PhD Student Advice: PhD Thesis Writing Tips that I Wish Someone Told Me

I finished writing my thesis and sent it to my academic committee. There are a few tips that I want to share with you that will make your life easier when you get to that writing stage. This is for EVERYONE in grad school, no matter what stage you're in. Yes, even you, Mr/Ms "i-just-started-grad-school-so-i-don't-have-to-think-about-my-thesis-yet". JUST YOU WAIT.

Topics covered:
Manuscript-based thesis vs. Traditional thesis
How to use a reference manager like Mendeley to organize all your literature
Figures and charts
Keeping different versions of data, graphs, charts, etc.
Organization of your data
Backing up your stuff in case your laptop decides to die (like mine)
There's a thing called a DOWNLOADABLE THESIS TEMPLATE. Look for that before you start writing.
Helpful formatting tips using Microsoft Word (that I believe you probably know but was completely new and groundbreaking to me)

My name is Anne 😊 I'm a FINAL year PhD student at UBC. I do research in the field of drug delivery and nanomedicine. I enjoy making "a day in the life of a phd" vlogs to document my journey and share the ups and downs in grad school. I also like to make phd student advice/tips videos related to grad school! Thanks for stopping by ^^

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