The Ph.D. Survival Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0595350305 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 140 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Survival Guide provides.Learn how to pick a school based on its location, plead for acceptance, identify subspecies of Homo doctoratus, avoid professorial deadwood, select courses that aren't lethal, qualify for a platinum copying card, raise jargon to an art form, interact with unsympathetic friends and family members, footnote one's way to nirvana, suck up to secretaries, survive the dissertation defense without crying, and reenter the real world. The Ph.D. Survival Guide blends humor with advice that will help doctoral students graduate more or less in one piece.. It can also be very painful. Most of them bear the scars of what is too often a lonely and difficult rite of passage. is an intellectually exciting experience. They all could have benefited from seeing the lighter side of the doctoral process, and that is what The Ph.D. Roughly 40,000 doctoral students graduate each year in the United States. Getting a Ph.D
chchumourous Fun and practical indeed. 69 said humourous. Fun and practical indeed. More fun than informational I bought this book because its a relatively new entry in the "PhD survival" genre. The chapters are very small, sometimes less than a page, and largely anecdotal in nature. The author has a good sense of humor, but tends to sacrifice advice for anecdote. The advice is largely stock advice like being nice to secretaries and not "curl[ing] up in the foetal position" during your defense. The only. "Great for the Grad Student and those within striking distance!" according to GW. At last, someone who understands! No matter who you are - Potential Grad Student, Grad Student, supporter, spouse - you must get this book to help you plan and/or cope. Mr. Dolin has been through it all and has made it to the other side to tell us that we're going to make it. Great suggestions, tips and tricks both practical and psychological to help coax, soothe and chuckle our way through. T
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. I hope that this book helps Ph.D. students, as well as those thinking about getting a Ph.D., laugh a little and gain a better perspective on the process. From the Author I wrote this book because it is the kind of book I would have liked to have had when I went through my Ph.D. program--as a light break from my studies