The Women's Guide to Surviving Graduate School

Written by women for women, this book provides practical information and advice on graduate schools in the United States and Canada. Basic information is provided for each graduate school about selection, applications and acceptance processes, likely cost and funding sources. The authors also provide valuable advice on how to determine the best methods for planning a course of study and selecting programmes.

Series Editor's Introduction

ix

(2)

Introduction

xi

1. In the Beginning: Should You Go to Graduate School?

1

(12)

The Educational Continuum

1

(3)

Reasons For and Against

4

(4)

Setting Goals

8

(2)

Figuring Out What You Want to Study

10

(1)

How Much Education Is Enough?

11

(1)

Institutional Credentials

12

(1)

Summary

12

(1)

2. Taking The Plunge

13

(14)

Picking a School

13

(2)

Issues in Selecting Schools

15

(1)

A Closer Look

16

(1)

Selecting Between Programs

17

(1)

Costs

17

(2)

Costs of Living

19

(1)

Good Enough Versus the Best

20

(2)

Grades and Examination Scores

22

(1)

Improving Your Record

23

(1)

Exploring the Community

24

(1)

Summary

25

(2)

3. The Application Process

27

(14)

Completing the Form

27

(2)

Declaring a Disability: Pros and Cons

29

(2)

Graduate Examination Scores

31

(1)

Prerequisites

32

(1)

Application Essays

33

(2)

Letters of Reference

35

(2)

The Interview

37

(1)

Reviewing the Completed Application

38

(1)

Summary

39

(2)

4. To Be In or Not To Be In

41

(14)

The Waiting Game

41

(1)

While You Wait

42

(1)

Acceptances and Uncertainties

43

(2)

Why Responding Early Counts

45

(1)

Waiting Lists--Accepted (Sort of)

45

(1)

Accepted by One and Waiting for All

46

(1)

Want to Go but Can't Go

46

(1)

Acceptance and Certainty

47

(1)

Disabilities and School Choices

48

(1)

Being Rejected--Alternatives

48

(1)

When a Rejection Is Not a Rejection

49

(1)

Finding Out What Went Wrong

50

(2)

Proving Your Worth and Abilities

52

(1)

Rejecting Them

53

(1)

Summary

53

(2)

5. Paying for It

55

(22)

Financial Realities

55

(1)

How Much Do You Really Need?

56

(1)

Developing a Bottom Line

57

(1)

Costs Associated With Relocating

57

(8)

Who's Got the Money and How Do I Get Some?

65

(7)

Tuition Payments

72

(1)

Repayment of Loans

73

(1)

Summary

74

(3)

6. Getting a Running Start

77

(18)

Study Space and Other Necessities

77

(2)

Orientation and Early Socialization

79

(6)

Getting the Worst Over First

85

(1)

Course Selections or Stabs in the Dark

85

(3)

Registering

88

(2)

Course Loads--The Magic Formula

90

(1)

Picking Concentrations

91

(2)

Summary

93

(2)

7. Learning Your Way Around

95

(12)

Getting There From Here

95

(4)

Classrooms and Transitions

99

(1)

Finding the Essentials

99

(5)

Off-Site Campuses

104

(1)

Summary

105

(2)

8. Settling In: The First Week--or Do I Really Need a Lunch Box

107

(10)

Looking the Part

107

(1)

Name Calling

108

(2)

Sexual Harassment

110

(1)

Networking With Other Women

111

(1)

Networking and Survival

112

(3)

Summary

115

(2)

9. The Syllabus as a Learning Contract

117

(8)

Buying Texts

122

(1)

Summary

123

(2)

10. The Road to "A" Work

125

(18)

Attending Classes

125

(1)

Calendars

126

(1)

Study Patterns

127

(1)

Readings

127

(3)

Assignments

130

(3)

Examinations

133

(1)

Writing Papers

134

(6)

Summary

140

(3)

11. Swimming Rather Than Sinking

143

(8)

Negotiating Deadlines

143

(1)

Incompletes

144

(1)

Dropping Courses

145

(1)

Tutors

146

(1)

Using Your Adviser

146

(2)

Competition Among the Ranks

148

(1)

What Really Counts

149

(2)

Index

151

(4)

About the Authors

155

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