11 tips to help you make it through grad school

An important part of surviving graduate school is soaking up advice from those who have gone before you.  Sure, your particular circumstances will be unique, but grad students face so much in common that it pays to heed your elders.

Fabio has been writing a series at orgtheory.net intended to demystify graduate school and help students finish successfully.  Your mileage will vary with each of these tips, but there is a lot of solid advice here, both in the articles and the comments.

1. Get the rules!
2. Learn the unspoken rules
3. Choosing the grad skool
4. Course work
5. Passing the tests
6. Make some friends
7. Picking the advisor
8. The rest of your committee
9. Don’t pay for grad school
10. The dissertation topic
11. While you’re working on that dissertation…

Stay tuned for more of Fabio’s tips.  He’ll be posting on how to write the dissertation next.

UPDATE:  Tip 12 is now available:  Writing your dissertation, part 1

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