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100 1 $aPeters, Robert L.,$d1951-
245 10 $aGetting what you came for :$bthe smart student's guide to earning a Master's or a Ph. D /$cRobert L. Peters ; illustrations by the author.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c1997.
300 $axii, 399 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index.
505 0 $aThis 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.
650 0 $aUniversities and colleges$zUnited States$xGraduate work$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650 0 $aDissertations, Academic$zUnited States$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
610 20 $aWhitman College$xCareer Center materials.$2local
650 0 $aGraduate-School information.$2WaWW
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