Researching Graduate Schools

Courtney Santos Author

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Are you eager to attend graduate school, but not sure where to start your planning? Led by Courtney Santos, Director, Undergraduate Research & Fellowships, this workshop provides tips and strategies for planning your journey to graduate school, including choosing a graduate program that matches your learning goals, navigating the admissions process, and funding your education.

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[00:00:00.320]Hello and welcome. Happy Friday.
[00:00:03.240]It's great to have you here for
[00:00:05.770]our summer UCARE workshop and
[00:00:08.020]Fellowships Fridays workshop on
[00:00:10.470]researching graduate schools. I'm
[00:00:12.880]glad that you are here
[00:00:14.380]and deciding to spend your
[00:00:15.800]Friday with me. If you're here
[00:00:17.540]on your lunch hour or something
[00:00:19.280]like
[00:00:19.620]that, it's great to see you.
[00:00:21.610]Thank you for coming and making
[00:00:23.600]time for this today. I am so
[00:00:25.450]excited
[00:00:26.120]to talk with you about graduate
[00:00:28.110]school. I think this is one of
[00:00:30.150]the most incredible steps
[00:00:31.860]that a student can take on
[00:00:33.450]their higher education journey
[00:00:35.520]is to really take that
[00:00:36.960]great leap from undergraduate
[00:00:39.120]to graduate study. It can be so
[00:00:41.420]fulfilling. And so we're going
[00:00:43.480]to
[00:00:43.540]have plenty of time today to
[00:00:45.260]talk about questions,
[00:00:46.750]strategies, resources that you
[00:00:48.840]can use to become
[00:00:49.960]a successful graduate study
[00:00:51.860]applicant. And if you're not
[00:00:53.910]sure what type of graduate
[00:00:55.720]study
[00:00:56.100]you'd like to do, that's okay.
[00:00:57.780]We're here to explore some of
[00:00:59.220]those options and I'm happy to
[00:01:01.220]answer your questions. I will
[00:01:03.260]be looking at the meeting chat
[00:01:05.160]throughout or you can raise
[00:01:07.000]your
[00:01:07.180]hand if you do have a question
[00:01:08.740]and want to speak on the mic.
[00:01:10.330]That's totally fine. We're a
[00:01:12.000]small
[00:01:12.400]group today, so either is fine.
[00:01:15.190]If you do know that you're
[00:01:16.900]interested in a particular type
[00:01:19.350]of
[00:01:19.640]grad study, I would love for
[00:01:21.560]you to tell me so in the chat
[00:01:23.360]so that I can tailor the
[00:01:24.910]presentation a
[00:01:26.080]little bit to you. So it'd be
[00:01:27.770]great to know like your year in
[00:01:29.380]school, like first year or
[00:01:30.970]second
[00:01:31.320]year. You know, if you have
[00:01:33.630]already graduated, you would
[00:01:36.040]put alum, you know, alumnus,
[00:01:38.520]alumna.
[00:01:39.480]Also great to know your current
[00:01:43.270]major or majors and any
[00:01:46.410]interest in particular types of
[00:01:49.660]graduate
[00:01:50.000]programs. So for example, law
[00:01:52.550]school, right, or perhaps PhD
[00:01:54.810]programs. And
[00:01:56.060]in what field? Master's
[00:01:57.980]programs, right? I myself am a
[00:02:00.880]master's student here in the
[00:02:02.660]educational psychology
[00:02:03.990]department as well as a full-time
[00:02:05.750]staff member. So happy to talk
[00:02:08.390]to you
[00:02:08.880]as well about many different
[00:02:10.740]possible types of options, even
[00:02:12.910]going back to graduate school
[00:02:14.940]as
[00:02:15.260]an adult, which I have done.
[00:02:17.200]All right, so let's jump in and
[00:02:19.120]talk about graduate study.
[00:02:21.060]So I want to kick things off by
[00:02:22.860]really talking about what is
[00:02:24.570]graduate school, just
[00:02:26.040]so we can start out with a
[00:02:27.050]common language together. You
[00:02:28.980]know, and so when I think about
[00:02:31.100]undergraduate education, it's
[00:02:32.860]really focused on learning
[00:02:34.170]existing knowledge, right? We
[00:02:35.980]are
[00:02:36.240]often exploring scholarship
[00:02:38.320]that has been done in the past
[00:02:40.160]or that has been done up to the
[00:02:42.180]present,
[00:02:42.520]right, and really trying to
[00:02:44.070]understand what questions are
[00:02:45.750]common in our field,
[00:02:46.980]what methods are being used to
[00:02:48.900]understand that knowledge. Or
[00:02:51.050]in the arts, you know, it's
[00:02:52.980]about
[00:02:53.340]often a creating art together.
[00:02:56.020]So I want to kick things off by
[00:02:56.020]really talking about what is
[00:02:56.020]graduate study. So when we get
[00:03:00.180]to graduate school, many of
[00:03:03.960]those same themes continue. You're
[00:03:07.780]certainly still engaged with
[00:03:09.360]the literature in your field,
[00:03:11.270]right? But it is focused more
[00:03:12.720]on that
[00:03:13.080]process of creating new
[00:03:15.010]knowledge, right, or new
[00:03:17.220]products, new artistic work,
[00:03:19.810]new app development,
[00:03:21.460]right? And so there's a lot
[00:03:23.170]more focus on the individual
[00:03:24.820]student,
[00:03:26.000]and the work that they want to
[00:03:27.330]do to contribute to the
[00:03:28.400]academic field.
[00:03:29.380]Oh, good. I'm seeing some
[00:03:31.150]responses here in the chat. We've
[00:03:33.440]got seniors looking at master's,
[00:03:36.200]environmental science, and
[00:03:37.870]plant biology, electrical
[00:03:39.410]engineering, graduate study. Oh,
[00:03:41.620]this is so fun. Thank you. I'm
[00:03:43.510]so glad you're here. We can
[00:03:45.230]definitely talk about those a
[00:03:46.870]little
[00:03:47.320]bit more. So when we get into
[00:03:49.570]looking at specific graduate
[00:03:51.820]programs, you know, I think it's
[00:03:54.500]important
[00:03:54.840]to understand that as you go
[00:03:55.130]through the program, you're
[00:03:55.470]going to find that there's a
[00:03:55.760]lot more
[00:03:55.980]to go along with that process
[00:03:57.270]of becoming a junior colleague
[00:03:59.260]to the faculty and creating
[00:04:01.000]your own
[00:04:01.520]knowledge. You're going to do
[00:04:03.340]some personal growth, like
[00:04:04.970]increased independence, self-discipline,
[00:04:07.800]right? You're also going to see
[00:04:09.610]that the programs themselves
[00:04:11.350]are supporting that
[00:04:12.310]independence.
[00:04:13.380]And so they're giving you
[00:04:14.650]increased options for specialization,
[00:04:16.790]right? They might be building
[00:04:18.450]in
[00:04:18.680]more opportunities to do
[00:04:20.610]independent research and work
[00:04:23.030]one-on-one or in small groups
[00:04:25.380]on,
[00:04:25.960]say, student research projects.
[00:04:27.510]You're going to see more
[00:04:28.520]discussion-style classes where
[00:04:29.980]you're
[00:04:30.360]actively contributing to the
[00:04:32.280]seminar and to the content of
[00:04:34.140]the course, right? You may see
[00:04:36.630]fewer
[00:04:37.220]tests and exams and less
[00:04:38.770]frequent feedback, you know,
[00:04:40.850]because it's really more
[00:04:42.460]modeled on
[00:04:43.240]that scholarly dialogue, that
[00:04:44.920]exchange of ideas that is
[00:04:46.220]happening between the graduate
[00:04:47.890]students.
[00:04:48.620]And finally, some students will
[00:04:50.320]notice that particularly in
[00:04:51.590]certain types of programs,
[00:04:53.040]you might see more pressure to
[00:04:54.340]publish your work,
[00:04:55.940]or perform it, or to exhibit it,
[00:04:57.520]or whatever. So a lot of focus
[00:05:00.240]on outcomes towards, say,
[00:05:02.800]a thesis or a dissertation
[00:05:04.510]project or a final capstone.
[00:05:06.580]And you might see that in some
[00:05:08.850]cases,
[00:05:09.380]the culture changes a little
[00:05:10.570]bit, right? Being a junior
[00:05:11.710]colleague at the faculty,
[00:05:12.900]you're likely to be granted a
[00:05:14.440]lot of respect from your
[00:05:15.730]instructors. At the same time,
[00:05:17.700]you might see increased
[00:05:18.760]competition with peers. And so
[00:05:20.300]those are some things to know
[00:05:21.580]just about the possible culture
[00:05:22.850]change, because if you know
[00:05:23.970]that ahead of time, you can
[00:05:25.240]prepare,
[00:05:25.920]right? And make sure you are
[00:05:27.670]ready for those differences. If
[00:05:29.600]you want to go to graduate
[00:05:31.730]school,
[00:05:31.980]I think it's a great idea to
[00:05:33.550]come at it knowing that there
[00:05:35.270]are good reasons to go to
[00:05:36.690]graduate
[00:05:37.360]school and some not so good. So
[00:05:39.000]we're going to start off with
[00:05:40.480]the good, right? If you have a
[00:05:42.260]really strong sense of your
[00:05:44.160]career trajectory, right, you
[00:05:46.490]are going to be ready to write
[00:05:48.600]graduate
[00:05:49.020]school admissions essays where
[00:05:50.630]you explain why this training
[00:05:52.100]is necessary for you to advance
[00:05:53.660]your career, right? And I think
[00:05:55.330]it's a great idea to come at it
[00:05:55.650]knowing that there are good
[00:05:55.900]reasons
[00:05:55.900]to go to graduate school. And
[00:05:56.900]so that creates a really strong
[00:05:57.840]narrative in your graduate
[00:05:59.040]application. It also gives you
[00:06:00.440]confidence that you are making
[00:06:01.740]the right choice for your
[00:06:02.840]future.
