What’s it like being a graduate student? Three words to describe it would be: Challenging, fulfilling, and fun!
The Reality of Applying to Prestigious Grad Schools: How Money Descreases My Chances of Getting In
Featured image belongs to Boston University Growing up, I was obsessed with prestigious things; the biggest scholarships, the best schools, the most competitive careers, and so on. If I had the financial means to take the SATs, I would’ve applied…
4 Things I’ve Learned While Preparing Graduate School Applications
Back in the summer, I made the decision to apply to graduate school and with that, came a lot of research and seeking advice from wherever and whoever possible since I am the first in my family to apply to…
My Decision to Apply for Graduate School
When you’re in fourth year, everyone wants to know what your plans are, what’s the next step? Up until the end of third year -- I had no idea what my next step was going to be. I always figured…
How Does It Feel to Be Graduating?
It’s my last week of school, and it feels so surreal to be graduating after four years at U of T. Today, I wanted to reflect on some of the emotions I’m feeling about graduation in case other students are…
4 Tips For Getting into Grad School
A couple weeks ago, I received my first acceptance into a MA program in Political Science! It was such a relief to know that my hard work during the applications period paid off. Because I’ve received an acceptance, I wanted…
Reflections On My First Half of Fourth Year
This week, I start my last term of undergrad! It’s so crazy to think about how far I’ve come and how fast the years have gone. This week, I wanted to reflect on how my first term of fourth year…
My Thoughts and Feelings Going Into My Final Year of University!
In a couple of days I’ll be starting my fourth and final year of university—there are a lot of things to process and think about! In this blog article, I thought I’d share some of my worries and hopes for…
“So what are you doing after your undergrad?” How 4 U of T Students Are Figuring Out The Answer
Last week, I wrote a blog about how to deal with stress surrounding your future. Writing it reminded me that deciding what to do after your undergrad is a super stressful thing, which lots of people are struggling to figure out.…
Stressing About The Future? When It’s Useful and When It’s Not
These past few weeks I’ve started really worrying about my future—from impending grad school applications, to decisions about what career I’m going to pursue, to choosing what city to live in, lots of big life decisions are coming up. Some…