I'm a lawyer from a top law school with a year of work experience. I want to become an academic clinical psychologist (professor + therapist). After 9 months in a master's program, what will my admissions chances look like? [more inside]
posted on Aug 25, 2008 - 4 answers
How does an aspiring graduate student in English traverse the confusion of the graduate school application process? [more inside]
posted on Jul 22, 2008 - 17 answers
American Studies scholars, please help me compare 2 programs in New England and American Studies and get some general advice. [more inside]
posted on Jun 23, 2008 - 10 answers
I'm a graduate student. My advisor asked me to do a favor for a researcher and clean his data for him and put it into SPSS from Excel. Upon looking at the data, I realized that it was totally screwed up. What can I do now? [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 13 answers
I'm a grad student. I like the subject(s) I'm studying, I like research, and I know I'm capable of doing the work... except when I sit down to actually do it, I choke. I know I'm not the only one suffering from both imposter syndrome and perfectionism - how do you manage to get your brain to stop spinning its wheels and get to work? [more inside]
posted on Jan 31, 2008 - 33 answers
It’s that time - the beginning of the last semester before I graduate from collee. It’s time to find a job or graduate school program and plot out the rest of my life. A renewed interest in charity and decreased interest in psychology, my chosen field of study, have led me to question my planned life course. Open my mind to what I might be able to do with my life. [more inside]
posted on Jan 7, 2008 - 9 answers
How do I convince a research advisor to take me on as a grad student? [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - 13 answers 
Posting this for my sister. She is in a MSW program at a small private college, and wants to transfer to larger state college. [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2007 - 5 answers
Help me compose the perfect letter of introduction and get over my fear of contacting potential Ph.D. advisors. [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2007 - 12 answers
I have my eyes on a very specific sort of graduate program at a University that while not top-tier, will be tough to get into. I'm looking to make some contacts in the program: What's the best way to do this? [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2007 - 14 answers
Help me figure out the best way to finance graduate school abroad. [more inside]
posted on May 10, 2007 - 4 answers
WannabeEditorFilter: I hated my first year of grad school, with its accompanying anxiety attacks, no free time, surly students, and pages of really boring reading. I'm halfway through my Master's and I am dreading going back. [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2007 - 12 answers
How can I best prepare for interviews with potential advisers for Grad school? [more inside]
posted on Oct 31, 2006 - 11 answers
Academic writer's block: tips, strategies, experiences, psychology for dealing with it? [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2006 - 19 answers
Grad School Foreign Language Requirements: What demonstrates proficiency at the grad school level? Are there media studies, cultural studies, critical film studies, or similar masters programs without them? [more inside]
posted on Aug 29, 2006 - 8 answers
GradSchoolAnxietyFilter: I have no research experience. How do I describe my research plan? [more inside]
posted on Aug 29, 2006 - 8 answers
Okay, so I'm hoping to apply this winter for Ph.D. programs in computational linguistics. (Thanks for the encouraging advice, guys!) The question is, where? [more inside]
posted on Jul 18, 2006 - 10 answers
Grad school: Linguistics or Publishing? My sister will be graduating next year with a B.A. in English and an interest in both linguistics and publishing graduate school programs. I don't know these fields very well, so I offered to hit up the AskMe crowd for advice. [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2005 - 15 answers
