Category: graduating
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New book ‘How to Candidacy: Detailed Guide to Pass the PhD Candidacy Exam’
My new book ‘How to Candidacy: Detailed Guide to Pass the PhD Candidacy Exam’ covers what the PhD Candidacy Exam or Prelim is, what are the requirements to pass this exam, and how to be successful in getting through it all. What is the PhD Candidacy Exam? Six-week formal exam required by the graduate school Advisor…
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How to PhD book for those who will manage PhDs
I am encouraged to find that readers of my ‘How to PhD’ book are suggesting that the book is not just for students but also leaders in the workplace who might manage PhDs. Moreover, it is useful to people who are not just doing PhDs, but any type of graduate program in general. This review…
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How to PhD in Canada: Interview with Earth and Planetary Sciences Doctoral Student
How to PhD in Canada has been recorded now through a Zoom call with an Earth and Planetary Sciences doctoral student, Gavin Tolometti! Gavin Tolometti is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. We recorded a podcast episode of this interview on How to PhD…
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How to PhD: Proven method for successful graduation with a doctorate
The proven method for successful graduation with a doctorate involves two additional steps than you might imagine. I have found there to be four total steps and share them with you here, quite simply. I daresay I would know as I did complete my Ph.D. successfully a little over two years ago. The four steps…
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Your PhD is your business 👩💻 How to PhD
Think of your Ph.D. as YOUR business that you are driving and are in control of. No one can mess it up, you won’t allow that to happen. You can make mistakes, move on, and keep going. Also, all businesses have a risk of failing and so does your Ph.D. Embrace risk-taking and let it…
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And Then There Were None Approach of Graduating with a PhD
The “And Then There Were None” technique of graduating with a Ph.D. is to be deployed when you have the ultimate advisor problem. You need to graduate and your advisor is not letting you. Talking to your advisor is like banging your head against a wall, so don’t waste energy doing that. In fact, that…
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What to do if your advisor is not on the same page about graduation
As a senior graduate student, you might face a situation where your advisor is not on the same page as you about graduation. The recommended approach, in this case, would be to tackle the problem step by step, and not all at once. It may very well be that the last person to get on…
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How to Make a Case For Graduation With a PhD
Here I talk about how to make a case for graduation with a Ph.D. including some techniques you can deploy towards that end. On your relationship with time in graduate school Finishing a Ph.D. in a shorter as opposed to a longer period of time does NOT mean that you get to do less work.…
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On your relationship with time in graduate school
Your relationship with time in graduate school will determine whether you achieve more rather than less, so have a respectful attitude towards time. Don’t let time get away from you and don’t take time for granted. The audio version of this post: Let me clarify that. Thinking of graduate school as a long time to…
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Dangers of a Ph.D. Taking Too Long
In this post, I talk about the dangers of a Ph.D. taking too long to finish and to point out the resources available to you to combat that. I have written about how to avoid taking too long and graduate in a timely manner in this blog as well as in my book. The audio…
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FREE! My bestselling graduate school help book “How to PhD” will be free May 8
Please take advantage of the step-by-step guidance and advice in this bestselling graduate school help book in the College Guides category. “How to PhD: The Graduate School Handbook” will be FREE this Friday, May 8! Bestselling graduate school help book This is a step-by-step graduate school guide and self-help book complete with everything you need to…
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New book “How to Land Your Dream Postdoc” is coming soon!
Would you like a FREE copy of my next book, “How to Land Your Dream Postdoc”? Then, please stay tuned. I am going to talk about how to do that in this post below as well as let you know what this book is about. How to Land Your Dream Postdoc is coming soon on Kindle…
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Deprioritizing your PhD is necessary when you are in “The Tunnel”
Deprioritizing your PhD is a necessary step in successfully completing your Ph.D. This is especially true for senior graduate students. During the course of graduate school, you need to tune your level of caring in order to: Take care of yourself Succeed / Reach your ultimate goal Let me back up… I was working on…
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Why is graduating with a Ph.D. so hard? (And what you can do about it)
Graduating with a Ph.D. is just plain hard for many reasons. I made a non-exhaustive list below of the things that prevent people from graduating, and suggestions to combat these obstacles. Your data does not make sense. Or worse, you don’t have data because your experiment is broken. Suggestion: Consider performing your analysis on a…
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How to Land Your Dream Postdoc
Do you need help to land your dream postdoc? Earning a great postdoc opportunity is one of the key ingredients to successfully finishing up graduate school and greatly boosts your chances of graduating in a timely manner. My book on How to Land Your Dream Postdoc is underway now! What the book covers How to…
