57 Ways to Screw Up in Grad School: Perverse Professional Lessons for Graduate Students

by Kevin D. Haggerty and Aaron Doyle

Book Overview

Don't think about why you're applying. Select a topic for entirely strategic reasons. Choose the coolest supervisor. Write only to deadlines. Expect people to hold your hand. Become "that" student.

When it comes to a masters or PhD program, most graduate students don't deliberately set out to fail. Yet, of the nearly 500,000 people who start a graduate program each year, up to half will never complete their degree. Books abound on acing the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022628090X
• ISBN13: 9780226280905
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"