Quick Tips for Surviving Grad School

• Recognize your resources: family, friends, professors, libraries, computer labs, and your brain!
• Advocate for your beliefs
• Get Plenty of Sleep (when you can)
• Budget! Budget! Budget! (Pack a lunch, buy books from classmates, etc.)
• Speak to your professors as often as you can
• Create a contact list with the names and phone numbers of at least two people in each of your classes
• Ask as many questions as you need to develop an understanding of what is being taught
• Become best friends with the staff in student services/registration office
• Don't procrastinate
• Be involved with student organizations
• Of course, study!
• VISIT THE WRITING CENTER, everyone and anyone can work to improve their writing skills
• Balance your work and life by setting time aside for family and friends. Do not isolate yourself!
• But really, just LEARN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND HAVE FUN DOING SO! You will only experience this program once. Take advantage of all that you can.