The Young Grad Student

Comps, and ProQuals, and AAPIs! Oh my!

I have entered officially into what my school calls “the triad of death,” which is a series of major hurdles that are needed to complete our degrees (PsyDs and PhDs have the same requirements here). So far, I have completed one out of three, so let’s break down how it’s been going. Comps, aka comprehensive exams, are probably things that you have heard of regardless your doctoral degree area of…

CV Writing 101: What You Need to Know

If you are anything like me, it was a bit of a shocker when you were finishing your grad school applications and found out that there were requests not only for a resume, but a Curriculum Vitae. I had sort of made one for an assignment in college, but didn’t really understand what a CV was or how to write an effective one. So here’s the basics for you whether it is for your grad school…

12 Grad School Application Tips

There are so many people who are considering going back to school next year–and understandably so! The world has been thrown into the chaos, as has all of our lives, and maybe it’s time to take the next step in your career or make a change entirely by going back to school! So how do you nail this grad school application process? Here’s what I did to get into grad school–twice (because I am nuts).

The Grad School Journal: Masters Edition

I have been working on a project this summer specifically for students in 1-3 year graduate programs, called The Grad School Journal: Masters Edition. That is most likely going to be a Masters degree, but it could also be another professional program of some kind. This journal is meant to help provide space to emotionally process the graduate school experience while encouraging goal setting,…

I’ve been thinking about writing a piece on professional confrontation for a while now (I started writing this post back in 2019, as a matter of fact). I think it’s a skill that is expected of graduate students especially, but is not explicitly taught. And it’s something that I have a lot of room to grow in as well.

I prefer to be very non-confrontational, but have been working on being assertive…

Well, as I am writing this I am thinking about how privileged I am to have added another set of letters after my name. That’s right folks, I am officially a MAMA (!!!), and well on my way to becoming a Psy.D.

This is something that I have wanted to do for a long time. When I first started to go to grad school, I wasn’t ready to get my doctorate. I needed to get my feet wet; test out the field…

Well all, this has been a wild year for everyone. We have all had our normal educational experiences thrown overboard. It’s like learning to swim in the middle of stormy open water. But we have all found ways to manage, and I wanted to point out what I have noticed during these times.

People have reacted in one of two ways: care-taking or pursuit of structure. I think that both are important…

I haven’t written a full post in a while. My presence has been focused on twitter and a little bit on instagram, however, this is meant to be a place for me to process and think about my experiences as a grad student so I am happy to be using it for what I want and need.

That being said, I want to talk about what my second year has meant to me, and what it has meant to be a graduate student…

As the year comes to a close, I’d like to join the rest of the world in posting about how 2019 ended (and will probably make another post about my hopes and goals for 2020).

This year has had many demonstrations of love and support in my life–friends helping me pack everything and move, people visiting me from home, care packages, buying me food… while I have been so grateful for all of these…