TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peters,Robert L.
TI  - Getting what you came for: the smart student's guide to earning a Master's or a Ph. D 
SN  - 0374524777
AV  - LB2371.4 .P48 1997
U1  - 378.24 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Whitman College
KW  - Career Center materials
KW  - local
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - United States
KW  - Graduate work
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
KW  - Graduate-School information
KW  - WaWW
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index; 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
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