Strategies for Grad School

Reading for Detail

Published: 15 June 2011
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Categories: Strategies for Grad School, Surviving Grad School
Tags: read in detail, reading for detail

Reading for detail can be a daunting and challenging task but proves important in graduate school. Time is valuable, so reading things repeatedly is impractical. Here are a few tips and tricks to understand what you are reading the first time. Staying engaged in what you are reading is vital to reading for detail. How can you stay engaged in the reading? Annotating the writing as you read forces…

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How to Submit Papers to Conferences

Published: 15 June 2011
Written by PhdStudent
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Categories: Strategies for Grad School, Surviving Grad School
Tags: how to submit a paper

As a graduate student, you should participate in as many conferences as you can because participating in conferences combines the best of all academic opportunities: networking with other colleagues and professionals in your field, having your work reviewed by peers, and having your work published in conference proceedings. If you already know how to submit a paper for a conference, then you know that submitting papers to conferences is easier…

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