grad skool rulz – buy the book!
This is a collection of graduate school advice columns I have written. They are now collected in an e-book called “Grad Skool Rulz: Everything You Need to Know About Academia from Admissions to Tenure.” You can read a sample here and purchase the complete document for $2. You can read the first 10% for free. The book is available for personal computers, Nooks, Kindles, smartphones, iPads, and other electronic text readers. The book has 59 chapters, about 50% more material than the original columns. It’s also much easier to read than a series of blog posts. Please use the orgtheory search engine if you would like to read the original columns.
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tuesday morning links - sociology rap video edition « orgtheory.net
July 31, 2007 at 3:45 am
[...] making the best of it. They’re very good. And so are (3) My co-blogger Fabio Rojas’s Grad Skool Rulz. posted on Sunday, September 9th, 2007 at 2:08 pm Post a [...]
Crooked Timber » » Grad Students, Prospective and Otherwise
September 9, 2007 at 2:08 pm
[...] Thinking about getting a Ph.D? Try lying down until the feeling goes away. Didn’t work? Try (1) Tim Burke on how to tell whether you really want a Ph.D. (Short answer: probably not.) If you persist anyway and find yourself starting a program somewhere at the moment, then (2) Total Drek provides 22 Unhelpful Hints about making the best of it. They’re very good. And so are (3) My co-blogger Fabio Rojas’s Grad Skool Rulz. [...]
Kieran Healy’s Weblog » Blog Archive » Grad Students, Prospective and Otherwise
September 9, 2007 at 2:09 pm
[...] Thinking about getting a Ph.D? Try lying down until the feeling goes away. Didn’t work? Try (1) Tim Burke on how to tell whether you really want a Ph.D. (Short answer: probably not.) If you persist anyway and find yourself starting a program somewhere at the moment, then (2) Total Drek provides 22 Unhelpful Hints about making the best of it. They’re very good. And so are (3) My co-blogger Fabio Rojas’s Grad Skool Rulz. [...]
apo mechanes theos » Blog Archive » Do you want to go to graduate school?
September 12, 2007 at 12:42 am
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grad skool rulz #15 - working with your committee « orgtheory.net
October 10, 2007 at 5:04 am
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grad skool rulz #16 - about teaching « orgtheory.net
December 10, 2007 at 2:02 am
[...] ein interessanter Artikel aus Fabios Grad Skool Rulz, diesmal über die Lehre in Graduiertenkollegs, also aktiv, wenn man selbst eine [...]
Strenge Jacke! » Lehre in Graduiertenkollegs
December 11, 2007 at 10:14 am
very interesting.
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January 6, 2008 at 11:13 pm
[...] students who were contemplating the academic career. Of course, I recommended that they read the grad skool rulz. I gave them the basics of academic life – it’s about knowledge production, being [...]
grad skool rulz #20: for students of color « orgtheory.net
May 27, 2008 at 12:47 am
[...] Read the grad skool rulz over at orgtheory. All of them, but especially this one. Read the comments, [...]
How to Approach Classes « Mad Man or Slave
June 5, 2008 at 11:01 pm
[...] See also: Fabio’s Grad Skool Rulz. [...]
Tips for Presenting Your Research « Organizations and Markets
June 7, 2008 at 5:34 am
[...] comments Have you read all 20 grad skool rulz and thought, “Geez, I really could use some extra feedback on loose coupling theory?” [...]
orgtheory: we’ll get you through your exams « orgtheory.net
September 23, 2008 at 3:45 am
[...] grad skool rulz « orgtheory.net [...]
BrownStudies : Late night thoughts on getting a Ph.D.
October 26, 2008 at 4:22 am
[...] her for feeling angry and bitter about this mess-up. Her dilemma reminds me of the importance of grad skool rulez #1 and [...]
BrownStudies : Links Harvest
November 1, 2008 at 3:37 am
[...] leave a comment » Previous grad skool rulz. [...]
grad school rulz #21: when to quit « orgtheory.net
March 26, 2009 at 5:49 am
[...] other topics should be in the rulz? Here is the list of previous rulz. Please put your suggestions in the comments. Thanks. Possibly related posts: (automatically [...]
grad skool rulz – what should be in there? « orgtheory.net
May 26, 2009 at 12:20 am
[...] personally found the grad skool rulz from orgtheory.net to be most enlightening. I especially liked the parts about dissertation [...]
Graduate School 101 « Behavioural Science Blog
June 29, 2009 at 11:18 am
[...] the PhD track – then you’ll definitely want to head over to orgtheory.net for this compendium of posts with salient advice for the aspiring grad student. Lots of goodness to be had [...]
Rules for grad school « Manufactured Environments
September 15, 2009 at 3:05 pm
[...] leave a comment » Eszter recently had a good post on the role of conferences. Here’s Eszter’s other professional advice columns. I think we’d agree on many points, but not on others. Here’s my take on the conference world. Previous grad skool rulz. [...]
grad skool rulz #23: conferences « orgtheory.net
October 27, 2009 at 12:27 am
[...] Grad Skool Rulz One to Twenty-Three [...]
