Written with professional insight into higher education, Get the Degree Without Losing Your Mind merges personal effectiveness disciplines with study skills techniques to help modern students manage their increasingly busy lives. 

Today’s students are more distracted than ever before. With hacks to help students retrain their brains for maximum focus and concentration, Get the Degree Without Losing Your Mind connects with students of all backgrounds and experience levels, from traditional undergraduate and graduate students to student-athletes and trade school students, especially midcareer professionals pursuing part-time education. Every modern student can learn to become more successful and productive with Get the Degree Without Losing Your Mind. 

By addressing academic advancement and personal effectiveness through a holistic lens, this educational resource helps students increase their focus, concentration, productivity, and performance without sacrificing other important aspects of their lives. Students who follow the advice in this book will be able to increase their impact inside and outside the classroom while seeking their life’s work. 

Generative AI was not used in the writing of this book. The contents of this book are based solely on the author's knowledge, research, and personal experience.

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The first book to provide first-generation, low-income, and nontraditional students of color with insider knowledge on how to consider and navigate graduate school
 
Is Grad School for Me? is a calling card and a corrective to the lack of clear guidance for historically excluded students navigating the onerous undertaking of graduate school—starting with asking if grad school is even a good fit. This essential resource offers step-by-step instructions on how to maneuver the admissions process before, during, and after applying.
 
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