1. THE “REAL” GRADUATE SCHOOL By Jeff Ginger

2. A Bit of First and Foremost  Only my experiences and opinions, remember to ask more than one person  Social Science. None of that silly math or hard science crap.  I am permanently beta

3. The List  Requirements  Environment  Personal Life  Class life  Professional Life

4. A Word on Requirements  So much more than good grades…  Letters of recommendation/social networking  Experience: Research, grad classes, working  A definitive drive or passion – show you can do it  PhD program? Go get your Masters

5. Environment  PhD vs. Masters  Year variance  Research vs. teaching vs. activist institutions  Departmental focus  Other campus issues  Graduate student status

6. Personal Life  Like being a Freshman… except without all of the other Freshmen?  Hi my name is awkward and I read too much  Living it up (or down?)  What’s my age again?  Significant others, kids and distance  Other disciplines?  Geographical and international  Time and time not again

7. Class Life  Self-led studies and research… sorta  Reading! Whole books this time. Hardcore.  Professor/student relationship & class types  Fewer hours, but teaching and intensity  Essential classes  Presenting your Ego  The new grading scale:

8. New Grading Scale Undergraduate GradeGraduate Grade A+Publish AA A-B B+C BD B-F C+ or lessDrop out of school

9. Professional Life  This is a job?  Publishing  Conferences, journals, credentials, defense  Researching  RA-ships, not always your own, with who?  Assistantships  Teaching w/o training? Obligation? Role-models?  Service  Job talks, paper presentations, advising clubs

10. The PEC  A life philosophy and social movement that graduates too often forget  Battling the big three  Time  Pressure  Ego

11. QUESTIONS? Thanks for your attention-