The Applying to Grad School Struggle

For some of us, applying to grad school is a distant goal, for others a just-finished struggle, and for many, a present day nightmare. Figuring out what to do with our lives after graduation is a stressful time. Although it can be momentarily reassuring to decide on grad school as a solution to our post-grad uncertainties, we soon realize that the real work is left to come. 

The first step is actually picking the grad schools we want to apply to. Seemingly simple, but surprisingly overwhelming. 

Then, we go have to go through that whole “comparing our marks to the school’s expectations” part. They expect us to get what???

But that’s fine, we decide, we can totally raise our marks in time. Right? 

The next step is to get all the references we need (aka. begging our professors to be life-savers like no tomorrow). 

Then, we actually have to write the applications, which includes personal statements. In other words, that means lots, and lots of writing and re-writing. 

At the end of it all, we are never really sure if we have done enough. All we can do is submit the application, and hope for the best knowing that we did everything we could. 

Consider grad school apps handled, HCUBC cuties! For those of you applying to grad school, you can do it! 

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