8 Ways to Prepare for Grad School | Advice from Grad Students

Last week, a new grad student asked how to prepare for grad school and the grad students in my Facebook group gave some great advice! I'm sharing their advice plus my own in this video. These are 8 ways to prepare for grad school.

[theacademicsociety]

Do you have any grad school tips you wish you knew before starting grad school?

[dchao]

Have a good paper/article filing and organization system in place! Readings and papers will accumulate (and at times I have 30 tabs open, no papers read), so it's nice to have a way to organize everything. If I had this habit down earlier, I feel like my current and recent attempts at figuring out what to do my thesis project on would have gone a lot smoother.

[bunnyval]

When you said somewhere in the lines of ‘Get the syllabi before school starts’ MADE ME TURN ON MY LAPTOP AND SEARCH ONLINE🤣❤️ I loved these hacks!! Just took my first 2 classes this summer and somehow survived with A’s. The last 4 days of school I’d sleep at 6:30 am and wake up at 9:30am for my classes that were from 10am to 2:50pm:( I died but IT WAS WORTH IT. Anyway, amazing video!!🥰

[ProfessorDerricotte]

Excellent tips! I love establishing a self-care routine and sticking to it. I was so much happier from my 2nd year of Grad School on because I started taking care of myself much more than I did in my first year.

[jennyrodriguez]

Thank you for posting this video. I am nervous because I am starting my graduate school after 10 years of completing my undergraduate degree. Your video is very helpful!!! God bless you!!

[brennanthebronzelanguages]

woooof let's go! The tips plus additional background was such a bomb combination. Gearing up for Fall 2020 :)

[tisaferemenga]

Thanks for the video, going back to school after 6 years and feeling a bit nervous. However after years working a 7am-7pm intense job, I am sooo looking forward to a 9-5 routine in school!

[DoubleBubble]

Thank you for sharing these tips! I’m starting graduate school in the fall (first person in my family and immediate circle of friends, so I feel a little lost 😅). How many hours per day do you think a typical graduate student spends reading research articles and doing assignments outside of class hours? Thank you!

[nurpii]

my peak hours are after midnight!! I feel more productive this time and my college grad programs are also in the evening time so I have a long time to sleep and have a rest before going to school, I'm not a morning person at all, so I spend my early mornings sleeping wake up afternoon prepare for school have lunch then I just go to college at evening and then midnight time is when I start keeping up with my studies, I know its a weird routine but it works perfectly for me, thank you for the tips 😘

[jadebethj]

I've been watching your videos for months and I just accepted my grad school offer yesterday!! Om so excited but I want to prepare.

[dominijerzboi]

Ayo thank you for posting this! Granted this was posted a year ago I’m glad that YT suggested it to me being that I’m considering going back to school next year. I got a lot great practical tips so thank you!

[YahsDaughterYana]

Thanks for the advice. I start grad school next week and I am excited. This advice is great, I now know what I need to do to be successful and prepare myself!

[Pinl]

OMG is it really that intense?! I'm supposed to be applying to grad school soon! Yikes!

Thank you for the tips

[LihimSidhe]

Legit awesome advice on reading the required books before classes even start. It seems so obvious but I never thought to do that and i have bachelor's already!

[sabrinarose]

This is a wonderful topic! Thank you for sharing and congratulations on your PhD 3 years ago! I love a helpful and encouraging channel 💕

[Prosperous]

These tips are incredibly helpful I start my MS degree in the fall. Now I know what to focus on to prepare myself for the next month and a half.

[sweetintuition]

This is great advice. These things definitely helped me for my PhD!

[JustSomeRandomAnna]

Starting my stats masters next month! Thank goodness this popped up on my recommended!

[umakittusamy]

You read my comment first!!!! I got so excited when I saw that! Thank you!

[kareta]

WOW Anthony! That was beautiful! That might keep me sane, actually.