Peters, Robert L.,  1951- <br/><br/>
Getting what you came for :  the smart student's guide to earning a Master's or a Ph.D / 
Robert L. Peters ; illustrations by the author. 
 - Rev. ed. 
 - New York :  Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  c1997. 
 - xii, 399 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index. 
<br/><br/>This 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0374524777 9780374524777 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Universities and colleges--Graduate work--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Dissertations, Academic--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Dissertations, Academic.<br/>Universities and colleges--Graduate work.<br/>Graduate-School information.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Handbooks, manuals, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB2371.4