Association for Support of Graduate Students

November 2009

 

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Dissertation & Thesis Tip by Ronda Davé, PhD Finding Time for the Thesis If you're having real difficulty finding time to work on your thesis, try the following exercise. For 2 days, from the time you get up until you go to bed, log on a note pad every activity you do and how long you took to do it. After 2 days, identify those activities that are less important or immediate than working on your thesis. Plan to substitute thesis work during those times until you're working at least 3-7 hours per week on your thesis. Dorothy Brown, PhD, a consultant for dissertation writing students at UC Berkeley, has found that with just 7-10 hours of work a week, most students can finish their dissertations in 2 years or less. If after logging your activities you can't find 3-7 hours per week for thesis work, recognize that, at present, the thesis isn't more important or immediate than what you're doing with your life. Let go of the feeling you should be working on it. Make an agreement with yourself (by marking it on your calendar) that you'll reassess your schedule in 2 months to see if the thesis has gained status in your schedule. Quality of life is more important than a PhD. If you're satisfied with how you're spending your time, thesis work can be put on hold. "There's only one REAL deadline."

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ASGS is a service organization for graduate students to help students plan, initiate and complete their theses or dissertations, produce the highest quality research, write effectively in the proper editorial style, obtain their academic degree(s), and improve their lives throughout the process.

ASGS provides the following for graduate students

THESIS NEWS ...a free online reference bulletin for graduate students writing their theses (i.e., master's level theses or doctoral dissertations). This section includes a complete listing of existing issues and their contents. Each month ASGS publishes one or more free articles from Thesis News for the benefit of graduate students.

PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS DIRECTORY... ...a nation-wide listing of the best format editors, statistical consultants, typists, etc. to help you finish your thesis.

ASGS STUDENT SURVEYS... ...results of ASGS surveys on major thesis problems.

REVIEWS FOR DISSERTATION-RELATED BOOKS... ...Recent books available to students, reviewed by ASGS.

Some of the valuable things you'll find in these pages

FREE MONTHLY ARTICLES from Thesis News: #27: Thesis With an Attitude- Article 1

ARCHIVES from Doc-Talk: Discussions from the former e-mail forum, Doc-Talk

THESIS CONSULTANTS nation-wide referral list: A detailed list of editorial consultants, statistical consultants, motivational consultants, etc., with contact numbers and fee schedules

SURVEY Conducted by ASGS: Results of a private survey conducted by ASGS on facts of value to graduate students and their faculty

LINKS to Other Resources

To order any ASGS product or written document, click here for the ASGS Order Form

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