This article was updated on Feb. 23, 2026 If you feel like you’ve completely emptied your tank toward your PhD, you’re not alone. After all, depending on the discipline, around 30-40% of PhD candidates never complete their program. So kudos to you for making it this far! Submitting your dissertation is the final hurdle, which […]
As a graduate student preparing for your thesis or dissertation research, you may feel overwhelmed by the first significant hurdle — identifying a research topic. From idea conception, to finding a suitable supervisor, conducting the academic literature search, writing your proposal, and preparing for the dissertation defense, completing your doctorate may feel like a daunting task. The
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We all have our favorite blogs that we follow religiously, maybe even anticipating new posts each week to keep us inspired or give us a break from our predictable daily routine. It’s even more fun to discover new blogs to add to one’s repertoire, especially when it comes to writing—and staying consistent with it. Did
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Back to school already, where did the time go?! Even if you’re well rested and ready for the new school year (which I never was at the end of the summer, by the way!), it can be tough picking up where you left off with your writing. You’ve likely lost some of the momentum that
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One of the main tools that boosted my productivity when I was earnestly trying to write my dissertation was a writing group. Despite having written countless papers, reviews, and articles in the past, I found myself frozen and overwhelmed when facing the prospect of writing a whole dissertation. Instead of trying to write something, anything,
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Tips for Procrastinators: Writing a Compelling Statement of Purpose for Professional School or Graduate Study by Katrina Oko-Odoi We’re now at the tail end of the admissions season, so most of the super-organized, timely applicants will have long ago submitted their last application for professional or graduate school. I know there are some stragglers out
A Guest Blog by Bobby Touran – Founder of ApplyKit College essay evaluations can be a useful tool to polish and finely hone your college application writing. The businesses present their services as essential for students wanting to present a good essay. This may or may not be the case. There are going to be
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“Linda made a conscious effort to look at the city through the eyes of someone who, like Tonemcadu, had never seen it before. For the first time, she noticed how big, boxy, clean and gray it was. How its streets buzzed with an energy she’d always associated more with New York than Chicago.” –The Orion
A Guest Blog by EditingWorm’s Writer of the Month! I loved my major: writing. I never had study sessions or exams. I never had to purchase textbooks equal to the price of a purebred puppy. Writing classes were designed to prompt creativity and fine-tune written story-telling skills, true or not. All that was required of
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By Katrina Oko-Odoi Let’s face it: most high school seniors and college freshmen aren’t expert writers. Far from it, in fact. But that’s okay; that’s where external resources like reference books come in. While the internet might seem like a fine source for help with grammar and other common writing errors, there is a lot