Season 2 podcasts are released every other week on Fridays at 11:00 EST. Look for those Bonus Episodes!. Podcasts and links are in the first two sections below with more recent ones at the top; transcripts in pdf format and Excel worksheets are at the bottom of the page.
Here's the plan for Season 2. Get ready, undergrads!
If there's only one thing you do to improve your chances of getting into graduate school, it's performing some kind of undergraduate research, scholarship, or advanced artistic endeavor. Here are some tips on financing, timing, and research area to help get undergraduates started on research.
Council of Undergraduate Research https://www.cur.org/
Sell, A.J., et al., “The Impact of Undergraduate Research on Academic Success” https://www.cur.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Spr18SPUR_Sell.pdf
Lopatto, D., “Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): First Findings,” Cell Biology Education, 3[4] (2017). https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.04-07-0045
Levenson, Cathy W. "Enhancing Undergraduate Research in the Arts and the Humanities." Peer Review 12.2 (2010).
This episode is especially relevant to international students looking to apply to US graduate schools. Are you being given advice to send a bunch of emails to faculty inquiring about joining their research group? If so, listen to this podcast first.
Your undergraduate GPA is a key part of your grad school application. What are the influences of AP credits, transfer credits, grade replacement, and pass/fail courses on your GPA?
Think you have all you need to know about graduate schools in the United States for your application? Think again. Here are some ways grad schools can differ in the complex US higher education system.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_317.10.asp?current=yes
San Diego State University - https://www.sdsu.edu/
University of San Diego - https://www.sandiego.edu/
University of California San Diego - https://ucsd.edu/
The Graddean interviews Dr. Vicki Johnson of Profellow.com. Learn more about funding for graduate school, from when to start your search to the different types of funding sources available.
Who do I get to write letters of recommendation for me? How do I ask them? What do they need to write an effective letter? When should I start asking people? These questions - and more -are answered.
https://blog.wordvice.com/graduate-school-recommendation-letter-templates-and-examples/
https://graduate.rice.edu/news/current-news/grad-applications-101-getting-letters-rec
Learn about that all-important Personal Statement for your graduate school application. What should go in it? Here are some tips to help tell your story.
https://gradschool.cornell.edu/admissions/prepare/personal-statements/
Are you a world-changer, a eudaemonist, or do you just want to do better than your parents? Try this approach to deciding where to go for your advanced degree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valhalla
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivendell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Humanities_Medal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Medal_of_Science
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Medal_of_Science_laureates
https://doi.org/10.1017/bca.2019.29
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.2.323
As a footnote to Episode 23, the Graddean breaks some bad news to you about the National Medals.
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