TEM #003: How a simple request gets complicated.
June 30, 2023
Hi there!
Three cheers for making it through the end of this week. Fireworks may be in order to celebrate 🧨
This week’s highlights:
Your education affirmation
How to request transcripts for graduate school
Application action steps
Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss 🌍
Education affirmation.
You already have what it takes to succeed.
On the Blog.
What sounds like the simplest part of a graduate application can actually be the most tedious.
Check out this overview of how to efficiently request transcripts, including where to find them, how to order them, and - most importantly - what causes unexpected delays in the process.
Application Action Steps.
Choose your own adventure 🚁
Thinking about school in the future?
In your “Future Education Opportunities” document from last week, add a Transcripts section (it’s honestly never too early to think about these).
Type the names of every college or university where you have college or graduate level course credits.
Actively applying later this year?
If you have an idea of the schools you might apply to, start Googling where to send transcripts for your future application. This information might be under a Graduate Admissions Office or something similar.
Bookmark these webpages or save them in a Word or Excel document (think of it as doing a favor for your future self).
Fun fact.
Need an uplifting mini-series about for your streaming queue?
Check out Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss on Peacock. (Yes, Dwight from The Office).
Episode 3 in Accra, Ghana will change your perspective and give you hope for the next step in your career and education journey.
Know of another great show that should be on my radar? (I lean toward comedy and am recovering from Vanderpump Rules - this guilty pleasure got me through grad school).
Have a question about going back to school? Reply to this email, I’d love to help.
And remember: You’ve got this!
Dr. Jena
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