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It’s that time of year again – summer days are growing shorter, your friends are trying to fit in one last trip to the beach, and the backpack aisle at Target is about to be cleared out to make way for the Halloween costumes.
Yes, it’s back-to-school time. From toddlers to teenagers, this time of year instills foreboding about the school-year ahead. But as a first-year graduate student, you may have other feelings.
For most, it’s the start of a new adventure. For the first time, you’re pursuing the one subject in the world you love best, surrounded by other equally brilliant and passionate people.
It’s the end of being told what to learn and how to study, and the beginning of blazing your own academic trail.
It IS a new experience – different from your matriculation in high school or college – and it may be difficult to know what to expect.
This week, we lay out a ten-ish step plan for putting your best-foot-forward in that first semester of your graduate journey.
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