Mastering Grad School: Tips for Staying Determined and Focused

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The discussion revolves around the challenges of applying to graduate school, particularly under emotional stress. The initial poster expresses a strong desire to attend grad school but is feeling down. Respondents emphasize the importance of providing specific details such as GPA, current school, and field of study to receive tailored advice. A key strategy suggested is to focus on maintaining good grades, obtaining strong references, and gaining relevant research experience. For those with lower academic performance, a recommendation is to apply to less competitive graduate programs with good master's degrees, allowing for the opportunity to improve academic standing and potentially transfer to a more prestigious institution later.
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Thank you first,
What is your advice ? While writing this, I am in a bad mood and emotion.
I must get to gradschool. Period!
 
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... What? I have no advice because you give no information. Why are you in a bad mood regarding grad school? What's your GPA? What school are you in? What field? Etc, etc, etc.
 
I'd say the optimal stategy would be to have good grades, good references and good research experience.
 
I'm assuming you've got bad grades and/or GRE score. My suggestion: apply to really crappy grad schools with good MS programs. That way you can have another shot at showing that you're good at taking courses, and you can transfer to a better grad school later.
 

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