Plans between now and when you start grad school?

[LMac]

I know those of us going directly from undergrad to grad may be finishing up classes over the summer, but what about the rest of you? Are you giving yourself a break before your program starts? Traveling? Prepping for classes?

 

 

[6tZSoKE3FTnq]

I am trying to find a summer internship at a biotech in my hometown. I want to save up some $$.

[pears]

hopefully working for the USFS or BLM as an archaeology field tech in some cool, beautiful, wild place! whatever's left after taxes and expenses is going right to tuition.

[flyingjellyfish]

Traveling New Zealand to visit family and Thailand to visit friends.  Super excited for a long vacation between leaving work and starting school.  Using air miles for the NZ flight and my tax refund for Thailand, so should work out ok!

[Cookie]

I'm proofing my new profs grant, learning background material for research, and prepping nsf/dod/doe fellowship applications.

Applied to:
UT, WashU. Notre Dame. UWashington.

[drpepper711]

working for two months as RA then hoping to work as intern in field related to my discipline. 

[tarrman]

Hoping to do another internship at Lincoln Lab, but they are so slow in correspondence!

[jcperez]

I will keep working as lab instructor at my local university until June.

 

Afterwards, I will go to France for three weeks to visit my dad, who is working on his own PhD thesis. I will return around mid-July, and spend my last month at home studying some much-needed course material (need to strengthen quantum and solid state physics background!), reading papers, wrapping up some volunteer projects I have been working on, and preparing everything to move to my new school .

[khaled]

Until the end of May:

• I'm teaching some labs at my home university (the first time I teach, and I like teaching so far)
• Working with some professors on their research projects at my home university (not very interesting projects, but i'm being exposed to different stuff)
• planning to go to the UK for a visit and to Singapore for a conference

from June until Fall 2013:

 

I'll just enjoy my time and chill !  

[Ohm]

Working at my company till a week before I leave It's pretty damn boring to sit at home doing nothing and I'll be anyway travelling to Switzerland on my way to the uni

[abeilles]

extremely jealous of those who get to travel!

 

I'm finishing up my master's (feeling pretty checked out at this point) and sticking it out at my full-time research job until at least july... then likely hanging  out at my significant others' parents' house for a couple of weeks. I'm anxious to know where I'll be moving!

[RandiZ]

Teaching. Moving. Short range travel. Reading up for the fall. If I'm lucky, some time in the hammock staring at my eyelids.

[Biostat_Assistant_Prof]

I'm finishing up undergrad, and with a hell of a semester too, with 3 upper level Biology courses and 2 upper level math courses... After finals end, I plan on literally enjoying every waking, relaxing second between mid-May to late August. Before I move in early August, I plan on cherishing [what could be] the last few months I ever have living near my parents and brother... I'll take a few trips to visit friends, take a big family vacation with parents and brother, and literally just enjoy not having any real responsibilities for the last time in my life... Lucky for me I have money saved up to allow me to do so, though I also have the ability to work as a pool/lake party DJ if I want to make a little cash...

All I have to do is make it thru the next 6.5 weeks to finals...