This seminar by experts at Michigan State University, Purdue, and the University of Michigan addresses many of the questions students have concerning motivations for going to graduate school, financial implications, choosing between a M.S. or Ph.D., and the impact of a graduate school education on one's quality of life.
Summer undergraduate research students at Purdue rated this seminar is one of their favorites. You, too, can share in Professor Alam's wisdom in this seminar that puts writing papers into a nice perspective.