1. Know When to Ask for an Extension

I figured this was a fitting time to write this blog, considering the fact that I got a little bit behind schedule this weekend.

There will never be a time when writing a paper is more fun than IMing your friends through gchat. That's what they invented discipline for.

Chances are, in your very first semester you'll come up against a deadline you just don't think you can make. Luckily, you've been visiting your professor's office hours (as I advised in my last blog), and so you figure...