As I've come to adapt to my post-grad life, you'd think I'd be feeling a lot calmer than before, wrong.
The truth is, everyone adjusts to this new life after college differently. Some find jobs right away while others decide to continue their education, never taking a break. Or, if you're like me, you decide to take a year off, to have a breathing period and go back to school next Fall.
My plan after college was to always go to grad school to get my M.F.A in Creative Writing.
Although as I've started the process of applying to different schools, I realized how stressful and difficult it can truly be. But if there's one thing to help me get through it it's humor and being able to laugh out loud with others and at yourself sometimes too.
One show that always gets me laughing is "Friends." We all have a certain character we compare ourselves to.
Me, I'm Monica, because not only am I a compulsive organizer and always like to have things in order, I tend to freak out over certain things. So, if you ever wondered what Monica Geller would be like when applying to grad school, you've come to the right place.
1. Deciding what you're actually going to study
2. Looking at different schools to find the one that has your program.
3. Deciding on the schools you're going to apply to
4. Starting the application process
5. Realizing how much it reminds you of when you did college applications except it's more work and difficult
6. Procrastinating the applications because it's too overwhelming
7. Realizing how broke you'll be after applying and if/when you get accepted
8. When the applications for each school is different therefore making your life harder
9. Finally submitting the applications!
10. Waiting what feels like forever to hear back and not try to freak out
Now, there are 2 scenarios that can happen here once you've submitted your application....
Scenario #1
Getting accepted into one or all of the schools you applied for!
Feeling all different kinds of emotions (mainly shocked)
Only to later realize you just willingly signed yourself up for 2-3 more years of school
Scenario #2
Getting rejected by all the schools you applied to
Feeling like a failure and resort to just wallowing around in your sorrows
Only to come to realize that you're a badass who already has a degree and decide to let it go instead
To anyone in the process of applying to grad school, myself included, good luck! And if applying to grad school and thinking about your future scares you because you feel like an actual adult, always remember these wise words from Monica Geller:
