Choosing and managing your thesis committee --; title: The thesis topic: finding it --; title: The thesis proposal --; title: The thesis: writing it --; title: The thesis defense --; title: Oral presentations: the key to being a star --; title: Dealing with stress and depression --; title: The social milieu --; title: Swimming with the mainstream: returning students, women, minorities, and foreign students --; title: Bringing it all together: the job -- -- Appendix A:; title: Buying your computer and software -- -- Appendix B:; title: Useful internet addresses.