12 Suggestions for New Graduate Students

This advice comes from a research psychologist but I found the advice quite helpful and it seems like much of it could be easily applied to philosophy.

 As a beginning graduate student, you may have doubts that you measure up when it comes to the skills required to produce original research. The following is a list of twelve suggestions, distilled from my nearly seven years in graduate school, to help you realize your full research potential.

1. START RESEARCH EARLY

2. WRITE DOWN IDEAS

3. KEEP UP WITH THE LITERATURE

4. WORK ON SEVERAL PROJECTS SIMULTANEOUSLY

5. LOOK FOR COMMON THEMES EARLY

6. RESERVE TIME TO WORK ON RESEARCH

7. SEEK OUT ADVICE

8. VIEW EVERYTHING AS A POTENTIAL PUBLICATION

9. ATTEND CONFERENCES

10. COLLABORATE WITH OTHER STUDENTS

11. KNOW YOUR STATISTICS AND METHODOLOGY

12. FINISH WHAT YOU START, BUT KNOW WHEN TO QUIT

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