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Dear Dr. Carter,

Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer my questions. You suggestions are most helpful and invaluable. I have picked up so many good ideas. Had I used this resource earlier, I could have avoided quite a few mistakes. This is a good resource for people to read while still taking the courses instead of right before writing the actual thesis or dissertation. A stitch in time saves nine, here is a case in point.
Eric Z. York, PA

Writing a Thesis or Dissertation?

From: Dr. Wendy Carter

Hello Graduate Students,

When I was in graduate school, I looked forward to the day I would finish my degree so I could get my dream job and all that came with it. But before I could graduate, there was that thesis to write, along with a dissertation.

Just thinking about writing a thesis seemed like climbing Mount Everest; the mountain of work seemed so immense I didn't know where or how to begin. Also, I already had a full plate juggling a job, school, and raising my daughter by myself.

I didn’t have the time to read another book, look at another website, attend another seminar, or join a group. And yet, I found myself spending way too much time just researching my thesis topic. I had heard about graduate students who took 5 or 6 years to finish! I was spending thousands of dollars on school, and I was beginning to be a bit afraid I would end up wasting all that money and all that time. 

You Can Do It!

Fast forward a few years. I eventually got through the fear, the writer's block, and all the other obstacles that threatened to keep me from finishing my master's thesis. And now, I have had a long academic career during which I have completed a Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University, and an M.A. and B.A. from Stanford University.

Along the way I took the best that websites, books, newsletters, journal articles, and first-hand experience had to offer, I eventually created a completion system — a reliable, simple, step-by-step path from blank page to finished product  — a system I know works because I used it all to finish my thesis and dissertation. In addition, I have spent years offering this information in workshops and on an individual basis.

One of my first students came to me after 3 years of trying to finish her Masters thesis without much help. She began graduate school before her son was born. He was now 7 years old. Because she was not finished with her thesis, she was in jeopardy of having to quit. She could either quit the program without the degree or repay the tuition she had already paid because she was about to miss the absolute last deadline/extension her university had issued.

She had been finished with her coursework for some time. She came to me on Jan 2.  She sat in a room with me as I presented the workshop to her.  Using the techniques I related to her, she was done by March 26th. Her speedy finish helped me perfect the techniques and the workshops.

How to Finish Writing  & Defending Your Thesis or Dissertation

Soon I noticed that at the end of every workshop, students would ask for my overheads, handouts, anything I was willing to part with. Some students would come again and again to be re-inspired. With the workshops I realized that students in all academic disciplines needed help. And I wanted to help them, maybe by writing a book...

The more I thought about it, the more I didn’t want a boring ebook that you would just have to scroll through and read pages and pages of script just like I was forced to on the web. I wanted a product that was as fun and motivating as my workshop. In 2004, I created a product that incorporated all my workshop information. I call it TA-DA!!™ — Thesis and Dissertation Accomplished. Now students all over the world tell me they use the TA-DA! over and over again and learn something new every time. And they finish easier, quicker, with fewer struggles.

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So, What Is TA-DA?

A Complete Roadmap to Completion

TA-DA!™ is a unique program that takes mystery out of completing a thesis or dissertation. It is a comprehensive roadmap from beginning to the end.

  • Interactive calendar so you can set your goals and plan your progress from step 1 to completion
  • 12 minute items to help you keep going even when you don't feel like writing
  • Guidance in selecting a viable topic, how to write your proposal with detailed explanation describing the components budgeting effectively, selecting and managing advisor and committee members
  • Tools, such as checklists, fill-able forms, research templates, motivational rewards to keep you on track
  • Information about how to conduct research using the internet or campus library
  • Encouragement, support
  • Members-only Forum. TA-DA! Online owners are automatically exclusive members of the TA-DA! Success Forum. This members-only forum is a great place for students to share successes and stories and help one another succeed. Plus, members can ask Dr. Carter questions about the thesis or dissertation process.
  • And more...

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Help Available Around the Clock

You can access TA-DA!™ Online 24/7 from any Web-enabled PC set up to read TA-DA!. Jump online whenever you have the time, and find the help you need to go from a blank page to a finished product.

Your personalized online resources provide you with guidelines and tactics to direct you every step of the way. . . You’ll know exactly what needs to happen,  how to accomplish it, and what kind of timelines  you must set to get it all done. No More Guesswork!

I would tell fellow graduate students that the TADA program is a great investment! In addition to being an entire cheerleading squad in one neat package, the tools are extremely helpful. I especially like the budget tool, as I had no clue how to consider the incidental expenses of a dissertation. TADA keeps me on track, helps me deal with discouraging moments, and provides me with great advice to overcome challenges. As a result of the TADA program, I think I am months ahead of schedule with my dissertation, and I feel confident that I can and will finish successfully. D. Anderson, Show Low, AZ

Your Investment toward Completing Your Thesis or Dissertation

Consider these facts — every time you ask for an extension, you pay another tuition payment (what's yours? $500, $5000?)— not every student knows where to begin or how to find the way through the maze toward completion of a thesis or dissertation, but most advisors think that it's all very obvious — choosing to hire a thesis and dissertation coach can start around $350 an hour — Advisors are not in the step-by-step hand-holding and encouragement business. Compare your options. . .

No matter what you are studying, or where you are in the process, TA-DA!™
can help you finish your thesis or dissertation and earn your graduate degree.

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1. TA-DA!™ Online

Your personalized online TA-DA! program of resources, tools,
guidelines and tactics to direct you every step of the way.

Plus

2. The TA-DA! Members-only Forum

Connection to other students going through the process. Answers to questions, and more.

And

3. FinishLine Newsletter

Valuable tips for graduate students delivered every month via email.

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