1. Make sure you and your adviser make a good match. Don't rely on reputation alone.
2. Look beyond the reputation of the institution you are applying to, ie. student satisfaction
3. Apply many scholarships
4. Conferences: go, see, present, network
5. Publish, publish, publish!
6. Have a social life. You need some balance in your life, it will only benefit you in the long run
7.If you feel you have been judged unfairly, given an unfair mark, been treated ill by a prof, report it. It will not only help you in the long run, but the others that will come after you as well.
8. Have multiple advisors.
9. Be selective and picky about your thesis topic. Consult many people both in and outside your institution.
10. Don't let negative people hold you back.
11.(spell check also helps ;)
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