Graduate School Survival Blog
Life as a graduate student is hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it! It can feel lonely and overwhelming. But, you are not alone. We’re here to help you, not just survive, but to thrive and excel in graduate school. This grad. school blog teaches you the strategies to master grad. school while keeping your sanity intact.
We blog about graduate school survival, providing quick tips on things like productivity, time management, motivation, writing, balancing the workload, becoming an expert, completing a thesis or dissertation, and more. We know how busy you are, so we keep each blog post short and to the point. Our goal is to give you the secrets, tips, and tricks that take life as a graduate student from fraught to focused.
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These quick graduate school survival tips are written with your busy schedule in mind. Get short, actionable suggestions to make your life in graduate school go as smoothly as possible. Written by current and former graduate students, we know how big an impact small changes can have so we’ve designed this graduate student blog to help you improve your life in 5 minutes or less.
Three Quick Habits to Improve Your Organization in Graduate School
3 Quick Habits to Improve Organization in Graduate School Developing organizational habits is vital to being more productive and efficient in graduate school. Every minute spent trying to…
Simple Steps to Instantly Improve Your Scholarly Writing | Academic Writing Tips
3 Ways to Improve Your Scholarly Writing Instantly Oh! Students These Days! “Students don’t know how to write” is a common refrain of professors worldwide. This lament echoes…
Overcoming Academic Writer’s Block
3 Tips to Kick Academic Writer’s Block in the Ass Academic writing is hard on a good day and not all days are good. Sometimes you know you…
How to do things you don’t want to do
How to Do Things You Don’t Want to Do: 3 Tips Motivation is a fickle thing. This is especially true in graduate school where your deadlines are hazy…
Rockstar Goal Setting for Graduate Students
Rockstar Goal Setting for Graduate Students Productivity gone wrong!Better goal setting for graduate students A lot of graduate students struggle to make progress on long-term projects like theses…
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