My grad school application essay must include a page or two on my proposed dissertation, supporting research, etc. Do I write this portion in formal style, including a ton of past research, proposed methodology, etc? Or, do I throw the idea out there, add enough formal support to keep from looking like a hack, and trust that they know it is an idea to be developed over the next two years? A page and a half (double spaced) is not a lot of room to be making content errors with. Help!
Melvin
I am entering my senior as a math major and I am considering grad school for a masters. However, my “track record” so to speak is kinda rocky because when I entered my junior year in 2003 I found out I would be having a kid and I had ended up failing my classes that term and then I got a full time job to save money for the baby. Over a year later I returned to school and now my over all math GPA is about 2.5. Over my senior year I will be taking 13 mathematics credit hours and finish a minor in physics and I hope to get my GPA up to somewhere around 2.8. Is grad school still possible for me? I worry that schools that I apply to may look at my bad year when I stopped going to school in a negative manner. Thanks for any suggestions.
Claudia
I’m finishing undergrad in the spring, I’ll be 23. Engaged to be married 9/6/08, which will also be my first semester of grad school.
Anyways, all of that aside.. Would you rather have kids before you start your career (so that you don’t have to ask for pesky maternity leave that employers hate)? Or, start your career and only spend 6 weeks with your newborn while on maternity leave?
Either way sounds like it sucks to me. What would you do? I’m just thinking of a timeline in my head and what I want to do with my life.
Money will never be a problem. I just want an idea of when it would be best for me to conceive.
My fiance has/will have more than enough money to support us. Guaranteed :p
Debbie
I haven’t started graduate school yet, but I’m scared of what will happen when I do. Will I ever be able to go to grad school in the future if I drop out?
I’m entering a Ph.D. program this fall. I keep thinking about how I’ve been just as happy doing jobs where all I need is a bachelor’s (I have an engineering degree, so it’s not like I have to go to grad school), and I’m not sure I have the drive to conqueor these knowledge towers in front of me. I’m also upset because my boyfriend will be starting a job 800 miles away at the same time I start school. Honestly, I want to give up on grad school and just go get a job in his city, but I already signed a lease for next year.
Clinton
I have a bachelor’s degree and used loans to pay for it, I’ve racked up around 20,000. I’m planning on going to grad school next fall and just did my fafsa and it said i was at or near the limit for federal loans. I don’t really understand how this can be, i know that a lot of people use loans for both their undergrad and master’s degrees. So can i still get loans for my master’s or am I out of luck?
Leroy
I want to go to grad school for history and work for a bachelors in physics or BME.
Gene
I am a poli sci major with emphasis in international relations. Upon looking to to grad school I discovered that most require a second language, what should I do? I need to make 60,000+ an year upon graduation to live with all my student loans.
Also any ideas for a good internship?
Nancy
I am currently president of a the social work club at my University. I will graduate in December with my bachelors degree in psychology and then plan on going to graduate school for social work after taking a couple of years off. I have a 3.6 gpa. This is my last semester of college and I have a full course load. I also just started a new job that is 30 hours per week. I don’t think that I’ll be able to juggles full time school, work and presiding over the social work club. I still want to be a part of the club but I don’t have the time to be president. Will it look bad for me to resign? Will 1 year as president be enough?
I have class MWF and work T, Th, S and I don’t want my school work or gpa to suffer– I think that is the most important thing. What should I do? Stick it out or focus on school? How important are extracurriculars in regards to grad school admissions?
Peggy
