There are a myriad of choices to be made once you’ve finally committed to continuing your higher education. Now that you’ve decided “I will,” where should you go? Is a traditional or online grad program the best one for you?
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applying to grad school
How Hard Is It To Get Into Graduate School?
Get Clear. Get Into Grad School. Get On With Your Life.Just a few days ago, I posed a question to the Your Grad School Coach Facebook page (if you’re not connected, you can do so here):
“If you had ONE question about graduate school, what would it be?”
Shout out to YGSC fan Brooke for posing the following question: “Is it really that hard to get into grad school? Should I be as worried as I am? I worried a lot for undergrad and it wasn’t even that big of a deal.”
Wouldn’t it be some kind of crazy to get all worked up about getting accepted to graduate school – only to find out that you were making a big deal out of nothing? Just how hard is it to get into grad school? [click to continue…]
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Do I Really Want A Ph.D.?
Get Clear. Get Into Grad School. Get On With Your Life.
This may come as a surprise, but my professional advice to many has been: “You SAY you want a Ph.D., but you REALLY DON’T.”
Nine times out of ten, my advice has absolutely nothing to do with their aptitude, qualifications, or level of motivation. [click to continue…]
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Spring Training In the Winter – The Pre-Application Phase to Grad School
Get Clear. Get Into Grad School. Get On With Your Life.If you’ve been a regular reader of Your Grad School Coach and you’ve learned a little bit about me, you know that I’m sort of a tiny bit of a Jay-Z fan stan. I’ve written before about how contrary to what you will hear in the media, there is positivity and motivation and inspiration to glean from hip hop music. Not only has the music been a soundtrack for my life, but hip hop helped me get into grad school, through it, and beyond.
Just earlier today, I’m listening one of my favorite cuts from Jay-Z’s classic album “The Blueprint” and I’m realizing how applicable these lyrics are to applying to grad school. It’s ironic, at best, because Jay-Z never attended college – much less graduate school, but applicable nonetheless. [click to continue…]
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Wait! What if I Can’t Find An Accountability Partner?
Get Clear. Get Into Grad School. Get On With Your Life.An accountability partner is one of the best kept secrets in making the grad school application process bearable. (OK. At least semi-bearable until they invent something to cure the mounting anxiety of “Will I get in or not?”) So let’s suppose you’ve already done the legwork of trying to find an accountability partner and you’re still coming up short in the candidate search.
This is where a grad school coach steps in. If you’re still in school – and especially if you aren’t – it can feel like the proverbial search for a needle in a haystack to find an accountability partner that is serious about taking the grad school admissions journey with you.
The beautiful thing is… there is a solution to your problems. Team up with a grad school coach as your ultimate accountability partner. Some of the benefits of working with a coach:
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