{"id":7275,"date":"2022-05-25T14:54:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/?page_id=7275"},"modified":"2022-05-25T14:54:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:54:06","slug":"grad-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/grad-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Tales: Grad School Hopes and Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you want to go to grad school?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/04\/AE72C56E-BA57-4305-BBFA-F772884EF54E.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6835\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/04\/AE72C56E-BA57-4305-BBFA-F772884EF54E-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/04\/AE72C56E-BA57-4305-BBFA-F772884EF54E-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/04\/AE72C56E-BA57-4305-BBFA-F772884EF54E-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/04\/AE72C56E-BA57-4305-BBFA-F772884EF54E-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/04\/AE72C56E-BA57-4305-BBFA-F772884EF54E-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/04\/AE72C56E-BA57-4305-BBFA-F772884EF54E.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Our discussions with students at previous Summer Tales Book Clubs revealed the fact that anyone willing to sacrifice the summer to take classes is driven and dedicated. Many participants mentioned that they were considering grad school. We were happy to answer their questions, whether by pointing them to resources related to admission and programs or by simply sharing our own experiences as students and faculty members with rigorous graduate programs from Master&#8217;s to PhD in all the diverse disciplines that Rutgers offers.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by these conversations, Books We Read members still in grad school or just graduated have been invited to\u00a0 provide a glimpse of what it takes to start and finish grad school in their field. We hope their engaging and very personal first-hand accounts will help others with their decisions about whether to go to grad school and how to go about it, and inspire lifelong learning more broadly.<\/p>\n<h4>Upcoming blog posts<\/h4>\n<p class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Reflections on a PhD in Literature<\/em>, by Nick Allred in three parts (May)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/phd-literature-1\">Part 1: The Basics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/phd-literature-2\">Part 2: What it Takes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/phd-literature-3\">Part 3: Reading for Fun<\/a> (while working toward a PhD in literature)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/mlis\"><em>Becoming a Librarian, Step 1: The MILS<\/em><\/a>, by Harmony Birch (June)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>From Performing Artist to PhD<\/em>, by Lindsey Jones (July)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>The Archivist Track in Library School<\/em>, by Kate Greenberg (August)<\/p>\n<h4>Useful links<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.rutgers.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\">Rutgers Graduate Program Finder<\/a> \u2013 Find a Rutgers graduate program by specialty, degree type, or location<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.rutgers.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/mdphd-program\/admissions\">Admissions to MD\/PhD<\/a> at the Medical School<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.rutgers.edu\/academics\/graduation\/checklist-phd-degree\">Checklist for a PhD Degree<\/a> at Rutgers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chaser.rutgers.edu\/learn\/plan\/doctoral.php\">Advice for Doctoral Students<\/a>\u00a0from the Grad Fund Knowledgebase<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.rutgers.edu\/rudissertations\/phd\">Find a Rutgers Dissertation or Thesis<\/a>\u00a0Research Guide from Rutgers Libraries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7058\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1781-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7058\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1781-1-882x1024.jpg\" alt=\"sketch of building\" width=\"500\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1781-1-882x1024.jpg 882w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1781-1-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1781-1-768x892.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1781-1-1323x1536.jpg 1323w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2022\/05\/IMG_1781-1-1764x2048.jpg 1764w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Martin Hall is the central administration building of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences on the Cook Campus in New Brunswick. 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