{"id":45558,"date":"2021-11-03T12:51:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=45558"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:51:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:51:46","slug":"my-decision-to-apply-for-graduate-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2021\/11\/03\/my-decision-to-apply-for-graduate-school\/","title":{"rendered":"My Decision to Apply for Graduate School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you\u2019re in fourth year, everyone wants to know what your plans are, what\u2019s 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 that maybe I just didn\u2019t have my niche when it came to research or maybe I wasn\u2019t capable of doing it. I figured I would graduate, and hopefully find a job in my field and just start working. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in the past summer term I had the opportunity to take a course that covered a topic that really peaked my interest, and it's something I want to keep learning about, and with the encouragement of my professors I started to actually consider applying for my masters, and did some research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researching Master's Programs <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Webpage:
Example website: Find a Masters.Com to help the first step to researching your graduate programs <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Once I started considering my masters, I had to some research on the different programs around the world that may peak my interest or covers the topic I am interested in. One website I found useful was FindaMasters.com<\/a>. You could search for the field and countries you may be interested in looking at and then visit the program websites for more information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researching Requirements and Structures <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Once I decided \"Hey! This sounds like I could really like being in this program\" I went on to list 10 programs I may consider and then narrowed them down my their admission requirements and their program structures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may be interested in a professional master's like an MPP (Masters of Public Policy), or you may want to stay in academia and pursue a Masters of Arts or Sciences perhaps. What really helped me was looking at the various topics of research the universities specialize in. I want to do a thesis-based masters so that's what I was looking for in the \"program requirements\" sections. Like the example below from U of T's School of Graduate Studies<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Program
Example of Program Requirements Page from the UofT School of Graduate Studies <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thinking - Can I Do This? <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After narrowing down the programs, I thought that maybe, I could actually do this?! So I had to sit down and hype myself up - because the self-doubt is insane. Even though I'm currently in the process of applying, it's still there. HOWEVER! My research topic is something that I am passionate about, and I am so excited continuing my studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My decision to apply to graduate school was one that had to be carefully thought out, and I think it's the right decision for me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\n
\nWhen you\u2019re in fourth year, everyone wants to know what your plans are, what\u2019s 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…\n<\/div>
Continue reading “My Decision to Apply for Graduate School”<\/span>…<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>
Continue reading “My Decision to Apply for Graduate School”<\/span>…<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":45561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[284,246,1837,27690],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45558"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45563,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45558\/revisions\/45563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}