Comments on Quiet the Thunder: There's No Crying In Grad School

I'm just starting a grad program in Communication ...

2008-09-20T08:34:00.000-04:00

I'm just starting a grad program in Communication and am definitely feeling the pressure!

I'm working full time an hour away so I have even less time than the other students who are all TA's.

Love reading your grad school posts!

@ Kate - haha! So true, I'm glad you've lived to ...

2008-02-26T21:48:00.000-05:00

@ Kate - haha! So true, I'm glad you've lived to tell the tale. It's important to realize that no one will be looking at my GPA or my school. It's certainly true of my undergrad! What financial services firm hires an opera singer with a minor in comparative literature? I specifically avoided any math or quantitative reasoning classes because I preferred singing songs and reading books about magical realism...

At any rate, tonight I left class feeling great, I found myself engaging more with the subject and class, because I really do find international finance fascinating! By the end of class everyone was chatting and telling funny international finance stories and...I forgot about the dreadful B.

You will look great in lulu guinness glasses! Make sure you post a photo!

Milena, I gave myself a nervous breakdown during m...

2008-02-26T12:31:00.000-05:00

Milena, I gave myself a nervous breakdown during my Master's program because I insisted that I had to have an A every time. I got a scaled 60-something on one of my research methods test and thought I might literally kill myself.

I made it up. I got my A, I graduated with a 4.0. And you know what? Nobody cares! Absolutely nobody cares that I got that 4.0--they only care that I finished the degree.

If I do go to B-school, it's going to be with the knowledge that it's okay to get a B.

Big hugs... and I'm going to go find some lovely lulu guinness frames now.