Tom Petty was right: the waiting is the hardest part. Once all of my doctoral stuff was submitted (approximately January 1, 2009), I got a pretty severe case of the “itching to find out what happens next.” Here are some “do’s” and “don’ts” based on my experience managing the purgatory that was January, February, and March of my doctoral admissions process.
Test anxiety? What test anxiety? (or Part Two of "How I Found Myself to be a Doctoral Student")
Once I secured the internal commitment that I was going to pursue a doctoral degree, I had three main questions that came to mind.
Stepping Out Onto the Tightrope (or Part One of "How I Found Myself to be a Doctoral Student")
During the fall of 2008, while I was finishing my masters degree in Higher Education at Penn State, I decided that rather than taking a break from school I would try to move directly into a doctoral program.