[00:06:03.320]And so they love to see those
[00:06:05.060]focused career goals. And it's
[00:06:07.190]something that really
[00:06:08.720]is very helpful to you rather
[00:06:10.280]than going in and thinking,
[00:06:11.840]well, I can keep exploring,
[00:06:13.560]right? Graduate school is a big
[00:06:14.990]investment. You want to know
[00:06:16.310]you're making that investment
[00:06:17.740]at
[00:06:17.940]the right time and that you can
[00:06:19.120]feel really confident about the
[00:06:20.500]choice.
[00:06:20.980]It's also a really good idea to
[00:06:22.890]be ready to specialize within a
[00:06:24.870]field. Like,
[00:06:25.880]the curriculum is kind of
[00:06:27.000]preparing you to do that, right?
[00:06:28.570]They're going to give you
[00:06:29.800]course options that are
[00:06:30.940]increasingly specialized rather
[00:06:32.610]than general education.
[00:06:33.940]Maybe you're even coming at
[00:06:35.720]this with the desire to address
[00:06:37.730]a specific research question or
[00:06:40.170]have
[00:06:40.520]an impact on a specific
[00:06:42.120]societal issue or a specific
[00:06:44.090]type of new knowledge
[00:06:45.580]production in
[00:06:46.680]your field, right? And so that
[00:06:48.930]desire to use things like
[00:06:50.600]thesis project or capstone
[00:06:52.440]project
[00:06:53.100]requirements to address that
[00:06:54.680]issue. And then you're going to
[00:06:55.570]be able to do that. And so
[00:06:55.860]then to carry that forward into
[00:06:57.140]your career, that's going to
[00:06:58.470]help you create
[00:06:59.200]a track record of achievement
[00:07:00.940]that helps you get a job in
[00:07:02.690]your field after you graduate
[00:07:04.380]and
[00:07:04.700]hopefully a leadership job.
[00:07:07.000]Some not so good reasons. I
[00:07:09.150]sometimes see students who
[00:07:10.940]maybe
[00:07:11.620]fear or avoidance other types
[00:07:13.920]of negative emotions might be a
[00:07:16.060]part of their motivations
[00:07:17.340]for going to graduate school,
[00:07:19.290]right? And so when I see a
[00:07:20.960]student who maybe has vague
[00:07:22.670]goals for
[00:07:23.380]their graduate study, I start
[00:07:24.620]to probe this a little bit more.
[00:07:25.840]And I see a student who maybe
[00:07:25.840]has vague goals for their
[00:07:25.840]graduate study, I start to
[00:07:25.850]probe this a little bit more.
[00:07:25.940]Sometimes and see
[00:07:26.800]if this might be the case.
[00:07:28.240]Sometimes students have parents
[00:07:31.170]or other mentors who have
[00:07:32.880]really
[00:07:33.120]encouraged them to go to
[00:07:34.120]graduate school, but maybe they're
[00:07:35.690]feeling personally uncertain. I
[00:07:37.760]have
[00:07:37.920]students who maybe are
[00:07:39.250]experiencing that level of
[00:07:40.860]external pressure, right? And
[00:07:42.920]so, but if you're not
[00:07:44.640]self-motivated to go to
[00:07:46.190]graduate school, I think you
[00:07:47.360]should give pause and think
[00:07:48.740]about it a bit
[00:07:49.520]further. Or if you're doing
[00:07:51.120]something like avoiding a labor
[00:07:52.860]market, right? I don't want to
[00:07:54.720]go out and
[00:07:55.820]find a job. You know, I'm not
[00:07:58.090]sure what I want to do with
[00:07:59.920]jobs and careers. So I guess I'll
[00:08:01.400]go into
[00:08:01.680]graduate school. I'll just keep
[00:08:03.510]doing school because that feels
[00:08:05.170]safe. I would say that's also
[00:08:06.840]not a very good reason to go to
[00:08:08.170]graduate school because again,
[00:08:09.740]it's a negative driver instead
[00:08:11.640]of
[00:08:11.780]a positive step, right? On your
[00:08:14.550]career future. So I would
[00:08:17.180]definitely encourage you to
[00:08:19.080]sort of
[00:08:19.740]check in with yourself and
[00:08:21.430]think about what are my real
[00:08:23.190]motivations here, right? And if
[00:08:25.490]you
[00:08:25.800]don't yet understand your
[00:08:27.420]career or your goals for the
[00:08:29.130]future very well, we have
[00:08:31.070]career coaches
[00:08:32.160]here on campus that can help
[00:08:33.670]with those kinds of questions,
[00:08:35.450]right? And so I'm going to post
[00:08:37.330]a link
[00:08:37.600]here in the chat where you can
[00:08:39.140]see the career coaches in your
[00:08:40.760]college and get booked
[00:08:42.020]appointments
[00:08:42.880]with them if you feel that you
[00:08:44.430]need a little bit more
[00:08:45.610]reflection before knowing
[00:08:47.100]whether or not a
[00:08:48.240]graduate program is the right
[00:08:49.420]next step in your career. I
[00:08:50.650]also want to talk a little bit
[00:08:53.770]about
[00:08:54.460]the different types of graduate
[00:08:55.400]degrees. I'm going to talk a
[00:08:55.780]little bit about the different
[00:08:55.780]types of
[00:08:55.780]degrees again so that we're
[00:08:56.740]just all on the same footing
[00:08:57.700]with our definitions here,
[00:08:58.800]right? And so it's
[00:09:00.780]important to know that there
[00:09:02.170]are many different types of
[00:09:03.550]graduate education that a
[00:09:04.750]student can
[00:09:05.380]pursue, right? And certainly
[00:09:07.100]some of those would be very
[00:09:08.460]academically focused degrees.
[00:09:10.350]So I think
[00:09:10.860]about a master of arts, right?
[00:09:13.520]Often this is in like the
[00:09:15.420]humanities or other types of
[00:09:17.800]liberal
[00:09:18.000]arts disciplines. Master of
[00:09:20.330]science degree, right? Often in
[00:09:22.910]the traditional sciences.
[00:09:25.760]Ph.D., which is a doctor of
[00:09:28.130]philosophy. That's what that
[00:09:29.670]stands for, right? All of those
[00:09:32.650]would
[00:09:32.800]be considered an academic or a
[00:09:34.450]research degree, right? And so
[00:09:36.370]a master's might have a thesis
[00:09:38.100]or
[00:09:38.340]a capstone project requirement
[00:09:39.990]at the end where you're
[00:09:41.140]producing new academic work in
[00:09:43.370]your field.
[00:09:44.260]And a Ph.D. would likely have a
[00:09:46.320]longer project called a
[00:09:47.750]dissertation that you are
[00:09:49.320]producing at
[00:09:50.300]the end of that. And that's
[00:09:51.800]definitely a research project,
[00:09:53.560]right? And so that's sort of
[00:09:55.110]how those
[00:09:55.740]degrees work. Master's programs
[00:09:57.420]in the U.S. are typically going
[00:09:59.100]to be about two years in length
[00:10:00.860]roughly, maybe a little bit
[00:10:02.380]more. Like the program that I'm
[00:10:04.160]in is actually like two years
[00:10:05.820]in a
[00:10:06.040]semester for many students. So
[00:10:07.620]it's always worth checking the
[00:10:09.080]length of the degree and how
[00:10:10.380]many
[00:10:10.700]credits are required. And then
[00:10:12.540]a doctoral degree, like a Ph.D.,
[00:10:14.690]is probably going to take
[00:10:16.070]several
[00:10:16.640]years to complete, right? And
[00:10:19.150]that's going to vary a little
[00:10:20.850]bit based on the program and so
[00:10:22.920]on.
[00:10:23.380]But in many cases, students
[00:10:25.300]spend
[00:10:25.720]anywhere from five to seven
[00:10:27.220]years in a doctoral program in
[00:10:28.690]the U.S.
[00:10:29.420]Might be shorter if you go to
[00:10:31.180]Europe for a Ph.D. because they
[00:10:33.790]generally don't work in
[00:10:35.600]assistantship positions doing
[00:10:37.590]teaching during their degrees
[00:10:39.500]like we do here pretty commonly
[00:10:41.360]in the U.S. All right. So in
[00:10:43.950]the arts, and I actually hold
[00:10:45.990]one of these degrees already,
[00:10:48.340]there's the Master of Fine Arts
[00:10:49.830]degree, right? And so mine
[00:10:51.250]happens to be in creative
[00:10:52.440]writing,
[00:10:53.020]but this typically includes all
[00:10:55.120]kinds of
[00:10:55.700]degrees that are focused on
[00:10:57.700]creative arts production. And
[00:10:59.170]so it could be theater,
[00:11:00.800]you know, playwriting. It could
[00:11:04.370]be in visual arts. So, you know,
[00:11:07.800]drawing, painting, all of those
[00:11:09.840]kinds
[00:11:10.020]of things, sculpture, many,
[00:11:11.950]many different types of fine
[00:11:13.760]arts disciplines. Some are even
[00:11:15.770]in film.
[00:11:16.520]Wonderful opportunity for
[00:11:18.480]students who want to focus on
[00:11:20.510]creative production and really
[00:11:23.500]get that
[00:11:24.140]experience of having a lot of
[00:11:25.220]work done. And so I think it's
[00:11:25.680]going to be a lot of fun.
[00:11:25.680]And so I think it's going to be
[00:11:26.450]a lot of fun. And so I think it's
[00:11:26.920]going to be a lot of fun.
[00:11:26.960]So that would be in the arts.
[00:11:27.380]And then we've got degrees in
[00:11:39.300]professional practice, so pre-professional.