PhD « Be Still, My Beating Heart
December 30, 2009 at 5:59 pm
A suggestion for the rules – might be good to discuss the two-body problem, and/or dissuade people from marrying within their program if they both intend to pursue academic careers. Note discussion here: http://chronicle.com.proxy.uchicago.edu/forums/index.php/topic,65355.0.html
Erica
January 5, 2010 at 12:59 am
[...] grad school rules have gotten lots of [...]
taking stock: four years of orgtheory « orgtheory.net
April 21, 2010 at 7:39 am
[...] This is a collection of posts by Fabio Rojas, a sociologist at IU and blogger at Orgtheory. The advice is fairly general (and [...]
Post your favorite grad school advice articles
May 21, 2010 at 5:26 pm
I stumbled on this while searching for advice/suggestion/tips for “Choosing a topic for dissertation” .
Writing is amazing piece of advice for novice or new entrants puzzle called research. I have already circulated in our groups and wish to make it on a list of reading for doctoral students. Thanks a ton.
For readers of this post – do post links/references to articles relevant to this topic. Thank you very much.
santosh
May 22, 2010 at 6:41 pm
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grad skool rulz #24 – am I done yet? « orgtheory.net
July 4, 2010 at 2:06 am
[...] leave a comment » Previous grad skool rulz. [...]
grad skool rulz #25 – the job market « orgtheory.net
July 12, 2010 at 4:48 am
[...] leave a comment » Previous grad skool rulz. [...]
grad skool rulz #26 – the job talk « orgtheory.net
July 19, 2010 at 3:12 am
[...] Tips on academic job talks from Fabio’s valuable series. [...]
Misc Academic Links « Organizations and Markets
July 19, 2010 at 5:49 pm
[...] leave a comment » This is a follow up to grad skool rulz #15: working with your committee. The other grad skool rulz are here. [...]
grad skool rulz #15.2: what can you say to your adviser? « orgtheory.net
September 1, 2010 at 12:27 am
[...] of O&M’s recent “How to Read an Academic Article” and OT’s long running grad skool rulz, I figured I’d describe the proper way to review a literature for a research paper. I should [...]
How to Review a Literature « Code and Culture
September 7, 2010 at 9:00 am
[...] are often as interesting as their topical posts. orgtheory also has a fantastic series of thirty-plus posts with tips for grad students that has been indispensable for me since I discovered [...]
A Guide to the Sociological Blogosphere « George Mason University Graduate Student Sociological Association
September 20, 2010 at 4:28 pm
[...] a comment » One of the grad skool rulz, “Am I Done yet?,” has been reprinted in Inside Higher Ed. Check it [...]
finishing grad school: an inside higher ed column « orgtheory.net
September 29, 2010 at 5:31 pm
[...] leave a comment » The grad skoolrulz [...]
grad skool rulz #25.2: what jobs should i apply for? what about post-docs? « orgtheory.net
November 29, 2010 at 12:38 am
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grad skool rulz #25.3: getting non-academic jobs « orgtheory.net
December 2, 2010 at 3:04 pm
[...] translation of the full letter (including the subsequent nine letters — a precursor to grad skool rulz). The German here (including other Rilke [...]
must I write? « orgtheory.net
December 28, 2010 at 6:26 am
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grad skool rulz #22.3: publication strategies for graduate students « orgtheory.net
January 19, 2011 at 12:10 am
[...] in part by the idea of an on-going series at org theory.net, (grad skol rulz), and my own desire to blog more frequently, I would like to launch a semi-recurring series of what [...]
What I Don’t Like About Theory I | The Nets We Weave
February 10, 2011 at 11:17 am
[...] summer, the Grad Skool Rulz will reach its conclusion. I don’t have much else to add after five years of writing on [...]
ending the grad skool rulz « orgtheory.net
June 3, 2011 at 12:39 am
[...] Previous grad skool rulz. [...]
grad skool rulz #27 – wrapping it up « orgtheory.net
October 3, 2011 at 4:22 am
[...] the last five years, I have written an advice column for graduate students called “grad skool rulz.” Readers have often asked: “When will the book come [...]
grad skool rulz – the book! « orgtheory.net
October 4, 2011 at 12:47 am
[...] Fabio Rojas has published an ebook Grad Skool Rulz which expands upon a popular series of blog posts. I’ve read an earlier draft of the ebook; it presents no-holds-barred advice on [...]
Are you considering graduate school? Currently in graduate school? Finishing graduate school? « Enabling Creative Chaos Blog
October 5, 2011 at 2:03 pm
[...] recently purchased copies of Fabio’s Grad Skool Rulz for myself and some students who are planning to go to grad school next year (and yes, I paid for [...]
GIving the Grad Skool Rulz « Memoirs of a SLACer
January 18, 2012 at 2:02 am
[...] Fabio Rojas’s Grad Skool Rulz [...]
Getting into Graduate School - The Religious Studies Project
February 22, 2012 at 9:23 am
[...] If people ask you if they should go to grad school, tell them NOOOOOOOOOOO!! [...]
Quiet, Masters Thesis in Progress | Ish Ism
October 20, 2012 at 2:32 am
[...] the informal training of graduate school” which might be of interest to fans of Fabio’s grad skool rulz. Similar to Fabio, David Shulman and Ira Silver discuss lessons they wish they had know while in [...]
tidbits about graduate school professionalization of sociologists | orgtheory.net
April 19, 2013 at 10:09 pm