The great dissertation hoaxes

“Originality is undetected plagiarism.” - William Ralph Inge , (1860-1954), English author, Anglica…

The Truths of Reading

Martha Maxwell of Dartmouth College Academic Skills Center exposes some myths of reading . Here’s w…

Three Vital Points in Choosing Your Thesis/Dissertation Topic

So, you are now in your final year in grad school. But before you finish your degree, comes the fin…

Document Management for Students (and Non-Students): a crash course

Messy desks, overflowing drawers, loaded cabinets… These are prerequisites to a disaster. …a disast…

How to raise money for grad school

So, you plan to enroll on a graduate program next semester or maybe next school year. However, you …

Grad School Survival Guide: another free eBook by Mike Arieh Medina

I wish I have bought a book or two about grad school 7 years ago when I took up my master’s degree.…

The commonality between James Bond and a grad student

Grad students and Agent 007 might just be another two contradicting concepts. But wait; let’s see w…

Surviving grad school: Army style

According to the US Army Survival Manual , S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L. means: S – Size up the situation . You…

5 time saving tips for grad students

Time is a priceless commodity for a grad student. So here's some practical tips on how you shou…

Top 10 time wasters for a grad student

Time is Gold. Yeah right! That’s absolutely true especially for a grad student. Most especially if …

Why should a grad student blog?

Should I or should I not? But before you dismiss blogging as a time waster while you’re in grad sc…

Top 10 interesting quotes from UP professors

The University of the Philippines is the country’s prime mover of academic freedom. It’s where the …

News about 2 grad students: the good and the bad

Recently, I subscribed to Google’s news alert specifically on the topic “grad students”. I did it i…

What is the shortest thesis or dissertation? (just for the sake of asking)

Whoever thought that panel of reviewers think that the longer theses or dissertations are (in terms…

Top 5 Computer Tips for Grad Students

To complement my previous post “ Computer: a grad student’s best friend ”, I compiled some tips in …

Computer: a grad student’s best friend

Computers are a must for graduate students nowadays. Want to know why? Here are some instances in a…

10 Celebrities Who Have Been To Grad School

We may have known of Boy Abunda presently taking up his master’s degree, or Herbert Bautista’s mast…

Top 10 Grad school acronyms and jargons

If the online community has its own cute and cool lingo (btw, pm, lol), grad school also has its ow…

The Comprehensive Exam: Grad School’s Gatekeeper

“walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough”. - Randy Pausch , the late grea…

Top 7 Grad School Tips

For those who have been planning to get into grad school. Why waste your time procrastinating? Deci…