APPENDIX III 1 



PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS TO THE INTENDING 

 GRADUATE STUDENT 



In the preceding Appendix the attempt has been made simply 

 to set forth as concisely and exactly as possible the technicalities 

 involved in entering upon the courses and obtaining the degrees 

 of the French institutions of higher education. However, a state- 

 ment of these technicalities is not likely to answer all the questions 

 which may arise in the mind of the American student who intends 

 to study in France. Consequently, it has seemed wise to devote 

 a few words of explanation to some of the other problems which the 

 student is almost sure to encounter: such problems as the choice of 

 a university; the opportunities for association with other students 

 in clubs and societies; the facilities for acquiring the French lan- 

 guage; summer schools; the French doctor's degree conferred by the 

 Universities; the doctor's thesis; the relation of the French degrees 

 conferred by the State to our American degrees; general living ex- 

 penses; etc. 



Some of these subjects have been adequately treated in various 

 works, setting forth the opportunities and advantages of study in 

 France. Aside from the handbook of the " Office national des 

 Universites," the "Livrets de 1'etudiant," and the two booklets 

 published by the Alliance Francaise already mentioned in Appen- 

 dix II, the student is advised to consult the following books and 

 articles: "The Universities of France: A Guide for American 

 Students," published in 1899 by the Franco-American Committee, 

 87, boulevard Saint Michel, Paris; "French University Degrees," 

 published by the " Comite de patronage des etudiants etrangers," 

 at the Sorbonne, Paris, 2nd edition, 1910; "Conseil aux 

 Americains" by Professor Robert Dupouey, in the University of 

 California Chronicle, Vol. IX, No. 4, 1907; this latter is a sum- 

 mary in English of a longer treatment in French which appeared in 



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