Education
Our guest speaker this week is Adriana Jaramillo who shares her insights on taking a gap year, facing rejection, and reapplying to grad programs. Adriana is a first-gen Chicana who earned her BA in Psych with minors in Chicanx Studies and Education after transferring to UCLA from Santa Monica College. She’s currently reapplying to master’s programs in educational policy with an emphasis in higher ed. In this episode we discuss: -Her transfer and gap year experiences -The value in taking time to reflect on applying to grad school -The benefits of reaching out to professors from different institutions for research opportunities -Why Adriana has chosen to apply only to master’s programs -And advice for students who are also re-applying to grad programs You can be in touch with Adriana on Twitter and Instagram with the following handles: @Adriana_J_C for Twitter and @Ay.its.jay for Instagram. Join my exclusive community on Patreon to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/gradschoolfemtoring Want to gain access to my weekly tips, advice, freebies, and offerings? Then sign up for my email newsletter here: https://creative-trailblazer-5062.ck.page/8113780a06 Are you interested in applying to grad school? Then, sign up for Dra. Yvette's online grad application course that walks you through the step by step process to apply: https://gradschoolfemtoring.thinkific.com/courses/gradappsdemystified Want to be a guest on the show, fill out this form: https://forms.gle/Q5rVZsX9E93bwubAA Lastly, don't forget to send in your questions and topic suggestions here: https://forms.gle/SJqeH1uaXSEReCnx5 For this and more, go to: https://gradschoolfemtoring.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gradschoolfemtoring/message