Life as a Doctoral Student

  

Instructions:

Read through these paragraphs from Pifer and Baker (2016).

Write a 1-2-page, double-spaced essay in response to the prompts below. To present your strongest writing skills, do the following:

Based on the challenges and strategies discussed by Pifer and Baker (2016),

What challenges do you anticipate you will face in your doctoral program? What strategies will you apply to work through these challenges in your doctoral journey? 

Include relevant paraphrased and or quoted evidence from the provided reading in support of the argument, accompanied by appropriate analysis and citations from this reading excerpt.