I applied to grad school this year. 8 of the top schools for my field, I have a decent GPA and relevant experience so I thought maybe at least 1 would take me. My parents, who are in the same field, told me it would be a shoe-in. Everyone else asked me what my safeties were, but I didn’t apply to any.
I didn’t do any research, and that’s on me. I just trusted what my parents said, and that’s not their fault, they couldn’t have known how competitive it is nowadays, and how I’m not actually good enough for any of these schools. I should’ve […]