Beyond Checking Boxes
I’ll openly admit it: I am guilty of being a box checker. I’ve often looked at my degree progress as a series of boxes...
Five Tips for Editing Your College Paper
It doesn’t matter if you’re a freshman in college or you’re in graduate school working on your dissertation, you’re going to find yourself writing...
Graduate School Papers and You
Graduate study is all about writing, as the thesis or dissertation is the ticket to graduation. However, lots of writing occurs well before the...
Expectancy Amid Uncertainty
My life was full of expectation. After hitting “send” on my written comprehensive exams, my focus had begun shifting to grand plans for my...
In These Stressful Times, Make Sure You’re Protecting Yourself
College can be a stressful experience at the best of times. After all, the steps you take in these pivotal steps will echo throughout...
From Adulting Back to Studenting
I started “adulting” at age 21. I had taken a fairly standard route: graduate high school, attend a 4-year university, earn a bachelor’s degree,...
Getting More Done in Less Time
Would having more time really make a difference in our productivity? Most of us would say yes – more hours would mean we could...
How to Embrace the Frugal Life How to Embrace the Frugal Life
Frugality is an unavoidable companion throughout graduate school due to our limited incomes. For those of us who are not naturally frugal (like me),...
What To Do While You’re Waiting for Your Grad School
So, you've requested your recommendations and your transcripts, taken your entrance exams, written your essays, and sent in your application forms. What do you...
Informational interviewing: Getting your foot in the door before you need a job
As I wrote in a previous post, this past summer I was an intern at the Department of State in the Office of the...