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rockmsockm got a reaction from Goobah in The Grad 35+ club
@ Ely
Congrats on your acceptance. I, too, am a single parent (2 daughters, 9 and 2) and applying for doctoral programs in the sciences, neuroscience to be specific. If accepted this round, I'll be 32 when I start my PhD. A little over a year ago I decided to pursue this, so I enrolled in some additional coursework and have been volunteering as an RA in a psych lab ever since. I keep a couple part-time gigs to pay the bills.
About 2 weeks into my return to school and starting my position in the lab, my daughters' father and I split up and embarked upon a pretty nasty separation. However, getting through that while staying focused on my goal and holding onto sanity has given me tremendous confidence in myself and knowing my girls and I can get through whatever comes our way.
The past year has been the busiest year of my life, but it has also turned out to be of the highest quality too. Because my time has become so precious, I've learned how to be absolutely present during my time with my daughters and if that was to be the only thing I could take away from this experience, that would be ok (but I really, really do want to get into grad school too!!).
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rockmsockm got a reaction from Ely in The Grad 35+ club
@ Ely
Congrats on your acceptance. I, too, am a single parent (2 daughters, 9 and 2) and applying for doctoral programs in the sciences, neuroscience to be specific. If accepted this round, I'll be 32 when I start my PhD. A little over a year ago I decided to pursue this, so I enrolled in some additional coursework and have been volunteering as an RA in a psych lab ever since. I keep a couple part-time gigs to pay the bills.
About 2 weeks into my return to school and starting my position in the lab, my daughters' father and I split up and embarked upon a pretty nasty separation. However, getting through that while staying focused on my goal and holding onto sanity has given me tremendous confidence in myself and knowing my girls and I can get through whatever comes our way.
The past year has been the busiest year of my life, but it has also turned out to be of the highest quality too. Because my time has become so precious, I've learned how to be absolutely present during my time with my daughters and if that was to be the only thing I could take away from this experience, that would be ok (but I really, really do want to get into grad school too!!).