Skye Oliver is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Arkansas. We discussed how to prepare yourself before taking the comps. Sky offers the following tips for succeeding: 1. Talk to your committee. 2. Gather as many experiences as possible. 3. Finding people that support you. 4. Resting before it happens. She also mentions how to serve and campus and how to turn a final paper into a publishable article.