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Of course! Thank you for commenting!

So I haven't gotten mine yet... but after a little googling I think it's 8 x 11 cuz its mailed in a 9.5 x 12.5 envelope :) but I don't know for sure!

Yes! it is also validating to me to read your comment because I REALLY resonate with you! I wish more people talked about this feeling but I am glad we can share this space in this community together! Thank you for commenting!

Academia can be toxic and gaslighting is real!! i think you are asking a lot of questions that are important but have many different answers. For me I try to separate myself form people that I think are mentally harmful. This sometimes has the consequence that things may be more difficult later in the future but to me its worth it. For others it may not be. I also noticed when you find a community of people who are not toxic it can actually make things easier so again to me its worth ditching the toxic people and replacing them with non-toxic people even if it is my advisor! i have a video that talks about how I suggest people handle switching their advisors and responding to toxicness but it may not be the best answer for you! Please always trust your gut! Heres the video! th-cam.com/video/n49wmVfyPkA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ocvcCqh5XjCORaen

I am sooo happy you found this video! thank you for taking the time to comment! I genuinely appreciate it! I am also super proud to hear that someone with 24 years experience in financial aid sees this video as interesting! That lets me know I am on the right path! hahaha! Thank you for commenting!!!

@@BrisaMarieYour information is the most accurate that I’ve heard. You’re doing a great job!

Hi! That is a super personal question! I do think if you work in healthcare and you want a degree because it will help you achieve your goals GO FOR IT~! I don't know enough about the healthcare field to give much more input than that. I do have a video that talks about how to decide on a program that may be helpful : Watch here: th-cam.com/video/240ktIknShE/w-d-xo.html

@@BrisaMarie thank you for your reply I’ll watch it!

Thats definitely something I relied on!

I genuinely cannot disagree with you. What you say makes perfect sense. Its a horrible system and that makes "following your dreams" basically financially impossible. Thank you for taking the time to comment!

YOURE AMAZING! this is all such exciting news! And I am so so so happy to hear that this video has been useful to you! Please let me know if you ever have any questions or need more support! I will try my best to help! Congrats on submitting your rough draft!! YOURE DOING SOOO GREAT!

YES! It was really confusing to me when I first started and no really ever sat down and explained it to me. Because of that i was getting paid WAYYY less than I thought I was supposed to! All that to say... I am glad it was helpful and hopefully you can avoid the mistakes i made!

I am so so glad! thank you for commenting!

I know it doesn't make it better, but you are not alone. many people experience this at all levels of academia. I am so sorry this is your experience you do not deserve to feel this way. And I hope that you are able to leave this experience and find support to not have to carry this bad experience with you forever!!! Thank you for sharing your experience and being so honest! I genuinely appreciate you! Your comment will help many others feel less alone!

You got it! thank you for commenting!

Of course! they were really hard for me to understand at first, so I am happy I can help!

THANK YOU! Thank you for taking the time and sharing your experiences and things you learned. You have no idea how much that can help others. Thank you for helping make this community better!!!

Parabens!! Grad school is such a huge milestone! Please if you have any questions do not hesitate to comment! I will do my best to help as much as I can!

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Of course!!! thank you!

Hi! so it depends, but in general they are kind of their own thing. So if harvard has a specialized certificate in diversity leadership or business after the 2-3 months you will have that certification but it wouldn't be the same as a degree. That doesn't mean they are unimportant because they can really be helpful with getting raises or switching fields. But they just aren't accredited in the same way degrees are!

I am soooo happy! Please let me know if you have any questions! I will do my best to help in the best ways I can!

Of course! thank you!

Of course!!!! Thank you so much for commenting!!!

Hi! Yes! There absolutely was a beeping. I am sorry that it made the video hard to watch. I COMPLETELY understand. IF you still need/want the information the video does have a full transcript that is publicly available and provided by TH-cam. But I also totally get it if not! Thank you for commenting!

Of course! Thank you for commenting :D

THANK THANK YOU! LOVE YOU! I appreciate your support <3

THANK YOU! I Love you so much!

YES! Rest is necessary and I am so happy that this video resonated with you! Also CONGRATS on finishing you exams! That is a HUGE step!

Hi! For you it may not be! For me I moved to two new countries, had to learn a new language and had to pay for it all by myself (so I was working part time through out the process) this, in addition to trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do and building time to think and write really felt like a lot for me. HOWEVER it doesn't have to be like that and for many people ESPECIALLY if you are doing research from past projects that you did in other degrees it can be very straightforward and simple!

Hi! Thank you for subscribing and commenting! I would highly suggest that if you can to apply for funding at the same time. That way you can do your best to put your best foot forward to not have to depend on others to assure you have money for your PhD process! I do have a playlist all about funding grad school if you would like it here it is! th-cam.com/video/JLQpf15ZjlE/w-d-xo.html

Of course! I am happy to help! Thank you for taking the time to comment!

Every school is different and it is really hard to understand why one school would accept you while another one will reject you! I am so sorry that you had bad experiences, but happy that you are still on your own path to success! Congrats!

@@BrisaMarie Thank you. The school who rejected me will be shutdown and never told me the reason. I don’t care how different schools are. Those schools will regret it and pay the price by being shutdown. It will come back on them. I told everyone not to go to these schools and made a statement about them as a revenge and mess up their reputation.

@joytimmons wishing you the best!

