Links for students considering grad school

General Information

• University of Michigan, Grad School 101 FAQs (College of LSA source but widely applicable)

• Randall Hansen, "Considering Graduate School? Answer These Five Questions Before You Decide"

• "What to Expect From Graduate School" (campusexplorer.com)

• Phil Agre, "Advice for Undergraduates Considering Graduate School"

• Oregon Graduate Institute, "Should I go to Grad School?"

• Princeton Review, multiple articles
  • Master's vs. PhD Programs
  • Testing the Water: Are You Ready for Graduate School
  • Why You Shouldn't Pursue a PhD

Life in Grad School

• Ronald Azuma, "Everything I wanted to know about C.S. graduate school at the beginning but didn't learn until later"

• Dianne Prost O'Leary, "Graduate Study in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences: A Survival Manual"

• IU Computer Science Department, "Survival in the Academy" (from 1993)

• Doug Comer, "Notes On The PhD Degree"

• Survey responses from math grad students to the question "Knowing everything that you know now, what advice would you give others entering or in the early years of graduate school?" (phd-survey.org)

• "Top 10 Tips for Surviving Graduate School" (scholarships.com)

• Richard Landers, NeoAcademic blog - "technology, education and training research from an industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologist in the ivory tower"; includes helpful posts such as "Grad School: What Will My First Year Be Like?"

Cautionary Advice

• Penelope Trunk, "Seven reasons why graduate school is outdated"

• Jane Bennett Clark, "The Dark Side of Student Debt," Kiplinger's Personal Finance, June 2011