[00:11:41.700]So here I mean that the degree
[00:11:44.500]directly leads to a specific
[00:11:47.220]profession or job, and it
[00:11:49.670]typically
[00:11:49.980]would satisfy licensure
[00:11:51.270]requirements, right? And so my
[00:11:53.050]current degree, I'm in the
[00:11:54.460]Master's in
[00:11:55.220]Counseling, and I'm going to be
[00:11:55.340]in the Master's in Counseling,
[00:11:55.450]and I'm going to be in the
[00:11:55.560]Master's in
[00:11:55.660]Specialization, right? That is
[00:11:58.760]qualifying me, if I complete
[00:12:01.200]the degree and pass the
[00:12:03.200]requisite exams, to become a
[00:12:04.880]therapist, right? To actually
[00:12:06.720]have those credentials that are
[00:12:08.480]necessary for licensure here in
[00:12:10.770]Nebraska and other states,
[00:12:12.830]right? And so if you understand
[00:12:15.320]that these professional
[00:12:16.290]practice degrees, commonly
[00:12:17.320]there's some kind of licensure
[00:12:18.530]process at the end,
[00:12:19.320]I think it helps to understand
[00:12:21.120]why I've grouped them together.
[00:12:23.450]And so this includes the
[00:12:25.640]doctor or JD degree in law. The
[00:12:29.310]Master of Public Policy is not
[00:12:32.380]necessarily a licensure-based
[00:12:34.370]process,
[00:12:34.640]but it often follows a very
[00:12:36.210]similar model where you are
[00:12:37.780]preparing to become somebody
[00:12:39.400]who works
[00:12:40.060]on policy. And so it's very
[00:12:42.090]professionally oriented. MBA,
[00:12:44.630]similar, doing things like
[00:12:46.740]writing business plans and
[00:12:48.640]learning about business
[00:12:50.310]practices. So very much focused
[00:12:52.640]on
[00:12:52.860]the career outcome there and
[00:12:55.050]skills. And so I think it's
[00:12:55.620]going to be a lot of fun.
[00:12:55.620]And then all of the healthcare
[00:12:58.540]degrees pretty much fall into
[00:13:01.470]this. So the MD degree,
[00:13:04.100]you know, medical doctor, but
[00:13:06.530]it would also include, you know,
[00:13:09.140]MPH for public health,
[00:13:10.980]you know, optometry, pharmacy,
[00:13:13.940]dentistry, nurse practitioner,
[00:13:17.010]all in these professional
[00:13:18.720]practice
[00:13:19.480]focused programs. So I think it's
[00:13:22.700]helpful to understand that
[00:13:25.480]there's a lot of work
[00:13:25.600]involved. And so I think it's
[00:13:26.100]going to be a lot of fun. And
[00:13:26.100]so I think it's going to be a
[00:13:26.100]lot of fun.
[00:13:26.140]There are very different
[00:13:26.740]admissions requirements and
[00:13:29.520]very different outcomes
[00:13:30.800]expected from
[00:13:31.760]students in these degrees. And
[00:13:33.710]to spend some time exploring
[00:13:35.180]these options, again, with
[00:13:36.830]career
[00:13:37.220]coaches and other mentors in
[00:13:38.970]your field so that you can make
[00:13:40.790]the best possible choice for
[00:13:42.550]you.
[00:13:43.080]At the undergraduate level, we
[00:13:45.140]commonly see students dual
[00:13:46.960]majoring, triple majoring.
[00:13:49.060]That's not very common at the
[00:13:50.500]graduate level. There are a few
[00:13:52.180]joint degree programs. I think
[00:13:54.380]about like MD, PhD, and so on.
[00:13:54.840]But I think it's going to be a
[00:13:55.210]lot of fun. And so I think it's
[00:13:55.580]going to be a lot of fun. And
[00:13:55.580]so I think it's going to be a
[00:13:55.580]lot of fun. And so I think it's
[00:13:55.580]going to
[00:13:55.640]be a lot of fun. And so I think
[00:13:55.640]it's going to be a lot of fun.
[00:13:55.640]And so I think it's going to be
[00:13:55.660]a lot
[00:13:55.660]of fun. And so I think it's
[00:13:55.660]going to be a lot of fun. And
[00:13:55.660]so I think it's going to be a
[00:13:55.670]lot of fun.
[00:13:55.700]You know, clinical scientists,
[00:13:58.580]sometimes that, you know, we
[00:14:00.220]see some joint degree programs
[00:14:01.640]like
[00:14:01.900]that or joint law degree, maybe
[00:14:03.950]with a master of public policy,
[00:14:06.000]but that's not very common
[00:14:07.740]across
[00:14:08.200]different fields. In most cases,
[00:14:09.750]students have a single major
[00:14:10.950]when they're in graduate school,
[00:14:12.320]and they are earning a single
[00:14:14.180]degree, you know. And so
[00:14:15.950]especially if you think you
[00:14:17.750]might need
[00:14:18.560]licensure to do a particular
[00:14:20.220]career path, you know, you may
[00:14:22.090]want to be looking at these
[00:14:23.680]professional practice programs
[00:14:25.150]as opposed to some of the
[00:14:26.180]academic degrees, right? But it's
[00:14:29.020]also true
[00:14:29.760]that there are very different
[00:14:31.070]funding opportunities and other
[00:14:32.520]things available to students.
[00:14:34.020]So really
[00:14:35.140]important to do your research,
[00:14:36.690]understand your motivations for
[00:14:38.290]going to graduate school, and
[00:14:39.900]to
[00:14:40.060]make a well-informed decision
[00:14:42.630]before applying to these
[00:14:44.400]programs. All right, when we
[00:14:47.710]think about
[00:14:48.340]becoming a competitive
[00:14:49.380]applicant, again, you're going
[00:14:50.870]to have to kind of think about
[00:14:52.100]the specifics
[00:14:52.820]of the degree.
[00:14:53.660]Right? But there are some
[00:14:54.910]common themes here, right? We
[00:14:57.060]see that a lot of folks who are
[00:14:58.540]doing
[00:14:58.840]UCARE or other types of
[00:15:00.190]research or capstone projects
[00:15:02.060]in their field become
[00:15:03.320]competitive
[00:15:03.880]candidates for graduate study,
[00:15:06.060]right? You are doing something
[00:15:08.120]original during your
[00:15:09.460]undergraduate
[00:15:09.820]study. Well, that's a great
[00:15:11.850]example that you can give to a
[00:15:13.660]graduate program and say,
[00:15:15.560]I'm capable of leading
[00:15:16.670]independent work inside the
[00:15:18.100]grad program too, right? So it's
[00:15:19.920]a really
[00:15:20.520]good experience toward graduate
[00:15:21.820]study where you are going to be
[00:15:23.010]able to do a lot of the
[00:15:23.640]same things that you would be
[00:15:24.470]expected to co-create new
[00:15:25.260]knowledge. Leadership
[00:15:27.780]experience,
[00:15:28.340]definitely something that
[00:15:29.790]graduate programs value, you
[00:15:31.420]know, but the type of
[00:15:32.550]leadership is going to
[00:15:33.760]be unique to the student, right?
[00:15:35.450]Some students really like to
[00:15:36.780]lead from the front of the
[00:15:38.060]classroom, right? And maybe
[00:15:39.940]have teaching or mentoring
[00:15:41.460]experience. Others might have
[00:15:43.500]more
[00:15:43.740]subtle forms of leadership,
[00:15:45.500]right? Some students really
[00:15:47.330]like to participate in or found
[00:15:49.240]student
[00:15:49.700]organizations. You know, maybe
[00:15:51.280]their leadership looks much
[00:15:52.270]more like faculty leadership,
[00:15:53.620]right?
[00:15:53.620]Fundraising or recruiting
[00:15:55.060]members, right? So there's
[00:15:56.890]different ways in which
[00:15:58.040]students can
[00:15:58.540]express leadership, even
[00:15:59.950]intellectual forms of
[00:16:01.130]leadership, like sharing your
[00:16:02.770]work, right? And so
[00:16:04.300]doing things like making
[00:16:05.830]presentations, publishing could
[00:16:07.750]be a type of leadership,
[00:16:09.160]especially from
[00:16:10.180]the way that some graduate
[00:16:12.030]programs would interpret that
[00:16:14.240]for academic degrees. Internships,
[00:16:17.230]some
[00:16:17.460]programs really value this. I
[00:16:19.140]think about MBAs as always
[00:16:20.510]requiring some form of work
[00:16:21.950]experience
[00:16:23.600]for students, right? And so you
[00:16:25.140]would typically see internships
[00:16:26.730]on those applications. You
[00:16:29.560]might
[00:16:29.800]also see them in areas like
[00:16:31.050]computer science, where there
[00:16:32.580]are a lot of internships in
[00:16:33.820]industry
[00:16:34.380]that can be very, very powerful
[00:16:36.210]ways of generating original
[00:16:37.860]work and getting ready for
[00:16:39.350]graduate
[00:16:40.040]school. Then we also see that
[00:16:42.250]students might have more
[00:16:44.050]specific things, particularly
[00:16:46.460]the program. So
[00:16:47.460]I think about the arts, maybe
[00:16:48.810]needing a professional
[00:16:49.990]portfolio. When I applied in
[00:16:51.310]creative writing, I had
[00:16:52.520]to show off my skills. So I
[00:16:52.800]think about the arts, maybe
[00:16:53.120]needing a professional
[00:16:53.470]portfolio. When I
[00:16:53.580]writing, right? And so, you
[00:16:55.370]know, that's pretty common
[00:16:56.970]across the fine arts degrees.
[00:16:59.500]Language
[00:16:59.960]proficiency might be needed for
[00:17:02.050]some degrees. So I'm thinking
[00:17:04.120]about here maybe, you know,
[00:17:06.160]some
[00:17:06.760]global studies or international
[00:17:08.890]affairs programs might heavily
[00:17:10.940]look at a student's language
[00:17:12.840]proficiency or regional and
[00:17:14.610]area studies. So things like
[00:17:16.520]Arabic studies, right? Or, you
[00:17:18.930]know,
[00:17:19.280]Eastern studies, things like
[00:17:21.730]that, Russian studies. Citizen
[00:17:25.100]diplomacy is sort of a term
[00:17:29.840]of describing working with the
[00:17:31.700]community, right? For some
[00:17:33.560]degrees, this is going to be
[00:17:35.270]really,
[00:17:35.960]really valuable, right? Like if
[00:17:37.780]I go back to my little chart,
[00:17:39.220]the MPP, if you're proposing
[00:17:40.800]to work on public policy in the
[00:17:42.580]future, then maybe having some
[00:17:44.530]kind of community service
[00:17:46.200]in your background could be
[00:17:47.390]really helpful to informing
[00:17:48.680]the community.
