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Mar 2020
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#20: I’m Going To Grad School!

Patricia Liu
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On air March 16th, 2020. Recorded March 16th, 2020.

We’ve made it to the end of the first season! Times are weird, but hey — thanks for sticking around.

I’ve mentioned here and there that I was applying to master’s programs in education this year. The decision to apply was one largely defined by self-doubt and the legitimate fear that — given my unimpressive undergraduate record, basement-level GPA, and track record of being unceremoniously rejected from every post-grad fellowship I had applied to during my senior spring — I would be spending over $1,000 on application and testing fees just to be turned down from every school I applied to.

I applied to eight programs. I was accepted to all eight programs.

I’ll be attending an Ivy League school next fall.

This is what happened.

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