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PERMANENT LINK | OCTOBER 17, 2011

Rojas' Grad Skool Rulz

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Free the Nurses--and the Patie... Tell Me the Growth Rate...
Fabio Rojas' pearls of wisdom for grad students are now available as a concise, information-packed $2 e-book.  Definitely worth the money if you have any noticeable interest in grad school.  My only complaint: He left out my single favorite piece of advice for would-be students in humanities and social science: Get an econ Ph.D. instead, and call whatever you do "economics."

To be fair, I gave this advice to Fab before he started grad school in sociology.  He ignored me and now has tenure in Indiana's soc department...


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jseliger writes:

Do you have standard or preferred advice for undergrads as well? I ask in part because I've produced some of my own for freshmen (i.e. here) and am curious if there's something essential I've missed.

Posted October 17, 2011 2:28 PM
Fabio Rojas writes:

Thanks for the kind words, Bryan. Though I am not an economics Ph.D., I think it is good grad skool advice to make good friends who are econ PhDs - great people to know!

Posted October 17, 2011 3:31 PM
Floccina writes:
He left out my single favorite piece of advice for would-be students in humanities and social science: Get an econ Ph.D. instead, and call whatever you do "economics."

What about this advice: "don't go, get a job instead"?

Does going to grad school pay?

Posted October 17, 2011 8:52 PM
Fabio Rojas writes:

Floccina: yes, the first chapter is called "don't go to graduate school." Grad school is usually a bad deal for most folks.

Posted October 17, 2011 9:19 PM
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