BS, MS, PhD, and beyond

Simply contemplating. Am not up for writing about my academic life story here, how I came to the decisions I did, nor how I may change my mind. This is somewhat a follow-up to my women is science list o' links, part 1 and part 2.

what started my looking back through blogs, Chris at The Skeptical Moth's post:
http://skepticalmoth.southernfriedscience.com/2011/08/women-in-science/

a nice series of what it means to go on to get a graduate degree, Bug Girl's Blog:
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/how-undergraduate-and-graduate-school-are-different/
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/the-phd-question/
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/did-the-phd-kill-the-masters-degree/
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/choosing-a-graduate-program-and-advisor/
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/academia-is-a-cult/

BugGirl's links:
http://www.phd-survey.org/advice/advice.htm
http://depts.washington.edu/envision/phd/obtaining_phd/program_questions.html
http://jcs.biologists.org/content/121/11/1771.full
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/2008_02_15/caredit_a0800025
http://blog.biodata.com/2011/06/26/why-your-mentor-sucks-and-how-to-fix-it/

Personal grad school experience from TGIQ at Fall to Climb:
http://thebuggeek.com/2012/03/05/undergraduate-advising/
http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/2354/

Where does a woman go from there:
(an excellent discussion) http://scienceblogs.com/myrmecos/2010/04/what_happens_to_women_in_acade.php
http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/04/21/when-you-have-seen-one-ant-one-blog-one-tree-you-have-not-seen-them-all/
(for comments) http://scienceblogs.com/myrmecos/2010/04/the_phylogeny_of_bug_blogging.php#comments
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2008/07/03/the-chicken-the-egg-the-woman-in-science/
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/5/23/graduate-harvard-students-childcare/