As I sit here on the eve of my graduation from college, I can't help but look back on the years I've spent here. I started off at University of West Georgia, then transferred to Kennesaw State University. I've been at KSU since 2007. I've made friends, gotten to know professors and staff. It has been an amazing experience.
I have learned a lot from my time as an undergrad. How to do research. How to write a paper. How to coherently express my ideas. In the last five years since i graduated high school, I have grown from a shy young girl to a confident, intelligent, young woman. I have learned to stand up for myself and my ideas. I have learned that I can survive on my own. I have a new set of skills and an education that I can be proud of.
As this chapter of my life closes, I look towards the future. It is unknown and veiled in shadows. I await acceptance letters. But I have faith, and hope, that I will receive that desperately awaited letter soon. With that letter, I will be working on graduate work. To gain my Masters and then my Doctorate in World History is my ultimate goal. To spread my knowledge to other people. To open their eyes to new perspectives. To understand that history is still something worth learning. To inspire people to think. To reevaluate what they already know. That is what i aspire to. To through teaching and writing, that people might walk away from me knowing a least a little bit more than they thought they did.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Graduate School
As I near the end of my undergraduate collegiate career, I am gearing up for graduate school. I would like to take a few moments to discuss how difficult this process is, for all of you who might be thinking about taking this route.
First, some background information. I am in my last semester of my Bachelors’ Degree in World History. Therefore, I am working on all of the senior work that is part of achieving this degree. Plus three other classes that were needed to maintain full time status. Then I had to take the GRE. You can’t get into a graduate program in history without taking it. And you can’t do well on this test unless you study. Then the application process involves a collective effort between you and your advisor, as well as other faculty.
It is a lot of work just to get into the graduate school. And with everything else that a senior in college has to get done, its no wonder that most people stop at the undergraduate level. I guess this process is to weed out the faint of heart.
First, some background information. I am in my last semester of my Bachelors’ Degree in World History. Therefore, I am working on all of the senior work that is part of achieving this degree. Plus three other classes that were needed to maintain full time status. Then I had to take the GRE. You can’t get into a graduate program in history without taking it. And you can’t do well on this test unless you study. Then the application process involves a collective effort between you and your advisor, as well as other faculty.
It is a lot of work just to get into the graduate school. And with everything else that a senior in college has to get done, its no wonder that most people stop at the undergraduate level. I guess this process is to weed out the faint of heart.
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