Life as a Doctoral Student

Instructions:

Read through these paragraphs from Pifer and Baker (2016).

Write a 1-2-page, double-spaced essay in response to the prompts below. To present your strongest writing skills, do the following:

· Based on the challenges and strategies discussed by Pifer and Baker (2016),

· What challenges do you anticipate you will face in your doctoral program? What strategies will you apply to work through these challenges in your doctoral journey? 

· Include relevant paraphrased and or quoted evidence from the provided reading in support of the argument, accompanied by appropriate analysis and citations from this reading excerpt.