In preparing for the start of second year, I (Kali) spent part of my time in completing various MOOCs - free, online courses. This was both to increase knowledge and to get back into the habit of studying regularly before the semester actually starts. Below are my notes from the Coursera online course How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper , designed by Phd students from the French University, École Polytechnique . The course is presented in English and is split over four weeks, with approximately 2 hours work expected for each week. You can access the entire thing at any time, so you could do it in a day if you wanted to. There is a paid option, if you want to get a certificate of completion, but that's definitely not necessary. While MOOCs are useful for building up skills, they can vary so much in what it takes to earn a grade and the general quality that they don't indicate anything very useful when you put them on a CV . It's much more useful to learn a
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