[00:17:49.280]The types of policies you'd
[00:17:50.370]like to create, right? And for
[00:17:53.320]some students, it's a part of
[00:17:54.690]their journey to be an advocate
[00:17:56.180]on, you know, various issues or
[00:17:58.980]causes that are important to
[00:18:00.440]them. And again, that can be
[00:18:02.020]relevant for some of the
[00:18:03.050]degrees that students pursue,
[00:18:04.640]like public policy or
[00:18:06.550]communication studies where you
[00:18:08.040]might be referring back to that
[00:18:09.570]work.
[00:18:09.960]So you want to develop a
[00:18:11.290]competitive profile that sounds
[00:18:12.960]like you. I'm not telling you
[00:18:14.600]to add a bunch of additional
[00:18:16.120]activities, but rather think
[00:18:17.820]about what am I already doing?
[00:18:19.280]And how does it apply to these
[00:18:21.130]graduate study goals?
[00:18:22.280]You know, if you are already
[00:18:24.080]passionate about particular
[00:18:25.640]things, it's going to come out
[00:18:27.260]in the activities that you've
[00:18:28.320]already chosen.
[00:18:29.180]All right. Now I want to talk
[00:18:32.160]about some resources for your
[00:18:33.310]search. So again, I'm going to
[00:18:34.850]plug the career coaches a
[00:18:36.040]little bit today, because they
[00:18:39.120]are just wonderful in providing
[00:18:42.130]individualized appointments to
[00:18:44.360]students to discuss those
[00:18:47.020]career interests.
[00:18:48.180]And
[00:18:49.280]so they are one core piece of a
[00:18:52.330]larger support system
[00:18:53.240]surrounding our students who
[00:18:54.900]want to go to graduate school.
[00:18:56.760]I would also say that faculty
[00:18:59.820]are really, really instrumental
[00:19:01.860]in this, in providing students
[00:19:03.790]guidance. Every faculty member
[00:19:05.660]has been to graduate school by
[00:19:07.060]definition, right? And so they
[00:19:09.450]can offer you insights from
[00:19:11.060]their own experiences,
[00:19:12.760]certainly. But I think it's a
[00:19:14.470]lot more. They work with a lot
[00:19:15.960]of students who are applying to
[00:19:17.320]graduate school.
[00:19:18.220]So they see it.
[00:19:19.280]They see the application forms
[00:19:20.520]and the essays that students
[00:19:21.920]are submitting. And so they
[00:19:23.170]have really deep knowledge of
[00:19:24.600]how to become a competitive
[00:19:25.900]applicant in particular fields.
[00:19:27.710]So if you are going to office
[00:19:29.470]hours or interacting with
[00:19:31.070]faculty, being able to ask them
[00:19:33.150]questions can be extremely
[00:19:34.790]valuable in your search for a
[00:19:36.580]great grad program.
[00:19:38.120]Professional organizations. So
[00:19:41.090]this would be things like, you
[00:19:43.350]know, National Association of,
[00:19:45.870]and then your major, right?
[00:19:49.280]Can be really helpful. They
[00:19:50.470]often offer student memberships.
[00:19:52.820]Work supervisors. I talk to all
[00:19:54.700]of my student employees about
[00:19:56.090]graduate school. I know many
[00:19:57.890]people around campus do as well.
[00:20:00.420]They can be powerful allies in
[00:20:02.610]your search.
[00:20:03.540]Graduate school representatives
[00:20:05.220]themselves, right? So often
[00:20:07.300]there will be graduate school
[00:20:08.720]fairs that you can attend
[00:20:09.970]either here on campus or online.
[00:20:13.380]Many of the professional
[00:20:14.750]organizations host online ones.
[00:20:17.160]So you can often go to these
[00:20:18.610]and talk directly with the
[00:20:20.090]graduate school representatives.
[00:20:22.300]You can also usually request
[00:20:23.900]information from the graduate
[00:20:25.630]programs website.
[00:20:26.880]And then finally, other mentors.
[00:20:28.500]Every student has people in
[00:20:29.820]their lives who've been
[00:20:30.970]powerful advocates for them.
[00:20:32.400]And so that could be things
[00:20:34.290]like sports coaches, religious
[00:20:36.490]leaders, neighbors, friends,
[00:20:39.510]people who really care about
[00:20:41.110]you and your family and your
[00:20:42.730]personal network.
[00:20:44.100]So when we think about
[00:20:44.220]questions that you may have
[00:20:44.410]that you want to ask yourself,
[00:20:44.600]what are some of the things
[00:20:44.760]that you would like to hear
[00:20:44.920]from a graduate school
[00:20:45.070]representative?
[00:20:45.500]And then finally, other mentors.
[00:20:45.590]Every student has people in
[00:20:45.650]their lives who've been
[00:20:45.690]powerful advocates for them.
[00:20:45.840]And so that could be things
[00:20:45.840]like sports coaches, religious
[00:20:45.840]leaders, neighbors, friends,
[00:20:45.840]people who really care about
[00:20:45.840]you and your family and your
[00:20:45.840]personal network.
[00:20:45.840]So when we think about
[00:20:46.780]questions that you can discuss
[00:20:48.180]with those networks, I think it's
[00:20:49.930]valuable to come back to those
[00:20:51.540]ideas of goals and motivations
[00:20:53.350]that we talked about in the
[00:20:55.110]beginning, right?
[00:20:55.800]So what you would like to be
[00:20:57.890]doing, you know, kind of
[00:20:59.070]further down the road after you
[00:21:00.740]finish your education, what are
[00:21:02.600]your hopes and dreams and
[00:21:03.810]ambitions, right?
[00:21:04.980]And will graduate study help
[00:21:06.830]you get there?
[00:21:07.940]Do you need the advanced degree
[00:21:09.840]or is it something where it
[00:21:11.490]would just get you there faster,
[00:21:13.500]right?
[00:21:14.180]Maybe help you by providing a
[00:21:14.290]degree or something like that,
[00:21:14.430]right?
[00:21:14.520]So when we think about
[00:21:14.520]questions that you can discuss
[00:21:14.520]with those networks, I think it's
[00:21:14.520]valuable to come back to those
[00:21:14.520]ideas of goals and motivations
[00:21:14.520]that we talked about in the
[00:21:14.520]beginning, right?
[00:21:14.520]So what you would like to be
[00:21:14.520]doing, you know, kind of
[00:21:14.520]further down the road after you
[00:21:14.520]finish your education, what are
[00:21:14.520]your hopes and dreams and
[00:21:14.520]ambitions, right?
[00:21:14.520]And will graduate study help
[00:21:14.520]you get there?
[00:21:14.520]Will graduate study help you by
[00:21:15.890]providing structure, skills
[00:21:17.610]development, opportunities to
[00:21:20.260]showcase your work that would
[00:21:22.330]help you get to that leadership
[00:21:24.230]career in a faster way, right?
[00:21:26.280]Some students want to go to
[00:21:28.440]graduate school immediately
[00:21:30.890]after they go to undergrad,
[00:21:33.300]right?
[00:21:34.120]And so they graduate, they want
[00:21:35.620]to go straight to graduate
[00:21:36.990]school the next fall.
[00:21:38.040]Others want to take what I
[00:21:39.380]would call a gap or a
[00:21:40.420]professional development year,
[00:21:42.130]right?
[00:21:42.700]And that's totally fine.
[00:21:44.520]You know, there can even be
[00:21:46.130]some benefits for students,
[00:21:47.870]especially if you're not sure
[00:21:49.630]of your motivations for going
[00:21:51.380]to graduate school.
[00:21:52.780]Maybe you need more time to
[00:21:54.160]explore career, right?
[00:21:55.600]So there can be advantages of
[00:21:58.100]waiting a year or two or even
[00:22:00.480]more.
[00:22:01.260]Like I think about MBA programs,
[00:22:03.120]maybe they want two or more
[00:22:04.590]years of experience for that
[00:22:06.410]admissions process, right?
[00:22:08.100]So there can be some real
[00:22:09.330]strategy here that you can
[00:22:10.620]discuss with those people who
[00:22:12.130]care about you and your work.
[00:22:14.520]So I talked about the career
[00:22:15.650]coaches.
[00:22:16.160]I helped you find them with the
[00:22:17.340]link.
[00:22:17.740]Talk a little bit more about
[00:22:19.990]faculty mentors, certainly.
[00:22:22.820]You know, I think research
[00:22:25.510]mentors, if you're in UCARE or
[00:22:28.330]other similar programs,
[00:22:30.880]instructors from your favorite
[00:22:32.970]classes,
[00:22:33.680]they're really going to know
[00:22:35.610]about the reputations of like
[00:22:37.620]particular graduate programs in
[00:22:39.890]the area that they do.
[00:22:41.620]So let's say, you know, I'm a
[00:22:43.220]history student.
[00:22:44.400]I would then go and talk to
[00:22:46.030]course instructors that where,
[00:22:48.060]you know, I have a good
[00:22:49.300]relationship and talk to them
[00:22:50.910]about programs in history or
[00:22:52.700]related fields like maybe law,
[00:22:54.690]right?
[00:22:55.380]Because they're likely to know
[00:22:57.350]about those programs that the
[00:22:59.250]students they've supervised
[00:23:01.150]have gone to, right?
[00:23:02.760]You can discuss with faculty
[00:23:06.000]why you would specialize, you
[00:23:09.130]know, interest that you have
[00:23:11.150]for research or creative work.
[00:23:14.400]You can talk to them about, you
[00:23:15.100]know, some of the trends in the
[00:23:15.800]field, right?
