I Love Grad School. No Really, I do.

You know what’s great about graduate school?

All the great connections and friends that you make. I’m sure there are other answers to this simple question, but really I think my answer is the best. Never before have I been surrounded by people who are interested in the same things that I am. Never before have I been surrounded by people who truly care about my success in a professional setting. Never before have I felt a part of a large family that is dysfunctional but cares.

Perhaps this is my only child/only grandchild/3 odd cousins family upbringing. My tiny family doesn’t have that “love/hate” relationship that large families seem to. Instead we just awkwardly drink so as not to talk to each other for another year.

But grad school has provided a place that I get to know others who all want the same thing I do. And the teachers want it too. So we work as a group to help get me and everyone there. I’m so grateful for that. And conversely I like being able to help others out as well. I love being able to use my connections to help a friend as well.

Grad school has been worth every cent if not for this reason. I have grown the respected amount. I’ve gotten better at research, I suppose my writing has gotten better and my procrastination has stayed about the same. But my connections, networks and friends have made this. And best of all, my Problems in PR class simply reinforced these networks to me. I know that when I graduate I’ll be more prepared to face that dreaded “real world.” I know that I will have such a community behind me that it will take an effort to fail. That’s what I’m glad I’m paying money for.