{"id":5576,"date":"2013-07-05T09:30:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/?p=5576"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:41:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:41:46","slug":"friday-links-online-graduate-classes-productivity-tools-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/friday-links-online-graduate-classes-productivity-tools-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links: Online Graduate Classes, Productivity Tools, &amp; More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5577\" title=\"iStock_000012778309XSmall\" src=\"\/\/cdn.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2000\/iStock_000012778309XSmall.jpg\" alt=\"iStock_000012778309XSmall\" width=\"243\" height=\"242\" \/>Happy Friday and happy Fourth of July Weekend! Here&#8217;s our weekly roundup of grad school news and tips:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/blogs\/international-student-counsel\/2013\/07\/02\/leverage-international-roots-for-us-grad-school-applications\">Leverage International Roots for U.S. Grad School Applications<\/a> (U.S. News Education)<\/p>\n<p>Emphasizing cultural differences is a natural way prospective international graduate students can craft unique applications.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/gradschool.about.com\/od\/distanceeducation\/f\/OnlineGradPrgrm.htm\">What is an Online Graduate Class Like?<\/a> (About.com Graduate School)<\/p>\n<p>Online classes hold some similarities with traditional on-ground courses, but there are also many differences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.cracked.com\/gre\/blog\/6-important-things-nobody-tells-you-about-grad-school\/\">6 Important Things Nobody Tells You About Grad School<\/a> (Cracked)<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re considering or already in postgrad work, take some helpful advice from someone who already has two and a half postgraduate degrees under his belt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/227171\">Policing Your Productivity: 7 Tools to Help You Focus<\/a> (Entrepreneur)<\/p>\n<p>Are you easily distracted by social media and entertainment sites? Keep your focus, especially when it&#8217;s time to study, with these helpful programs.<\/p>\n<p>Did we miss your favorite article from the week? Let us know what you&#8217;ve been reading in the comments or tweet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manhattanprep\">@ManhattanPrep<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday and happy Fourth of July Weekend! Here&#8217;s our weekly roundup of grad school news and tips: Leverage International Roots for U.S. Grad School Applications (U.S. News Education) Emphasizing cultural differences is a natural way prospective international graduate students can craft unique applications. What is an Online Graduate Class Like? (About.com Graduate School) Online [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[102,1362338,132,249,327],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-5576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-links","tag-friday-links","tag-grad-school","tag-graduate-school","tag-news","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7471,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576\/revisions\/7471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5576"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}