[00:23:16.400]They can be really good at
[00:23:17.990]helping you develop a more
[00:23:19.700]specific plan for what you
[00:23:21.320]would want to do for something
[00:23:23.300]like a thesis project or ways
[00:23:25.660]in which you would like to
[00:23:26.990]specialize in the courses you
[00:23:28.650]would take in grad school.
[00:23:30.140]And so that gives you content
[00:23:31.870]that you can talk about in your
[00:23:33.160]statement of purpose, which is
[00:23:34.920]typically the main essay that
[00:23:36.280]you write when you are applying
[00:23:37.850]to graduate programs.
[00:23:38.980]They may even be able to
[00:23:40.540]connect you to specific faculty
[00:23:42.800]at other graduate.
[00:23:44.380]schools, right, whether that's
[00:23:46.500]in the US or abroad, they may
[00:23:48.200]know other faculty, they meet
[00:23:50.020]them at conferences, they do
[00:23:51.430]collaborative work with other
[00:23:52.720]faculty.
[00:23:53.360]So, you know, you should not
[00:23:55.940]hesitate to ask, oh, can you
[00:23:57.580]help me make a connection
[00:23:58.920]because maybe they do know
[00:24:00.210]somebody that you would be able
[00:24:01.840]to talk to, and who shares your
[00:24:03.640]research interests, maybe even
[00:24:05.380]at a college you haven't
[00:24:06.530]thought about, right, but
[00:24:07.970]somewhere where you would be
[00:24:09.420]interested in going.
[00:24:10.760]And then they definitely know
[00:24:13.690]things.
[00:24:14.360]Like, you know, where our
[00:24:16.150]students have gone and where
[00:24:17.670]they have been well supported
[00:24:19.240]in graduate school, right?
[00:24:21.000]Our faculty often receive, you
[00:24:23.420]know, notes and emails from
[00:24:25.400]alumni, you know, and can tell
[00:24:27.820]you about their experiences.
[00:24:30.180]And again, maybe help you make
[00:24:31.760]a friend in your new grad
[00:24:32.940]program if we've already got a
[00:24:34.440]Husker there.
[00:24:35.380]And then finally, I think it's
[00:24:37.550]really important to talk to
[00:24:39.490]instructors and faculty about
[00:24:41.810]references.
[00:24:44.340]So, for most graduate programs,
[00:24:46.370]students are having two or more
[00:24:48.190]faculty on that application,
[00:24:50.100]right, writing the references.
[00:24:51.740]So, it's going to depend on
[00:24:53.140]your field and what type of
[00:24:54.500]references would be competitive,
[00:24:56.400]but especially for academic
[00:24:57.860]programs, we're seeing that, in
[00:24:59.850]general, competitive applicants
[00:25:01.770]have faculty writing the
[00:25:03.120]reference letters for those
[00:25:04.710]applications.
[00:25:05.720]All right, so finding a
[00:25:08.170]graduate program, we've talked
[00:25:10.040]about the career coaches, there
[00:25:12.560]are also self-references.
[00:25:14.340]You know, research resources
[00:25:16.360]that you can certainly use.
[00:25:18.320]I mentioned professional
[00:25:19.880]associations, graduate school
[00:25:21.890]fairs, those are things you can
[00:25:23.880]do independently, right?
[00:25:25.580]So, signing up for a student
[00:25:27.080]membership to a professional
[00:25:28.680]association could help you to
[00:25:30.260]get access to some of that
[00:25:31.570]information in your field.
[00:25:33.320]Internet searches, I would just
[00:25:35.460]say be careful about the
[00:25:36.960]keywords that you're using, you
[00:25:39.040]know, be mindful of, say,
[00:25:40.840]websites that provide
[00:25:42.290]information for students.
[00:25:44.320]You know, if they're free, but
[00:25:46.700]might have paid advertising on
[00:25:48.280]them, right, and so that's why
[00:25:50.290]you don't have to pay for it.
[00:25:52.260]And then there's also going to
[00:25:54.100]be ones where you have to sign
[00:25:55.820]up and pay a fee to access
[00:25:57.270]information, right, so just be
[00:25:59.300]really aware of those kinds of
[00:26:01.230]things.
[00:26:01.980]You probably don't have to pay
[00:26:04.010]for all of them, paying for one
[00:26:06.110]really good website membership
[00:26:08.320]could be enough, right?
[00:26:10.320]And then finally, remember that
[00:26:12.720]you should...
[00:26:14.300]You should look at, before you
[00:26:15.360]pay for anything, certainly,
[00:26:16.520]how are they doing the rankings,
[00:26:19.100]they should have this
[00:26:20.020]information available for free,
[00:26:21.720]what is the methodology that
[00:26:23.860]they are using for rankings,
[00:26:25.600]and does it actually match
[00:26:26.930]criteria that you would use to
[00:26:28.870]select a program, right?
[00:26:30.660]Because maybe they are valuing
[00:26:32.150]things that you don't value.
[00:26:33.700]So that kind of gets us into
[00:26:35.240]the idea of comparing graduate
[00:26:37.080]programs with your own unique
[00:26:38.890]criteria, right?
[00:26:40.200]And I would say, you know, you
[00:26:43.120]should have...
[00:26:44.280]You should have some thoughts
[00:26:45.460]about program specifics, you
[00:26:46.700]know, things that you really
[00:26:47.850]want out of the program itself,
[00:26:49.200]and then things that really are
[00:26:50.840]more about you as a person and
[00:26:52.350]your quality of life, right?
[00:26:54.180]So for the program, you should
[00:26:55.580]be looking at the admissions
[00:26:56.680]requirements.
[00:26:57.500]Do they require, for example,
[00:26:59.260]standardized tests?
[00:27:00.560]If you've taken that
[00:27:01.690]standardized test, do you meet
[00:27:03.260]the score range they'd be
[00:27:04.550]looking for?
[00:27:05.440]Do they have GPA requirements?
[00:27:07.280]How many essays, right?
[00:27:09.840]All of that kind of stuff.
[00:27:11.200]How many references?
[00:27:14.260]Do they typically offer funding
[00:27:15.710]and employment to students in
[00:27:17.040]their program?
[00:27:17.920]Reputable programs will share
[00:27:20.030]this information with you
[00:27:21.810]openly, either through their
[00:27:23.930]website, right, and maybe have
[00:27:25.930]explanations of how you apply
[00:27:27.240]for things like assistantships,
[00:27:29.540]or a reputable program will
[00:27:31.240]answer your question when you
[00:27:32.930]send them an email, right, and
[00:27:34.810]tell you what percentage of
[00:27:36.410]students receive funding in
[00:27:38.100]their program or are employed
[00:27:39.920]by the program, right?
[00:27:41.420]So a good program will share
[00:27:42.970]this information.
[00:27:44.240]So a good program will share
[00:27:44.490]this information with you.
[00:27:44.820]Research and capstone
[00:27:46.890]experiences.
[00:27:48.300]This is something you can
[00:27:49.350]usually see by looking at the
[00:27:50.550]program's curriculum online.
[00:27:52.020]It should be highlighted if
[00:27:53.430]they are having students do
[00:27:54.600]original work in some way.
[00:27:56.000]And then finally, post-graduation
[00:27:58.040]outcomes.
[00:27:58.820]Again, reputable programs will
[00:28:01.310]be willing to share with you
[00:28:03.260]employment data on previous
[00:28:05.460]graduate students that they
[00:28:07.550]have available, right?
[00:28:09.140]And so they should be aware of
[00:28:10.400]whether their students are
[00:28:11.630]getting jobs, what percentage
[00:28:13.110]of students get a job.
[00:28:14.220]Within the first six months or
[00:28:15.790]a year or whatever after they
[00:28:17.300]graduate.
[00:28:17.940]That should be information they
[00:28:19.100]are ready to share with you.
[00:28:20.220]Personal criteria for yourself
[00:28:22.340]is going to really vary from
[00:28:24.120]student to student.
[00:28:25.680]Some students really value
[00:28:27.170]being in a particular location,
[00:28:29.280]right?
[00:28:29.520]There may be things in your
[00:28:31.240]life that you really want to do.
[00:28:33.200]I think about students who
[00:28:34.310]their hobby is surfing.
[00:28:35.480]Well, you got to go to a
[00:28:36.430]coastal place, right?
[00:28:37.620]It could also be that you have
[00:28:39.310]family or friends in the area
[00:28:40.950]who would be a great support
[00:28:42.560]network for you, right?
[00:28:44.400]So thinking about those kind of
[00:28:46.220]things.
[00:28:46.960]It could be that your research
[00:28:48.690]really needs to be conducted in
[00:28:50.380]a particular location, right?
[00:28:52.420]If I had a student who was like,
[00:28:53.960]oh, I really want to study the
[00:28:55.440]United Kingdom and its public
[00:28:56.900]health system,
[00:28:57.820]I'd be like, well, we're
[00:28:59.440]probably going to benefit from
[00:29:01.320]doing that study in the UK
[00:29:02.650]physically, right?
[00:29:04.080]So think about those aspects as
[00:29:06.220]well.
[00:29:06.800]Housing and transportation.
[00:29:08.380]You should be able to find
[00:29:09.530]information on the university's
[00:29:11.090]website.
[00:29:11.660]You can also ask to talk to a
[00:29:13.270]colleague.
[00:29:14.380]You can also ask to talk to a
[00:29:15.100]current graduate student about
[00:29:16.140]their experiences with finding
[00:29:17.220]housing and transportation.
[00:29:18.320]Again, reputable programs are
[00:29:19.840]going to have satisfied
[00:29:20.980]students where they're willing
[00:29:22.540]to set up a little Zoom meeting
[00:29:23.860]between you and that person,
[00:29:25.260]right?
[00:29:25.820]They're going to have people
[00:29:27.090]who have volunteered to provide
[00:29:28.540]testimonials to new students.
[00:29:30.140]So don't be afraid to ask.
[00:29:31.920]Cost of living.
[00:29:33.160]You can usually find some basic
[00:29:34.640]statistics online, and then you
[00:29:36.230]can start working on your own
[00:29:37.590]personal budget and see if that's
[00:29:39.170]going to line up, right?
