EXPECTATIONS | PREPARING

8/29/2019 by HIGHERGRAD

More college! The start of graduate school means more school but also new and exciting opportunities. The necessary, and often difficult, steps have been completed and it is time for day one. Adjusting to graduate school is not always easy, especially if you have taken time between concluding your undergraduate degree and the start of grad school. These five tips are critical graduate school advice for the first month. 

APPLYING | PREPARING

7/2/2019 by HIGHERGRAD

Graduate school is an all-around challenge. It is tougher classes, additional cost and much more difficult to get into. Particular programs at elite universities may only admit one or two applicants from a pool of hundreds on a given year. The selection process is robust and unless you go above and beyond you may have a hard time getting in to graduate school. These four tips for applying to graduate school will put you above the competition and almost ensure your graduate school application is noticed.

FINANCING | PREPARING

06/24/2019 by HIGHERGRAD

Very few people can say that they graduated from grad school completely debt-free. The vast majority of folks simply try to figure out how to pay for graduate school without going broke.

Graduate school is not for everyone. For those where it makes sense for your career, it can lead to tremendous opportunities. Where people get into trouble is when they start to decide how to pay for grad school. Paying for graduate school has similar challenges like you may have faced when deciding how to pay for your undergraduate degree program. Yet there are also many more creative ways to pay for graduate school that were not available to you for your undergraduate degree.