Q&A Part 3: You got in! How to survive grad school

Thanks for continuing to read about the “Path to Graduate School.”  Today completes this theme and the last 2 questions of Part 3: "You got in! How to survive grad school!" We hope this has been helpful to all of you! Question 14: What sort of career planning and/or professional development will I need to...

Q&A Part 3: You got in! How to survive grad school

Thanks for continuing to read about the “Path to Graduate School.” We have a new category, Part 3: "You got in! How to survive grad school!" Here are answers to questions 12 and 13, and we will post questions 14-15 next week, finishing up our Q&A session! Hope this has been helpful to all of...

Q&A Part 2: You’ve decided Yes!: How Best to Apply to Graduate School

Thanks for continuing to read about the “Path to Graduate School.” Here are answers to questions 9, 10, and 11 finishing up our second category, “I decided, Yes! How best to apply to grad school.” Next week we will post questions 11 and 12 from the next category "You got in: How to survive graduate...

Q&A Part 2: You’ve decided Yes!: How Best to Apply to Graduate School

Thanks for continuing to read about the “Path to Graduate School.” Here are answers to questions 6, 7, and 8 for our second category, “I decided, Yes! How best to apply to grad school.” Next week we will post questions 9 and 10 from the same category. Question 6 - Should I apply to the...

Q&A Part 1: Deciding to go to grad school, Questions 4-5

Thanks for continuing to read about the "Path to Graduate School." Here are answers to questions 4 and 5 for our first category, "Deciding to go to grad school." Next week, we will post answers to "I decided, Yes! How best to apply to grad school." Question 4: What if I want to go to...

From garbage sorter to marine bioacoustician

By: Brendan Rideout It's hard to pinpoint when my path to grad school began, but one possible beginning is the summer after graduating high school. Going into my final year of high school, I knew I wanted to go to university (I'd known this since I could spell 'university') but still hadn't chosen a major....

How I got into science

By Donn Viviani “Aw Mr. V., you ain’t a scientist.”  I was used to a lot of personal criticism from my students.  They had opinions, frequently negative and freely expressed, on the clothes I wore, the food I ate, the car I drove, my breath.  Generally I found this pretty funny- what do preteens know...

Path to Graduate School

By Christine A. Waters My path to graduate school was a mountain, and I was the stone. While many students view this challenge from the perspective of Sisyphus, perpetually rolling their boulders UP the mountain, the momentum with which I left my undergraduate institution flung me over a cliff and off of a ledge. “A...

From a pre-Veterinarian, to Animal Behaviorist, to Adoptions Counselor, to Biological Oceanographer…

By Michelle Jungbluth I found out recently that my 12 year old self knew where I would end up. In going through some old boxes and folders from elementary school, I found my time capsule from 6th grade with the following question:  Where will you be in 10 years?  My answer, ‘Marine Biologist’ (cue my...

Gambling on Oceanography in Hawaii: The Risk Was Worth The Reward

By Sean Jungbluth To describe my path to graduate school, I begin when I first really began entertaining the idea of attending graduate school, which was in my fifth year of university-level work at University of Wisconsin at Madison. I extended my stay in college so that I could pursue Bacteriology as a second major...