[00:29:40.580]Health and well-being resources.
[00:29:43.560]Do they?
[00:29:44.160]Do they have a counseling
[00:29:44.990]center?
[00:29:45.360]Do they have a health center on
[00:29:46.860]campus?
[00:29:47.420]These are questions you should
[00:29:48.990]be able to research, and maybe
[00:29:50.570]those are things you really
[00:29:51.870]value having convenient access
[00:29:53.390]to.
[00:29:53.700]And then finally, student life
[00:29:55.630]or other types of community
[00:29:57.280]organizations that would be on
[00:29:59.150]or near campus.
[00:30:00.300]Like if you're a member of a
[00:30:01.860]fraternity or sorority, is
[00:30:03.550]there a chapter on that campus?
[00:30:05.660]Or are there clubs that really
[00:30:07.010]speak to your interests?
[00:30:08.300]Or maybe are there volunteer
[00:30:09.690]opportunities near campus with
[00:30:11.320]the service organizations that
[00:30:12.830]you would really like?
[00:30:14.140]What are some of the things
[00:30:14.800]that you would like to connect
[00:30:15.560]with and keep working with?
[00:30:16.420]All right, so thinking about
[00:30:18.590]how would you organize this
[00:30:20.030]information, I recommend a
[00:30:21.390]spreadsheet.
[00:30:22.040]I think this is often one of
[00:30:23.400]the easiest ways to do this,
[00:30:24.930]and there's some information
[00:30:28.400]here that goes into a little
[00:30:29.890]bit more depth, tutorial-wise,
[00:30:32.090]on the Career Services website
[00:30:33.640]about how to sort of organize
[00:30:35.550]these notes, right?
[00:30:36.800]And do that research into the
[00:30:39.070]graduate programs.
[00:30:40.900]And so they've got sort of a
[00:30:42.820]guide to that.
[00:30:44.120]And then there's a little bit
[00:30:45.280]of a way to creating the Excel
[00:30:46.640]spreadsheet, even, right here.
[00:30:48.680]There's kind of a little step-by-step.
[00:30:50.300]So I recommend doing that.
[00:30:53.240]You can also create an
[00:30:55.010]application timeline, you know,
[00:30:57.740]kind of put that on your
[00:30:59.300]calendar, you know, and really
[00:31:00.800]block off time for the
[00:31:01.950]different parts of the
[00:31:03.180]application, right?
[00:31:04.620]This often takes more time than
[00:31:06.320]students actually think.
[00:31:07.940]You might need several hours to
[00:31:09.690]fill out the online application,
[00:31:11.740]you know, get registered in the
[00:31:13.460]system, fill out all the...
[00:31:14.100]different short answers or, you
[00:31:16.430]know, lists that they have.
[00:31:18.340]You might need another block of
[00:31:20.250]time where you're drafting the
[00:31:22.160]essay, a block to get feedback
[00:31:24.130]on your essay from the writing
[00:31:26.110]center or a career coach or a
[00:31:28.030]faculty mentor, you know, and
[00:31:30.110]so on, right?
[00:31:31.120]So blocking off that time to
[00:31:33.140]manage your application project.
[00:31:35.760]Making a checklist of all the
[00:31:37.710]application components so that
[00:31:39.840]you stay organized, which again
[00:31:42.080]could be in a spreadsheet.
[00:31:44.080]And really checking in with
[00:31:45.870]those mentors and advisors
[00:31:47.690]regularly.
[00:31:48.700]You can use your calendar to
[00:31:50.370]set automated reminders for
[00:31:52.670]yourself.
[00:31:52.960]You can also have, you know,
[00:31:57.530]specific dates picked out where
[00:31:58.790]you want to remind your
[00:31:59.790]reference writers, right?
[00:32:01.240]Because usually those
[00:32:02.570]references are due around the
[00:32:04.320]same date as your own
[00:32:05.510]application.
[00:32:06.500]And maybe they also need a
[00:32:08.830]gentle reminder to do that as
[00:32:11.310]well.
[00:32:12.160]All right.
[00:32:14.060]I'm going to check the chat
[00:32:15.950]before jumping out on doing,
[00:32:18.860]funding the graduate education.
[00:32:20.580]So I'm going to take a pause
[00:32:22.500]here.
[00:32:22.760]Oh, we've got integrated
[00:32:24.000]science, interest in food
[00:32:25.430]systems, looking for an
[00:32:26.770]economics master's, great,
[00:32:28.500]welcome.
[00:32:32.480]And then also, yeah, graduate
[00:32:34.440]programs in Asian studies or MFA
[00:32:36.400]in dance performance, great,
[00:32:38.560]thanks for being here.
[00:32:40.680]Yeah, I think I covered those
[00:32:42.810]degree types.
[00:32:44.040]And then also, yeah, master's
[00:32:45.990]in economics would be possibly
[00:32:48.070]an MA or possibly an MS.
[00:32:49.680]So that comes into those
[00:32:50.990]academic degrees.
[00:32:52.240]And we definitely talked about
[00:32:55.290]MFA.
[00:32:56.020]All right.
[00:32:56.900]I'll keep an eye out for
[00:32:58.280]further questions.
[00:32:59.700]Let's jump into funding then.
[00:33:01.460]This is the part where I really
[00:33:02.590]come in.
[00:33:02.980]This is where I'm probably more
[00:33:05.220]helpful because my expertise is
[00:33:06.890]really on external fellowships,
[00:33:08.600]the last item on this list.
[00:33:10.360]But all of the other funding
[00:33:11.620]opportunities are things that
[00:33:13.100]students commonly ask.
[00:33:14.020]Ask me about right.
[00:33:15.400]And while I don't directly
[00:33:16.560]advise on them, I'm certainly
[00:33:17.980]knowledgeable about them.
[00:33:19.360]So the first would be internal
[00:33:20.670]fellowships.
[00:33:21.460]This is something where the
[00:33:23.290]grad program itself gives a
[00:33:25.180]scholarship to incoming
[00:33:27.360]students.
[00:33:27.780]A lot of these are particularly
[00:33:29.450]for first year students or
[00:33:30.990]particular populations.
[00:33:32.520]So maybe the top GPA is coming
[00:33:34.410]in or the students with the
[00:33:36.090]most accumulated research
[00:33:37.900]experience are getting these
[00:33:39.510]departmental awards.
[00:33:40.680]Right. And so it's similar to a
[00:33:41.920]scholarship at the
[00:33:42.690]undergraduate level for high.
[00:33:44.000]Mary.
[00:33:46.520]So those you would just apply
[00:33:47.780]for the graduate program and
[00:33:48.960]then they notify you if you
[00:33:50.230]received a fellowship as part
[00:33:51.760]of your admissions offer.
[00:33:53.120]Typically, others that might
[00:33:56.480]come as part of the admissions
[00:33:58.310]process directly would be
[00:33:59.660]research assistantships and
[00:34:01.420]teaching assistantships.
[00:34:02.980]Right. And especially for
[00:34:04.110]doctoral programs, Ph.D.
[00:34:05.480]programs, we see a lot of these
[00:34:07.870]research assistantships.
[00:34:09.680]It's typically like a one year
[00:34:11.200]at a time commitment to work on
[00:34:12.760]a particular research program.
[00:34:13.980]Right. It's typically like a
[00:34:14.520]one year at a time commitment
[00:34:14.580]to work on a particular
[00:34:14.620]research program.
[00:34:14.760]It might be that the faculty
[00:34:16.260]member has a grant or some kind
[00:34:17.870]of startup funding that they
[00:34:19.290]are using to do research work
[00:34:21.040]and they are having you sign on
[00:34:22.610]to the project that they're
[00:34:24.310]doing.
[00:34:24.600]And so the tasks vary based on
[00:34:26.090]the type of research that they're
[00:34:27.850]doing.
[00:34:28.440]A lot of the time, these are
[00:34:29.740]about 20 hours a week, but it
[00:34:31.330]can vary.
[00:34:32.000]So you always want to check
[00:34:33.260]into that.
[00:34:33.960]They are wonderful for students
[00:34:35.510]who are in doctoral programs or
[00:34:36.990]in master's programs where
[00:34:38.310]there is a research thesis
[00:34:39.790]requirement because it really
[00:34:41.710]lines up doing some project
[00:34:43.400]based work.
[00:34:43.960]That you can then report on
[00:34:46.160]those academic thesis or
[00:34:48.250]dissertation projects.
[00:34:50.640]Right. So these are wonderful
[00:34:52.640]types of employment through the
[00:34:54.360]university.
[00:34:55.260]Another type of assistantship
[00:34:57.080]employment is usually a
[00:34:58.480]teaching assistantship.
[00:35:00.200]You know, there can be
[00:35:01.270]variations on this, like
[00:35:02.530]readers. Right.
[00:35:03.880]But it's usually associated
[00:35:06.310]with teaching or assistant
[00:35:07.960]teaching a course.
[00:35:09.580]Maybe you're doing things like,
[00:35:11.820]you know, classroom
[00:35:13.180]presentations.
[00:35:13.940]Discussion sections.
[00:35:17.640]Maybe you are doing things like
[00:35:20.830]grade or manage, you know, the
[00:35:23.030]online course components.
[00:35:25.280]Right. But it's in some way
[00:35:27.010]assisting a main instructor of
[00:35:29.250]a course.
[00:35:30.180]And so these are really
[00:35:31.650]wonderful opportunities for
[00:35:33.640]students who want to gain
[00:35:35.300]leadership experience in the
[00:35:36.830]classroom and who would value
[00:35:38.720]teaching employment as a part
[00:35:41.080]of their career trajectory.
[00:35:43.920]Then there's also going to be
[00:35:45.900]employment options off campus,
[00:35:48.550]maybe.
[00:35:48.980]So, you know, it could be that
[00:35:51.740]you are working for an employer
[00:35:54.600]and perhaps you want to do
[00:35:56.040]graduate education that's
[00:35:57.610]related to that current job.
