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TEM #048: Wait, you think your personal statement is about you?
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, Your grad school personal statement is not about you, chocolate fireworks (dreams do come true), a little help from a friend.
TEM #047: Paying for grad school with scholarships.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, paying for grad school with scholarships, it's not always bad news with the FAFSA, share the wealth!
How to Pay for Graduate School with Scholarships
A quick guide on different types of scholarships for graduate school, websites to search, plus the best keywords to find free money to fund your next degree.
TEM #046: How to pick the perfect personal statement story.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, personal statements and the value of a story "thread", how language morphs time.
How to Get Into Graduate School with the Perfect Personal Statement Story
Here's how to avoid clichés, take admissions reviewers on a journey, and get them excited to send your acceptance letter after reading your personal statement for graduate school.
TEM #045: Last-minute study tips for grad school test prep.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, 5 last-minute test prep tips for the GMAT and GRE, using standardization to eat healthier.
5 Last-Minute Tips for GMAT and GRE Test Prep
Doing last-minute test prep for the GMAT or GRE? These 5 tips will help you study efficiently and effectively to get the best score possible for your graduate school applications.
TEM #044: How to prepare for life changes in graduate school.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, preparing for life changes as a graduate student, and when it's good to break the norm.
TEM #043: Get that faculty letter of recommendation.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, how to ask faculty for a letter of recommendation, what faculty are actually doing all day, what's your burning question right now?
Shift Happens: Preparing for Life Changes in Graduate School
If the fear of change is holding you back from going to graduate school, here are 3 ways plus action steps on how to address it: 1) Understand how the anticipation of change can affect you, 2) Make a plan for personal priorities and relationships, 3) Prepare your mind for life's changes as a graduate student.
TEM #042: 5 Ways Grad School is a Life Game-Changer
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, 5 ways graduate school is a life game-changer, chameleons as mood rings, The When to Go Back to Graduate School Quiz
TEM #041: How to apply to grad school (... after working full-time)
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, how to apply to graduate school with confidence after working full time, donut brains aren't what you think, The When to Go Back to Graduate School Quiz
TEM #040: How to make your graduate school application stand out.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, how to make your graduate school application stand out: know your audience, and the “audience effect” on your performance
TEM #039: What admissions leaders know (that you don't... yet).
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, graduate school specializations: what they are + how to use them, “mold juice” revolutionized medicine, The Women of Inspiration Summit Experience
TEM #038: Graduate school specializations: What they are + how to use them
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, graduate school specializations: what they are + how to use them, “mold juice” revolutionized medicine, The Women of Inspiration Summit Experience
TEM #037: How I use ChatGPT to research graduate programs.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, how I use ChatGPT to research graduate programs, wear red + green for Monday’s eclipse, bonus PS to boost your productivity
TEM #036: Admissions tests to get into graduate school.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, admissions tests to get into graduate school, the Mercury 13 test-takers
TEM #035: The ROI of a graduate degree.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, the ROI of a graduate degree, the trickiest tongue twister in English, photo of the week
TEM #034: What to do when cost is the deciding factor.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, what to do when cost is the deciding factor, one way to reserve fuel, upcoming workshop: When to Go Back to Graduate School (March 21)
TEM #033: How to research different degree types for your career goals.
This week’s highlights: Your education affirmation, how to research different degree types for your career goals, first woman PhD’s degree switch, upcoming workshop: When to Go Back to Graduate School (March 21)
