5 Tips for Getting Accepted to a Great Grad School

Wow. I guess it’s time for me to officially announce that I will be going to grad school at Stanford University for a PhD in Material Science! Ahhh! I am beyond excited and this is honestly insane to me. Stanford University is world-renowned for being an incredible school and I feel honored to have been accepted there. However, deciding to go there was not an easy decision because I was accepted at plenty other amazing schools, namely MIT, Northwestern University, UC Santa Barbra, and UT Austin. Writing about this is so awkward considering that I don’t want to come off as braggy, however I wanted to hopefully provide some tips on how you too can be accepted to some amazing schools. So here is a quick round-up of somethings that I think contributed to my acceptances:

Material Girl, Material World: What is Material Science?

So, this is a new. A new thing. Very different thing than anything I’ve written before.

I started this blog to mostly share some of my hobbies and interests. I wanted to talk about my love of fashion, makeup, skincare, and fragrance. I wanted to share art and poetry. However, I did not think I would want to talk about this: Material Science.

To those who are unaware, I am currently in my senior year of my undergraduate career studying Material Science. Anytime I tell anyone this, their initial question is “What is that?” Which is understandable, of course. To be honest, I don’t think I knew what it is was exactly when I decided to switch into the program my freshman year.

However, in my four years of this degree, I have fallen in love with Material Science. I have been captivated by what I have learned in my studies. I have loved the research I have contributed to within this discipline. And that is why I am writing this blog post.

To be honest, I don’t how well this will be received. I’m not sure if anyone will care to hear me geek out about science. But I also don’t really care. I started this blog to write about things I’m passionate about, and I’m passionate about this. So maybe, just maybe, you can stick around to listen to my ravings of science and become just as enamored as me.