[00:35:59.240]Right. That you are holding
[00:36:01.050]after graduating.
[00:36:02.560]And so your employer might
[00:36:04.120]offer tuition assistance
[00:36:05.870]programs.
[00:36:06.520]Right. And so you can take
[00:36:08.540]advantage of those.
[00:36:09.500]It helps you pay for school
[00:36:11.280]with your supervisor's approval.
[00:36:13.900]It usually has to be that your
[00:36:15.980]employment that you already
[00:36:17.760]have relates to the graduate
[00:36:19.240]degree that you want to do.
[00:36:20.780]Right. But these are wonderful
[00:36:23.520]programs.
[00:36:23.980]I take advantage of the one
[00:36:25.800]here at UNL as a staff member.
[00:36:28.000]And so, you know, I encourage
[00:36:29.670]students to use those when they
[00:36:31.350]have those opportunities.
[00:36:33.020]Financial aid and loans are
[00:36:35.040]available for graduate students.
[00:36:37.780]A lot of the time it is limited
[00:36:39.990]to loans.
[00:36:40.960]So that's something to just
[00:36:42.040]know up front. There are more
[00:36:43.360]financial.
[00:36:43.880]Aid opportunities that are need
[00:36:45.360]based that are typically
[00:36:46.510]offered for undergraduate
[00:36:47.960]education at the current time.
[00:36:51.440]You know, but you can always
[00:36:53.480]check to see what aid options
[00:36:55.060]are available to you if you
[00:36:56.530]fill out the FAFSA and you work
[00:36:58.430]with the financial aid and
[00:36:59.500]scholarships office at your new
[00:37:01.920]graduate program.
[00:37:04.080]And then finally, external
[00:37:05.330]fellowships, this is my area of
[00:37:06.830]deeper expertize.
[00:37:08.060]Right. So external fellowships
[00:37:11.170]for graduate school are going
[00:37:13.610]to be.
[00:37:13.860]A little bit more involved than
[00:37:15.280]some of this other stuff, but
[00:37:16.680]certainly well worth it.
[00:37:17.820]They are competitive. Right.
[00:37:20.220]And so they are typically a
[00:37:21.820]really built on the idea of
[00:37:23.410]community.
[00:37:24.360]So it's more than just a
[00:37:25.620]scholarship. Right.
[00:37:26.940]But it's typically a leadership
[00:37:28.720]development program that is
[00:37:30.250]externally funded.
[00:37:31.360]Right. So it's not typically a
[00:37:33.900]part of the graduate program
[00:37:36.180]itself, but it might be that
[00:37:37.600]there's a major donor to that
[00:37:39.280]university that has created a
[00:37:41.160]named award or it might be that
[00:37:42.780]it's even coming
[00:37:43.840]from an outside agency like a
[00:37:45.550]nonprofit foundation, a
[00:37:47.810]government agency, something
[00:37:49.410]like that.
[00:37:50.260]And so usually these fellowships
[00:37:53.000]are seeking the top students in
[00:37:55.540]that field.
[00:37:56.840]You know, maybe students with a
[00:37:58.590]lot of research output already,
[00:38:00.480]even published work or, you
[00:38:03.070]know,
[00:38:03.380]artists with incredible talent
[00:38:05.770]and who have a documented
[00:38:07.900]record of that or perhaps other
[00:38:09.920]types of service and leadership
[00:38:12.740]achievements that are,
[00:38:13.820]you know, show that capacity
[00:38:16.500]for for leading positive change
[00:38:19.610]in the world.
[00:38:21.080]So whatever those markers of
[00:38:22.760]success are, they're generally
[00:38:24.230]bringing these students
[00:38:25.090]together.
[00:38:26.060]Right. For leadership
[00:38:27.370]development programing in some
[00:38:29.210]way that could be on a
[00:38:30.350]particular campus.
[00:38:31.760]So I think about like the
[00:38:32.840]Rhodes Scholarship, all the
[00:38:34.420]students are attending Oxford
[00:38:36.150]University in the UK.
[00:38:37.520]Right. And so they can bring
[00:38:39.270]them together at Rhodes House.
[00:38:41.320]Right. In other cases,
[00:38:43.800]the people who are involved in
[00:38:45.380]the fellowship might be
[00:38:46.840]distributed across the country.
[00:38:48.620]Right. So I think about the
[00:38:49.770]National Science Foundation
[00:38:50.990]Graduate Research Fellowship.
[00:38:52.860]Right. Which supports roughly
[00:38:54.710]2000 students a year located
[00:38:56.820]all over the United States.
[00:38:58.560]Right. And so they have to
[00:39:00.010]bring them together in a
[00:39:00.960]different way, more like
[00:39:02.020]virtually.
[00:39:02.740]Right. But there are, you know,
[00:39:05.840]either way, a variety of
[00:39:07.240]resources being provided
[00:39:08.520]alongside the scholarship.
[00:39:10.860]And these can be wonderful
[00:39:12.050]opportunities to open doors for
[00:39:13.550]your
[00:39:13.780]career. The fellowships tend to
[00:39:16.430]concentrate in particular areas
[00:39:18.070]of work, so certainly research
[00:39:19.800]would be one right cultural
[00:39:22.220]engagement.
[00:39:22.780]So the Rhodes sends students to
[00:39:24.380]the United Kingdom partly to
[00:39:25.860]get to know the United Kingdom
[00:39:27.540]and bring that knowledge back
[00:39:28.650]to the US.
[00:39:29.280]Right. So that's pretty
[00:39:30.620]straightforward. And then
[00:39:32.140]finally, public service, I
[00:39:33.870]think, would be another really
[00:39:35.110]big one,
[00:39:35.500]like, say, the Truman Scholarship
[00:39:37.590]for Public Service, where maybe
[00:39:39.720]there's even a service
[00:39:40.820]requirement you have to work
[00:39:42.380]for a government agency.
[00:39:43.760]Right. So for example, if you're
[00:39:45.080]working for a government agency
[00:39:45.490]or a non-profit for a certain
[00:39:46.230]amount of time after receiving
[00:39:48.760]a Truman Scholarship and really
[00:39:51.510]do that leadership for great
[00:39:52.240]change in the world.
[00:39:52.760]So I've mentioned a few
[00:39:53.990]examples. There's many, many
[00:39:55.640]more, but these are some of the
[00:39:57.530]most popular ones that I
[00:39:59.130]support in the areas of
[00:40:00.840]research, national defense,
[00:40:03.820]public service, certainly
[00:40:06.570]leadership and international
[00:40:08.890]study.
[00:40:09.760]And so I've sent you the link
[00:40:11.940]in the chat there.
[00:40:13.740]For those, if you are
[00:40:15.550]interested in any of these
[00:40:16.740]particular fellowships, please
[00:40:19.410]do reach out to me directly to
[00:40:22.590]my email address and let me
[00:40:24.910]know.
[00:40:25.520]I am currently advising
[00:40:27.760]candidates for graduate study
[00:40:30.690]fellowships and I have a Canvas
[00:40:33.460]course.
[00:40:34.360]There's my email in the chat
[00:40:36.260]that I would like to give you
[00:40:38.220]access to if you are planning
[00:40:40.310]to apply to these awards.
[00:40:42.220]So please do reach out to me.
[00:40:43.720]I email I would love to get you
[00:40:46.170]involved and I do offer
[00:40:48.340]advising appointments as well.
[00:40:50.860]So if you want to speak to me
[00:40:51.970]individually about your
[00:40:53.040]interest in a fellowship and
[00:40:54.280]see maybe if it's the right one
[00:40:55.770]for you.
[00:40:56.340]I have advising appointments
[00:40:58.420]available right now in the
[00:41:00.260]Student Success Hub system.
[00:41:02.480]So that's really brings us to
[00:41:03.820]the action items, right?
[00:41:05.220]I think it's helpful to get
[00:41:06.820]some field specific advice and
[00:41:08.770]strengthen reference writer
[00:41:10.570]relationships to be able to do
[00:41:12.380]things like attend,
[00:41:13.700]office hours or have other
[00:41:15.250]forms of conversation with the
[00:41:17.090]people who care about you and
[00:41:18.870]your success.
[00:41:19.880]Certainly that would include
[00:41:21.370]career coaches who can talk to
[00:41:22.740]you about your current term
[00:41:24.190]goals,
[00:41:24.560]but also that long term
[00:41:25.900]professional vision that's
[00:41:27.580]going to be a big part of
[00:41:28.910]planning your graduate
[00:41:31.010]experience.
[00:41:31.340]They can also help you directly
[00:41:33.020]to research your graduate
[00:41:34.450]program options and create
[00:41:35.880]those spreadsheets and other
[00:41:37.100]organizers for your application
[00:41:38.680]process.
[00:41:40.800]For many students, I think they
[00:41:42.060]forget to do this one until it's
[00:41:43.320]kind of
[00:41:43.680]too late while you have access
[00:41:46.610]to well-being coaches, the
[00:41:48.420]Counseling and Psychological
[00:41:49.600]Services Center.
[00:41:50.340]As a current student, I really
[00:41:52.230]encourage you to create things
[00:41:54.150]like wellness and time
[00:41:55.440]management plans.
[00:41:56.640]Applying for graduate school is
[00:41:58.770]a big project.
[00:42:00.000]It's often more stressful to
[00:42:02.130]make that transition from
[00:42:03.840]undergrad to grad than students
[00:42:06.100]think it will be.
[00:42:07.560]And those who are maybe
[00:42:08.820]planning to take a gap or
[00:42:10.150]professional development year
[00:42:11.970]and work after graduation,
[00:42:13.660]they may not have access to the
[00:42:15.340]same level of well-being
[00:42:16.750]support as we have here on
[00:42:18.160]campus.
[00:42:18.880]So I encourage you to use these
[00:42:20.160]resources while you have them.
[00:42:21.700]They are really vital.
