“My family couldn't be more supportive. They're worried and they're always in my business, and my mother does send me grad-school applications every now and again.” DoeSchoolMotherMy FamilyWorriedApplicationSupportiveGradGrad School Author:Ana Ortiz
“In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.” WantSchoolJobsImpossibleDecidedFlyingWhere You AreJudgedAirlineGradGrad SchoolSeniority Author:W. Richard Stevens
“I went to college, grad school. I got an M.B.A., had a really cush corporate job. But I was just bored stiff. I didn't fit that mold.” SchoolJobsCollegeFitCorporateBoredMoldGradGrad School Author:Dean Karnazes
“Improv definitely made me a better auditioner, without a doubt. We did do an audition semester in grad school, and that was helpful for those times that you have a script and you have a few days to prepare it, to really work on sides. But the auditions I was doing in New York, if you got it the night before, you were very lucky.” IfsMadeSchoolNightSidesDoubtNew YorkLuckyScriptsHelpfulAuditionsGradSemesterGrad School Author:Rich Sommer
“My odyssey to become an astronaut kind of started in grad school, and I was working, up at MIT, in space robotics-related work; human and robot working together.” HumansKindSchoolTogetherSpaceRelatedWorking TogetherRobotsAstronautRoboticsOdysseyGradMitGrad School Author:Michael J. Massimino
“There are the relationships you make. All of the friends I made in grad school are the closest ones that I have.” MadeSchoolClosestGradGrad School Author:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“I wish I had the luxury of time to read and write like grad students do. That sounds pretty awesome. When I was writing my first book one of my friends was going to grad school at the same time and I heard a lot of stories about drinking, too. I feel like everyone was having affairs.” FeelsWritingFirstsBookStoriesSchoolWishSoundHeardStudentsMy FriendsDrinkingAffairLuxuryGradGrad School Author:Jami Attenberg
“I'd say I've gone to grad school for comedy being on "Community."” SchoolCommunityGoneComedyGradGrad School Author:Gillian Jacobs
“I definitely felt by the time I got to grad school - which was a great experience - I was like, Whats the difference between the teachers and the students? Why are the teachers teachers if they want to be acting? It didnt make sense to me anymore. Its not like you learn how to set a broken bone and you get the stamp of approval.” IfsWantSchoolFeltDifferencesActingTeacherStudentsLike YouBrokenBonesMake SenseApprovalStampsGreat ExperiencesGradGrad SchoolBroken Bone Author:Taylor Schilling