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Deciding whether or not to pursue graduate studies? There are a lot of factors to consider.
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Queen's University...
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Even though...
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In fact, the...
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Many students think that...
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After...
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There is a misconception that submitting to academic journals is only something that professors and upper-year graduate students do....
First, they told you that a bachelor's degree was the way to a higher salary.
Now it seems that graduate school is the new destination...
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Visit the school you are applying to and connect with faculty and prospective supervisors.
Having that face time with a member of...
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I'm officially half way through my Masters program! w00t!
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I'm six weeks into my second term, and although there are some similarities from last term, there's a lot going on that's new, too....
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As a graduate student, you are encouraged to do other activities other than those associated with your course work.
This can include...
I think I was a little bit too cocky the last couple of months, because December pummeled the crap out of me. It was like getting a...
Grad school funding comes in many forms.
Some students are lucky enough to be awarded fellowships (scholarships that don't need to...
Three months in, and I'm starting to get a hang of things here.
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Finding your "Home, Sweet Home" can be an ordeal when you go away to university.
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You know that old adage, "Time flies when you're having fun"?
Well, it flies when you're in grad school too!
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A curriculum vitae, or CV, is not a resumé.
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Now that you're starting your master's degree, you have to get used to a new campus in a new city, make new friends, find your...
For most business graduates, the natural choice after graduation is working for a few years and then heading off to business school...
You applied to grad school.
You sussed out what programs you were interested in, you wrote a CV, you asked for reference letters,...
A curriculum vitae (predominantly called a CV, although sometimes a vita) is a biographical account that outlines ones career and job...
The weeks and days leading up to my move to Ottawa to start my program at Carleton I was really nervous.
Would I get along with my...
There are few people more important to your life in graduate school than the graduate secretary of your department.
This person is...
The good thing about grad school: you take fewer courses and fewer years to complete your degree.
The bad (bad, bad) thing about...
Once you get to grad school, the choice of primary academic supervisor to guide your research and writing is critical to your...
Aside from having the grades to get into the program, writing your research statement is the most difficult part of the whole...
You've been doing your research to apply to grad schools: looking at the school, the program, the faculty, its facilities and...
You might not have gone far from home for your undergraduate studies. Perhaps you only went as far as the nearest major city.
Or,...
Even though the Fall 2010 term hasn't even started, it's already time to start thinking ahead about admissions in 2011.
A year in...
Question: I'm going to an academic conference this summer with a professor. Since I want to go to grad school, how can I make the most...
Academic advisors might warn students about heavier workloads, research expectations, and the increased competitiveness of grad...
You've put in somewhere between four and six years into your undergrad and you're now considering other options for the following...
You can only learn how grad school works by actually experiencing it.
Many future (and even current) grad students are not sure...
OK, so you liked doing your undergrad.
You liked what you studied, you liked the social atmosphere of your school and you're...
I have known since second year that I wanted to go to graduate school, get my master's degree and earn my PhD. So, from the summer...
As my graduation approached in the winter of 2005, a little bit of a trend was going around campus. Today, I like to call this...
