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I really do love what I do! Doing a PhD is amazing. It is hard work, long hours, and you never really switch off – forever thinking, planning, analyzing, dreaming of the…
- Daniel Morse
- June 11, 2019
After you receive the rejection email from a grad school program you applied to, the questions always come. What could I have done differently? Was my file extensively…
- Claire Jarvis
- May 15, 2019
In February, days before my wedding, I started experiencing severe pain. Within a week, I had seen 3 doctors, gone to the emergency room, and was diagnosed with an…
- Lauren Bonefont
- May 3, 2019
This time last year, I had begun my graduate school career in the College of Public Health to pursue my MPH. However, now I am in the College of Education pursuing my…
For those of you mad enough to do a PhD, I have some advice: knowing when to let go is important, but knowing when to say yes is also important. Doing favors for people,…
I was warned about this in advance. When I applied to various graduate programs, current PhD students painted a rather scary picture of a typical first year experience…
- Claire Jarvis
- May 22, 2019
I don’t know exactly when I started to change my mind about academia. Actually, I think it was a mix of things that lead me out of it. This past weekend, I finally…
- Cleyde Helena
- May 8, 2019
I made the difficult decision of pursuing a PhD in the UK. I felt that it suited both my background and future plans, better than the US graduate programs. I knew it…
- Erin MacDonald
- May 21, 2019
Phew! I made it. Saturday marked the final set of tasks associated with Semester 1 of grad school. Having survived one semester, I know that I can survive the rest. And…
- Claire Jarvis
- May 28, 2019
I’ve been doing my PhD for two months now. I’ve always had a curious personality and I enjoy learning. There’s something exciting about performing research first-hand…