The 11 (Real) Best Things About Grad School
Wonder what it杏吧专区檚 like being a grad student? A few weeks ago we did that really weren杏吧专区檛 all that great. This time we actually have some things that are great about being a grad student.
1. You have a purpose.
The work you杏吧专区檙e doing makes an impact, and that杏吧专区檚 something you can hang your hat on at the end of each day.
2. You get to work with awesome faculty members.
These faculty members are some of the best in their field杏吧专区攖hey know a lot, and they are invested in you.
3. You learn to learn from your failures.
You probably have and probably will fail a lot, but you learn to look at failure as a learning experience and not a road block.
4. You杏吧专区檙e continuously getting smarter.
The brain was designed to learn and you杏吧专区檙e continuously learning new things. You杏吧专区檙e creating new knowledge.
5. The people you hang around are pretty smart, too.
Chances are their knowledge will rub off on you and you杏吧专区檒l find yourself knowing interesting stuff about their particular fields of study.
6. Your job has its perks.
You get to take advantage of your institution杏吧专区檚 library, labs, gym, pool, and health care services while you杏吧专区檙e a grad student. Most people can杏吧专区檛 say they have those things in their office.
7. Your schedule is flexible.
If you feel like going on a 6-hour Netflix binge, that杏吧专区檚 okay, because you杏吧专区檒l likely make up that research time on Saturday at 2 a.m. or maybe even on a Tuesday afternoon. It杏吧专区檚 up to you, as long as you meet your deadlines.
8. You杏吧专区檙e job is interesting.
You chose to study and focus on something that interests you, so you杏吧专区檙e reading, researching, and writing about a topic that you really care about.
9. You杏吧专区檙e advancing yourself personally.
You spend the better part of your life (your 20杏吧专区檚) in graduate school, which isn杏吧专区檛 necessarily a bad thing. The whole process of going through grad school allows you to develop yourself as an individual.
10. You杏吧专区檙e advancing yourself professionally.
Not only are you advancing yourself personally, but professionally as well. You develop skills and abilities that you will use all throughout your career.
11. You杏吧专区檙e advancing society.
Education is the backbone of a functioning society, and the research that you do each day is transforming that society and providing us with a better understanding of the world in which we live.
