Graduate School?

[nauadpi]

The program I applied to has said I have made it passed their admissions committee... so now it has to just go through the university itself.. which is really a technicality...

Oh and the program is through the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences to get my phd in planetary science.

I am so so excited...

[TxAPhi]

Best book to read about this ---

Getting What You Came For : The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. by Robert Peters

It answered a lot of questions.
Is graduate school right for you?
Should you get a master’s or a Ph.D.?
How can you choose the best possible school?


Review - “This is an excellent book. I don’t know how Robert Peters was able to assemble all this highly relevant and valuable information after only one pass through the system known as graduate school, but he has produced a definitive piece of work.” – Dr. Gene Woodruff, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Washington, Seattle, President of the Association of Graduate Schools, Chairman of the GRE Board


This classic guide helps students answer these vital questions and much more. It will also help graduate students finish in less time, for less money, and with less trouble.

Based on interviews with career counselors, graduate students, and professors, Getting What You Came For is packed with real-life experiences. It has all the advice a student will need not only to survive but to thrive in graduate school, including: instructions on applying to school and for financial aid; how to excel on qualifying exams; how to manage academic politics—including hostile professors; and how to write and defend a top-notch thesis. Most important, it shows you how to land a job when you graduate.

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by TxAPhi
Best book to read about this ---

Getting What You Came For : The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. by Robert Peters

It answered a lot of questions.
Is graduate school right for you?
Should you get a master’s or a Ph.D.?
How can you choose the best possible school?


Review - “This is an excellent book. I don’t know how Robert Peters was able to assemble all this highly relevant and valuable information after only one pass through the system known as graduate school, but he has produced a definitive piece of work.” – Dr. Gene Woodruff, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Washington, Seattle, President of the Association of Graduate Schools, Chairman of the GRE Board


This classic guide helps students answer these vital questions and much more. It will also help graduate students finish in less time, for less money, and with less trouble.

Based on interviews with career counselors, graduate students, and professors, Getting What You Came For is packed with real-life experiences. It has all the advice a student will need not only to survive but to thrive in graduate school, including: instructions on applying to school and for financial aid; how to excel on qualifying exams; how to manage academic politics—including hostile professors; and how to write and defend a top-notch thesis. Most important, it shows you how to land a job when you graduate.

Have you read it?

I read it, and it's definitely geared more towards those going to grad school for a career in academia--not so much for those in professional programs like law, business, education, architecture, public administration, international affairs, and the like.

[TxAPhi]

Originally posted by Munchkin03
Have you read it? I read it, and it's definitely geared more towards those going to grad school for a career in academia--not so much for those in professional programs like law, business, education, architecture, public administration, international affairs, and the like.

Yeah I read it a couple years ago, found it in B&N when considering getting a degree in Higher Ed. Maybe that is why I thought it was good -- instructions on applying to school and for financial aid; how to excel on qualifying exams; how to manage academic politics, and making sure an advanced degree is what you really need --- maybe also because I had been out of school for a few years so it was also a refresher.

[XOMichelle]

Originally posted by HelloKitty22
I agree with Munchkin. Waiting may work for some people. But it certainly isn't for everyone. For one thing, if you are planning to go all the way to a PhD, which can take upwards of seven years, waiting even one year is a big deal.
Also, if you are a woman and are hoping to have a family eventually, it is oftentimes better to get your grad school education finished and get a few years of continuous work under your belt before you start thinking about a family. If you take a year or two off and then go and get your PhD, you'll be 29 or 30 before you really start working on your career.
I just think there is more to it then I want to experience the "real world" and not get in so much debt. Also, since when did graduate school become easy and not part of the "real world"? A lot of graduate programs are very competitive, and unlike law school and MBA programs, they often require that you do research, teach, and complete classwork. I think that kind of workload pretty much weeds out the uncomitted.

Yeah... I'll be 28 or 29 when I grduate from med school and at least 31 before I have a "real job" after residency. It's kind of scary to think about putting all that time into an education. But, it's a journey, not a destination. It should be fun!

[AUDeltaGam]

I recieved an acceptance today to Appalachian State's School Counseling program

[HelloKitty22]

Congratulations!!

[AUDeltaGam]

Congrats!

[trojangal]

Just found out that I need to go back to graduate school for my teaching. I am in gifted education, and will have to get gifted certification, which means a whole new Master's degree. Unfortunately, I don't think any of my other Master's classes could go towards the degree


I have 2.5 years to finish a 33 hour minimum program.

I will be taking the MAT soon ( ARRRGGGHHH) and applying for USA's online program.

It stinks when you live in a city that has 5 universities around it, and the only two colleges in the state that offer the classes are 70 miles and 300 miles away.

[missjeff]

Does anybody know and accredited online programs for Masters in Social Work and Master in Gudiance Counseling Education?

[aggieAXO]

I recommend going straight into grad school. I think if I had taken some time off I would have had a difficult time studying and focusing. I actually completed my requirements for grad school wthin 3 years instead of 4. I needed to shave a year off of the school loans . I love the fact that I have more expeience than most of my colleagues that are my age and graduated later in life. There are a few people I work with that are in there mid 20's and are just now applying- to vet school-so they won't graduate until they are at least 30. Then if an internship and residency are done they won't be out until there mid 30's.

I do hate the debt but reality is that unless you are wealthy or your parents had a nice college fund for you, a loan is the only way to reach your goal. Out of a class of 120 about 90% of us had to take out loans. You cannot work during vet. school-it is an 8-5 job for 3 years then 4th year it is a 5-6 am to whatever time you finish job depending on your rotation (or you are on call for 24 hrs and then have to go to school all day-yuk!). Many weekends are spent in labs-(anatomy/parasitology/physiology etc...). Most graduate these days with over 100,000$ in debt and vets don't make $hit .

I say get it all over with at once-don't wait.

[trojangal]

Took my MAT last Monday....score was 68 out of a possible 100..now am waiting for the real paperwork to get in.

[AUDeltaGam]

I also recently got accepted to the University of Tennessee, and will be interviewing at Clemson!

[breathesgelatin]

The latest on my grad school search:

rejected at:
Berkeley
Columbia

wait-listed at:
Stanford

accepted with full funding at:
UNC-Chapel Hill
UT-Austin

So now I am making visits and trying to decide where to go! woo!

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by Munchkin03
Like Rudey said, if you go to a good school for your MBA, the debt will be easy to pay off. I've read in a few places that you shouldn't even have to pay for your MBA, because if the company you work for wants you to have it, they'll pay for it. If you have to take out loans, your advance should be more than enough to pay your debt. It just depends on the quality of your grad program.

My company paid for mine.........

And I left a few months after I finished.