Hi! So in short it is the final major product required for all PhDs in the US to earn their degree. But if you want more details I have a video that discusses all the nitty gritty info! Watch it Here: th-cam.com/video/Ef3i1immdwo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=piec4HX9hKV1DhIT

I am SOOOO happy this was helpful. I really enjoy writing but i can/do many of these things tooo... thats why I made the video ahhaha so people can learn from my mistakes hahaha So I am happy that we have some synergy going on! And my mistakes are helpin you!

Thank you so so so so much for you kind and supportive words! They mean so much to me! Thank you for being so encouraging!

@BrisaMarie I finally start my PhD journey next week!! July 8, 2024 online with National University Education program!!

@QueenDiva YOU'RE AMAZING!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! PLEASE KEEP ME UPDATED!

@@BrisaMarie Absolutely!!! I will start reading your dissertation this week! I wanted to wait until I started my PhD program to be inspired!!😊👑🩷🙌🙌

I am sorry that you feel like you don't belong. Trust me, I have felt that too. I hope that you are able to find your community at your school and if not the #FuturePhD community is always here for all grads of all kinds!

Hi! Thank you for being patient with me. So a hidden curriculum more times than not describes things that are about the department/university's culture or personalities and not actual classes. As for WACD the only classes you have to take are the ones you already identified. From there it is all about what makes you happy! Which is nice. I took mostly art history courses while I was there! So you really do have free range! A better example of a hidden curriculum is : as a student you are not required to publish to graduate and there aren't any resources in the department to tell you how to publish or to support your publication process. However, a department gives more money to students who do publish but you wouldnt know that until someone tells you. so that would be more of an example of a hidden curriculum. Because its technically not required... but really does impact your success!

@@BrisaMarie Thank you! You are very appreciated!! 🧡🧡🧡🧡🥰

@Caroli.Colibri of course!!! Thank you for commenting!!! I appreciate you!

Hi! So every school is different. Some may have a more formal process and maybe in that case it probably depends on that process. Some departments guarentee a TA-ship the moment you get on campus... other dont lol. But I didn't techincally apply. What I did was informally email different people to see if I could secure a TA-ship once I got onto campus. And it luckily worked out for me and I was able to get hired because I was reaching out to the people in charge of the class I wanted to teach. I think being proactive can never hurt, but it technically doesn't always work.

Of course! Thank you for commenting!!!

Thank you for your comment! I felt it to my CORE! Yes exactly we have to be creative and imagine new pathways to get to the desired path!!!! I am happy that we are going through these things together in community and I really appreciate you taking the time to comment and share your feelings! Thank you!

Hi! So every degree and program has different places scholarships are held. For the most part I would suggest starting with googling things related to you and your degree. I would also ask your school if they are familiar with any scholarships that some or many of their students have earned while in the program. (Some schools have grants in the program and/or university. Other require you to apply outside of the univeristy) Here is a video on how I find grants, but it will be slightly different for your since you are in a MBA program : th-cam.com/video/oJ4_J8dfZ18/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0iBNEFsPNfQSyVet

OF course! Also if you are unfamilar there are also scholarships for MBAs when I applied to MBA school (i got rejected from the school but actually won a scholarship lol). There is the consortium scholarship for MBAs and FORTE i think also has some scholarships. Not that your asked, but just in case it is helpful!

Hmmm That is a great question, but unfortunately I really can't tell you. Because it is not as easy as remove this or that. It really is what part do you think shows your BEST writing skills that are relevant to the degree you want!

HI! CONGRATS! THAT IS SOOO AMAZING! I am so excited for you! If you don't mind, I woud love to hear updates on your journey at UCLA! It would be soooo interesting! I am also very happy that you find these videos useful and that helped you feel prepared for your TA apps! Thank you for sharing that with me and taking the time to comment!

Hi! So I can't give financial advice because I am not a financial expert and every circumstance is different. Plus each school has its own requirements and policies. But I can tell you what I did and what some options may be. I requested all the loans I could my first year just to make sure I had enough money. THEN after my semester started and I had a TAship and a job I was able to retroactively reduce my loans to only EXACTLY what I need. So in that way I didn't have to take all the loans I asked for and my loan amount was able to decrease. But had I needed it, I would have had access to the maximum amount. I think when in doubt it is alway best to speak directly with the financial aid people at your institution but that was how I handled it. I hope that was helpful.

Hi! Soooo there are sooooo many options for methods and it would be hard to really explain them well in a comment. I do have this video on methods ( th-cam.com/video/UdPhSD-O4eA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YUhWb-6TDM8Br8FQ ) but im not sure if it will answer all your questions. If you watch it and still have questions would you mind commented again. And that way I can try and make a follow up video that really gets into the weeds of methods to be more helpful?

I am soooo happy that my honesty is helpful (cuz sometimes being honest can feel very vulnerable lol)! And that it is helping you! Please if you have any questions DO NOT hesitate to ask!

Wow! You are really doing such a great job thinking ahead! Its okay that you don't know many independent scholars yet. You are still very early in your journey! And honestly they are very hard to find, or I wouldn't have asked for help in this video (ahhaha). I am so happy that his channel is helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions about anything! I am so happy you are a part of this community!

Valid! I love that you are still moving forward with your education as a PhD but are brave enough to consider other pathways... as you see I am still very much grappling with that but your resolve is inspiring! Thank you for commenting!