Useful pointers for CS PhD Students

I used to organize a discussion at the beginning of the school year about how to make it through the PhD program at USC. .

I have a few slides from my talk on applying to a PhD program. Tambien puedes ver informacion adicional que les doy a mis compatriotas espaNoles sobre el proceso de admisiones y de financiacion.

Other useful pointers are:

• Transcripts from the Workshop on Academic Careers for Women, (which means advice from women, and is not specific to women.)
• On financial aid:
  • The financial aid information page, sponsored by the National Association of Financial Aid Administrators. It contains information on scholarships and grants, as well as warnings about fraudulent search firms. The association also offers consumer scholarship tips .
  • The College Board has database of scholarship sources called Expan Scholarship Search. A similar database is available in many libraries and counselors' offices through a software program called Fund Finder, also from the College Board.
  • The Sudent Loan Marketing Association offers information on scholarships, grants and students loans.
  • S.R.N. Express is a free version of the data base of the Scholarship Resource Network, a search firm. It focuses on private-sector aid like academic scholarships.
• "The Prentice Hall Guide to Scholarships and Fellowships for Math and Science Students", by Mark Kantrowitz and Joann P. DiGennaro.
• Many pointers to advice on research and writing.
• Many more pointers and advice
• "How to do Research in the MIT AI Lab", by David Chapman.
• "Estudios Superiores: Como Despegar a EEUU", de Carlos Puchol y Emilio Camahort.