Answering Questions on PhD's from Exum and Blattman

6 NOV 2012 UPDATE from earlier post: 

I've added the link to a post by Chris Blattman (a professor at Columbia, @cblatts on twitter) in which he answers frequently asked questions about PhD applications.

Abu Muqawama's Ph.D for Dummies Post.

If you're like me and have no clue what it means to have a Ph. D or how to get one, you should read the below post (and the comments) from Abu Muqawama's blog.  You'll feel smarter just by reading it.  

(Unfortunately, he doesn't cover at how they go about getting those Doctor prescription pads--the sole reason I would like to get a PhD is to officially be a titled "Doctor"--I envision an office crowded with dusty books and papers and a fat square prescription pad on my desk from which I scribble prescriptions for knowledge)

Frequently Asked PhD Questions by Chris Blattman

LINKS:

http://www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2011/08/phds-dummies.html
http://chrisblattman.com/about/contact/gradschool/
https://twitter.com/cblatts

http://www.phdcomics.com/

How to do a Literature Review

IMPORTANT NOTE: DON'T CHEAT. DON'T PLAGIARIZE. Notes and Papers are shared here for reference and for studying. Footnote as appropriate.

BONUS LINK:  My entire (so far) grad school notes collection can be found here. 

How to do a Literature Review

This is a great document widely available on the web by a former professor at NPS.

I am doing my thesis proposal this quarter and found this document on how to write a literature review to be invaluable.

There's also a video by the professor on the subject.
http://www.nps.edu/video/portal/Video.aspx?enc=VQRI1%2Ft0jcMx3RtMJ3k4hSFXkXRQBfXP

How to Write an A+ Paper in Grad School