[00:42:24.120]And then finally, if you are
[00:42:25.390]interested in learning more
[00:42:26.740]about funding your graduate
[00:42:28.020]experience,
[00:42:29.080]talking about those graduate
[00:42:30.530]fellowship applications and
[00:42:31.960]whether you could be a
[00:42:32.740]competitive candidate, please
[00:42:34.250]do reach out to me.
[00:42:35.420]I'm your fellowship advisor. I
[00:42:36.870]am here for you.
[00:42:39.460]All right. I'm going to look
[00:42:41.700]for any further questions in
[00:42:43.640]the chat.
[00:42:43.640]Or if you want to raise your
[00:42:48.410]hand and talk out loud, you
[00:42:51.900]certainly can.
[00:42:55.760]And if you're interested in
[00:42:57.290]learning more about those
[00:42:58.710]fellowships, we do have several
[00:43:00.740]upcoming events as part of our
[00:43:03.770]Fellowships Friday series.
[00:43:05.060]So next week we'll be talking
[00:43:07.090]about international awards and
[00:43:09.220]selecting a host country and
[00:43:11.450]grant type.
[00:43:12.240]We'll be talking about
[00:43:12.950]reference letters,
[00:43:13.620]and two weeks statements of
[00:43:15.340]purpose in three weeks.
[00:43:17.060]So there's all kinds of really
[00:43:20.760]cool stuff coming out before
[00:43:24.410]the Fourth of July.
[00:43:27.140]David asks, is how many
[00:43:28.810]graduate programs I should
[00:43:30.140]apply to?
[00:43:30.760]Oh, that's a wonderful question.
[00:43:32.480]So that's going to vary based
[00:43:34.740]on what type of graduate
[00:43:36.750]program you are applying to.
[00:43:39.480]You know, I think that these
[00:43:40.970]applications are a lot of work
[00:43:42.570]and you want to kind of
[00:43:43.600]limit how many you submit.
[00:43:45.660]You want to be serious about
[00:43:46.910]the ones you choose to apply to,
[00:43:48.500]right?
[00:43:50.460]For medical schools or law
[00:43:52.450]schools, I might see students
[00:43:54.260]apply to a lot of programs,
[00:43:55.750]right?
[00:43:56.100]And so the pre-law and the pre-health
[00:43:58.120]advisors are really good
[00:43:59.600]experts on those questions.
[00:44:02.220]But I've seen medical school
[00:44:03.880]applications where the student
[00:44:05.540]is applying to like 30 programs,
[00:44:07.760]right?
[00:44:08.740]That's not typical for academic
[00:44:10.330]degree programs, though. For
[00:44:11.860]fine arts, for academic degrees,
[00:44:13.580]I would say I generally see
[00:44:16.380]students applying to a smaller
[00:44:17.630]number of schools, like six to
[00:44:19.030]12 schools, right?
[00:44:22.600]You know, especially in the
[00:44:24.390]present situation where maybe
[00:44:27.650]we're starting to see that some
[00:44:29.680]graduate programs might not
[00:44:31.040]have as much assistantship
[00:44:32.600]money, right?
[00:44:34.900]You know, I might recommend
[00:44:36.180]that you apply it to a little
[00:44:37.390]bit higher number than I would
[00:44:38.710]have last year, right?
[00:44:39.960]So if last year I might have
[00:44:41.210]said, oh, you know, eight
[00:44:42.460]graduate programs is good.
[00:44:43.560]For PhD, I might now say 12,
[00:44:45.570]right?
[00:44:46.200]So I would definitely say maybe
[00:44:48.020]a few more than you would have
[00:44:49.740]last year.
[00:44:50.500]But I don't think you should be
[00:44:52.270]applying to 30 if you're
[00:44:53.980]applying to PhD programs.
[00:44:55.800]I think that just means you
[00:44:56.900]haven't done your research into
[00:44:58.260]the specifics of the programs.
[00:44:59.780]You know, I think you should
[00:45:02.710]apply to a few.
[00:45:04.420]It's kind of like undergrad
[00:45:05.620]where you apply to a few REACH
[00:45:06.910]schools, right?
[00:45:07.860]Big dreams. I would really want
[00:45:09.760]to go there if I got the offer,
[00:45:11.850]right?
[00:45:12.080]A few that are in the middle.
[00:45:13.540]You're sure of getting in.
[00:45:14.840]You know you meet all the
[00:45:15.860]admissions requirements, right?
[00:45:17.580]And a few where it's kind of a
[00:45:19.560]safety school.
[00:45:20.860]So I hope that helps to think
[00:45:22.590]about the strategy there, right?
[00:45:25.000]And then, you know, especially
[00:45:28.850]for master's programs and, you
[00:45:32.610]know, for PhD programs, I would
[00:45:36.150]say look at the expertise of
[00:45:37.300]the faculty.
[00:45:38.040]Look really carefully at the
[00:45:39.600]curriculum and make sure it's
[00:45:41.230]something that would help you.
[00:45:43.520]It's not just to achieve your
[00:45:44.510]academic goals, right?
[00:45:45.520]People in the program should
[00:45:46.790]share your research interests
[00:45:48.160]and there should be courses
[00:45:49.370]offered that are really well
[00:45:50.640]aligned with your research or
[00:45:51.950]creative interests.
[00:45:53.100]If that's not the case, it's
[00:45:54.540]not a good program to apply to
[00:45:55.980]and you can take it off the
[00:45:57.290]list.
[00:45:57.760]So that'll help you narrow down.
[00:45:59.500]Hopefully that helps, David.
[00:46:01.540]All right.
[00:46:05.140]And if anybody needs a
[00:46:06.890]recording of this workshop or
[00:46:09.360]future workshops, we've got
[00:46:11.760]that here.
[00:46:13.500]Our website, I will be posting
[00:46:14.880]a recording of this workshop
[00:46:16.150]next week.
[00:46:16.820]So I generally get them up
[00:46:18.390]within about seven days.
[00:46:20.160]Is there federal financial aid
[00:46:22.700]for graduate degrees?
[00:46:24.800]Anna, I'm glad you asked this
[00:46:26.150]question.
[00:46:26.800]Thank you.
[00:46:29.640]You know, I think that it's
[00:46:31.400]important to know that it
[00:46:33.020]depends on the type of degree
[00:46:34.880]and whether or not it will be
[00:46:36.630]eligible for financial aid.
[00:46:38.820]And it also depends on whether
[00:46:40.150]the student has financial need,
[00:46:41.650]right?
[00:46:42.160]But in general.
[00:46:43.560]Federal financial aid is mostly
[00:46:45.150]limited to loans.
[00:46:46.260]There are no Pell grants for
[00:46:48.580]graduate school at the present
[00:46:51.210]time and never have been right.
[00:46:54.140]So it's something to be aware
[00:46:56.230]of.
[00:46:56.740]Some states do have graduate
[00:46:58.230]school funding, but it's
[00:46:59.500]generally limited to in-state
[00:47:01.070]students.
[00:47:01.820]Nebraska is not one of them at
[00:47:03.020]the present time.
[00:47:03.920]So it's something to be really
[00:47:06.170]aware of and mindful of if you
[00:47:08.330]do have financial need when you're
[00:47:10.940]going to graduate school.
[00:47:13.460]So it's something to be really
[00:47:13.500]aware of and mindful of if you
[00:47:13.540]do have financial need when you're
[00:47:13.600]going to graduate school.
[00:47:13.800]So it's something to be really
[00:47:13.800]aware of and mindful of if you
[00:47:13.800]do have financial need when you're
[00:47:13.800]going to graduate school.
[00:47:13.820]To really be looking carefully
[00:47:15.440]at those different types of
[00:47:17.180]funding opportunities that we
[00:47:19.370]had on the little chart here,
[00:47:22.000]right?
[00:47:22.800]So certainly financial aid and
[00:47:24.310]loans is one thing, but it's
[00:47:25.950]likely to be in the form of
[00:47:27.520]loans.
[00:47:28.180]And there may be changes always
[00:47:32.440]in university policies, federal
[00:47:37.200]policies.
[00:47:39.040]So it's something that every
[00:47:40.780]year you want to go back and
[00:47:42.390]look at.
[00:47:43.120]So it's something that every
[00:47:43.260]year you want to go back and
[00:47:43.340]look at.
[00:47:43.440]So it's something that every
[00:47:56.490]year you want to go back and
[00:48:08.470]look at.
[00:48:13.420]So it's something that every
[00:48:27.940]year you want to go back and
[00:48:38.450]look at.
[00:48:43.400]So it's something that every
[00:48:56.490]year you want to go back and
[00:49:09.210]look at.
[00:49:13.380]So it's something that every
[00:49:26.430]year you want to go back and
[00:49:38.410]look at.
[00:49:43.360]So it's something that every
[00:49:56.450]year you want to go back and
[00:50:08.390]look at.
[00:50:13.340]So it's something that every
[00:50:26.880]year you want to go back and
[00:50:38.370]look at.
[00:50:43.320]So it's something that every
[00:50:56.370]year you want to go back and
[00:51:08.360]look at.
[00:51:13.300]So it's something that every
[00:51:13.710]year you want to go back and
[00:51:14.080]look at.
[00:51:14.300]So it's something that every
[00:51:14.310]year you want to go back and
[00:51:14.310]look at.
[00:51:14.380]So it's something that every
[00:51:14.750]year you want to go back and
[00:51:15.100]look at.
[00:51:15.300]So it's something that every
[00:51:15.300]year you want to go back and
[00:51:15.300]look at.
[00:51:15.300]So it's something that every
[00:51:15.300]year you want to go back and
[00:51:15.300]look at.
[00:51:15.360]So it's something that every
[00:51:15.370]year you want to go back and
[00:51:15.370]look at.
[00:51:15.440]So it's something that every
[00:51:15.440]year you want to go back and
[00:51:15.440]look at.
[00:51:15.500]So it's something that every
[00:51:15.500]year you want to go back and
[00:51:15.500]look at.
[00:51:15.560]So feel free to reach out and
[00:51:17.960]let me know if you're planning
[00:51:19.120]to apply to a graduate
[00:51:20.200]fellowship.
[00:51:20.680]I would love to work with you.

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