Acquiring visibility as a graduate student in your department

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Introduction

The early phases of a graduate program, specifically a Ph.D. program, are often cluttered with exams. These exams tend to be quite difficult because faculty really want to test students’ mastery of the material. Often entire semesters or summers are devoted to preparing for these exams, both alone and in groups. While I do not want to understate…