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5 Crucial Questions @ Grad School

Posted by: lyricalpurpose on: February 7, 2010

If you are thinking about graduate school, please read the post at Grad Pit Stop before you do anything else.

Writing it down

Posted by: lyricalpurpose on: February 6, 2010

If you have questions or stray thoughts or ideas that keep spinning in your mind… it’s important to the process to engage them through or they will just keep floating in your brain interfering with productivity and focus.

I don’t need an internship….

Posted by: lyricalpurpose on: February 4, 2010

Just because you plan to get ANOTHER degree doesn’t mean you are prepared to enter the job market. Just having a degree (even an advanced one) does NOT automatically get you hired, nor does it guarantee a satisfying meaningful career.

What’s the Point?

Posted by: lyricalpurpose on: January 25, 2010

Asking great questions, creating mission statements, or reciting inspiring quotations and the like are a powerful tools in controlling our thoughts, beliefs, motivations, actions, and most of are elements of transforming our lives on our terms.

What about rankings?

Posted by: lyricalpurpose on: January 23, 2010

Of course, you can turn to resources like US News and World Report College Rankings if you just want some ideas of programs that might be worth looking at. These rankings often look at the entire university or college and often do not address the specific strength or weakness of a programs like music, law, or pharmacy within the university.

Is college worth it?

Posted by: lyricalpurpose on: January 21, 2010

Well, check this out in the NY Times. Keep playing with this powerful demographic tool to see how it breaks down for race, gender, and age. Take a look at what happens to unemployment rates without a college degree. Wow! Even worse off without a high school degree. Yikes.

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

Posted by: lyricalpurpose on: January 19, 2010

If you are thinking about going to graduate school, you may  have wondered about staying at your undergrad school for grad school.   It’s a deeply understandable idea, especially if you really like the subject, the school, and already have a place to live and lots of friends.  Yet, it’s often a very good idea to [...]

Taking time off before grad school?

Posted by: lyricalpurpose on: January 16, 2010

Not sure if you should stay in school and plan for graduate school or graduate into a weak job market? It’s admittedly an understandable strategy.  School is what you know.  Sure, you might be tired of it, but often people find that what is known and unpleasant is preferred to that which is unknown and [...]

Thinking about Graduate School?

Posted by: lyricalpurpose on: January 10, 2010

Top 4 tips on graduate school…


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