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    Happy?

    in Officially Grads

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    amclayton, I noticed this same trend last year, posed the question, and got some great responses:

    Reply #3 links back to an even more extended thread where many peeps attest to loving grad school, and feel it's really the place for them right now.

    For my part (I'm in my first year), I am in the midst of finals this week at present; the number of MAJOR projects, papers, pres'ns etc. due is dizzying and relentless. However, I made the choice to overload on courses this term, so I know it's largely my own doing, and I still feel this was an excellent move on all levels. B)

    I read each comment on each thread, and I feel extremely encouraged. I know all programs are diff as are the people in them, but knowing not everyone has a miserable experience makes me look forward to my own a lot more. Thank you!

    Happy?

    in Officially Grads

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    Many, if not most, posts on these forums are from people looking for advice -- and people look for advice when they're miserable, not when everything's going right. Everyone has low points from time to time, and that's probably when they're most active (look at the explosion of neuroses during the height of application season, myself included). So I would take the forums with a grain of salt when asking whether they reflect the average grad student.

    Thank you for saying this.

    Happy?

    in Officially Grads

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    I've read quite a few threads in this topic and many seem to be from very unhappy, lonely grad students. Are there any happy ones out there? Is anyone glad they took the plunge and moved across the country to work your tail off?

    Funded or unfunded?

    in Psychology Forum

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    Here's where I'm at:

    I've been offered a position by my dream PhD program- purely because research interests were such a clear match, as my POI was not planning on taking another grad student. Unfortunately, this offer is unfunded (meaning out of state tuition the first year. Yikes!)

    Additionally, I've been offered acceptance to two unfunded, but in state, masters programs where research fit is a bit of a stretch, and waitlisted at a great, but certainly not top choice PhD program.

    Finally, I've been offered a place in the 2012 Teach for America corps (two year teaching commitment in San Francisco.)

    I don't know what to do...please help!

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