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  - 9780374524777 (paperback)
AV  - LB2371.4 .P48 1992
U1  - 378.24 PET 23
PY  - 1992///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - United States
KW  - Graduate work
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. This Book Can Help (and You Probably Need It!)
2. What Is Graduate School Like?
3. Do You Need to Go?
4. Should You Work First?
5. Choosing a School: The Thesis Adviser
6. Choosing a School: Secondary Aspects
7. Application and Admission
8. Improving Your Credentials for Admission
9. Financial Aid
10. The Master's Degree: History and Hurdles
11. The Doctorate: History and Hurdles
12. Managing Yourself
13. Playing Politics: Building a Reputation
14. Master's Comprehensive and Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations
15. Choosing and Managing Your Thesis Committee
16. The Thesis Topic: Finding It
17. The Thesis Proposal
18. The Thesis: Writing It
19. The Thesis Defense
20. Oral Presentations: The Key to Being a Star
21. Dealing with Stress and Depression
22. The Social Milieu
23. Swimming with the Mainstream: Returning Students, Women, Minorities, and Foreign Students
24. Bringing It All Together: The Job.
App. A. Buying Your Computer and Software
App. B. Useful Internet Addresses
N2  - Is graduate school right for you? Should you get a master's or a Ph.D.? How can you choose the best possible school? Since its publication, Getting What You Came For has proved itself a necessity in helping students answer these vital questions and much more. If you are already a graduate student, this book will help you finish in less time, for less money, and with less trouble. Based on interviews with career counselors, graduate students, and professors, Getting What You Came For is packed with real-life experiences. Updated, and now with a brand-new section on buying and setting up a personal computer, Getting What You Came For has all the advice a student will need not only to survive but to thrive in graduate school, including: instructions on applying to school and for financial aid; how to excel on qualifying exams; how to manage academic politics - including hostile professors; and how to write and defend a top-notch thesis. Most important, it shows you how to land a job when you graduate
ER  -