Grad school students unite!

TooFitToQuit
TooFitToQuit Posts: 33
edited September 30 in Motivation and Support
Grad school students unite!!! Talk about stressful! What is everyone studying? I'm working on my master's in speech-language pathology.
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  • sweetsapphire85
    sweetsapphire85 Posts: 386
    Masters in Social Work here! 10 months to go!
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member
    Great idea! I'm working on my PhD in modern European history.
  • 27strange
    27strange Posts: 837 Member
    I just recently finished grad school! I work in acounting. With all the extra time that I didn't have before because of class and studying I am working out and running and working to get back in the best shape of my life.
  • glowingz
    glowingz Posts: 63 Member
    I'm in a three year program, starting my final year this fall. Master of Landscape Architecture at University of Michigan. :-)
    YEAH!!!
  • deuce3Degotrip
    deuce3Degotrip Posts: 49
    2nd year... Psy D (Doctorate of Psychology) - Clinical Psychology!!
  • heppin1
    heppin1 Posts: 32 Member
    I'm in counseling!! Little over a year left!! School always trumps working out :(
  • kdchick99
    kdchick99 Posts: 104 Member
    About to finish up my Master in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Started working out only a few months ago, so workouts tend to interup my class work
  • jessrademacher
    jessrademacher Posts: 16 Member
    I'm in my last year of pharmacy school! Which, ironically enough, has not been kind to my health :)
  • jinkies54
    jinkies54 Posts: 40 Member
    I just finished my masters (a month ago) and feel absolutely lost and with no direction now that I don't have a thesis looming over my head or mountains of reading to fill my time up. Even my spare time is now not consumed about griping about grad school! Although, it turns out my degree (in psychology) isn't too useful in the job market here in Ontario, Canada, so I'm about to go back into grad school waters for social work (I know, I know, again!).

    One thing though - have any of you noticed that you have no idea how to eat properly because of the grad school life? Or worse, because you were an undergrad and THEN a grad student?? How are you all doing with that?
  • heppin1
    heppin1 Posts: 32 Member
    Oh I know exactly how you feel about the eating right part, I really need to learn how to like cook for my whole week or something because cooking at 10 at night isn't cutting it!
  • rs2361
    rs2361 Posts: 40 Member
    I'm about to begin my second year of a PsyD (Doctorate of Psychology) in Clinical and School Psychology.

    Since starting school last September, I think I gained approx 20 pounds and began biting my nails again out of anxiety and stress. I had not bitten my nails in like 10 years!!

    And being in class till 10pm isn't helpful with a workout/eating schedule either :(
  • sweetsapphire85
    sweetsapphire85 Posts: 386
    And being in class till 10pm isn't helpful with a workout/eating schedule either :(

    Gosh ain't that the truth! I try to do my exercise before i go to class but when i get home at 10 I always want to grab food before bed no matter how long ago I ate something!
  • rs2361
    rs2361 Posts: 40 Member
    I wont lie, I am TERRIFIED for the fall. My summer semester ended already so I am only seeing clients now, but the fall is going to be scary hard.
  • crmhaske
    crmhaske Posts: 66 Member
    I'm a graduate student in Cognitive Psychology. I'm doing my PhD. Hello fellow grads! :)
  • rs2361
    rs2361 Posts: 40 Member
    So whats our game plan friends?
  • MacSkillz
    MacSkillz Posts: 417 Member
    I'm studying Science in Education at Lesley University in Boston, MA!! I'll (finally) be done in March 2012!!!! :)
  • Tess12513
    Tess12513 Posts: 45
    This is a great thread! I'm 5 months away from finishing grad school in Philly... I'll be a Physician Assistant (most likely in dermatology)!!
  • Marig0ld
    Marig0ld Posts: 671 Member
    i would like to hereby revive this thread...c'mon....there's gotta be more of us out there!!!!!

    2nd year (part time) Public Administration, graduating spring 2013. Anyone else???
  • luscadero
    luscadero Posts: 92 Member
    marigold!

    Instructional Design here.
  • acidosaur
    acidosaur Posts: 295 Member
    wow i'm so glad to find this group! i'm just about to start my masters in global development. really looking forward to it!
  • clarajeanbean
    clarajeanbean Posts: 16 Member
    Any of you still here working toward your goals? Any success stories or before/afters?

    I'm a bit of a late-comer! But I just got my M.A. in German Lit and am now going for my PhD. Also currently an instructor. I hope to either teach language in the States or pick up an editing project in Germany. Anyway, I'm here because I have REALLY STRUGGLED for the last few years to maintain any way of healthy living from Sept - May through all of the stress! If anyone has any tips I'm all ears.

    As it is I've just finally decided, that no, I can't work out 5 days a week during the year, and overshooting has caused me to stop completely when I realize I'm failing. But I need to shoot for 2, even if it doesn't always happen, and I need to keep counting calories instead of just falling apart when I can't cook cook cook. What do you guys do for exercise? And when? And what do you eat when life gets so busy you're barely sleeping?
  • Saiklor
    Saiklor Posts: 183
    going into third year of a PhD in Medical Anthropology! Hiya!

    One of my friends had a post on her facebook that said "Grad school makes you fat" and it had SO MANY people agreeing with it! Kinda sad....
  • brite_star182
    brite_star182 Posts: 12
    I will be starting my second year of a 2 year Master's program in Communication Sciences and Disorders. I gained so much weight the first year. I'm looking for some inspiration to develop healthy eating habits even when life is stressful. Clara, I don't know how to manage when work/school is so demanding that I barely have time to sleep. Does anyone else have helpful tips to lose a little weight during grad school?
  • grubb1019
    grubb1019 Posts: 371 Member
    I will graduate with my Masters in Special Ed in June. I will be licensed to be an intervention specialist for grades K -12 and endorsed in reading. I gained 11 lbs during the first year of school. My goal is to wear the dress I wore when my husband proposed to me (16 years ago) on graduation day. Still a long way to go!
  • TinkerSavs
    TinkerSavs Posts: 3
    I'm about to start my third (and last) year of law school, and I tell you what, it has wreaked havoc on my health. Stress, pressure, competition, and, of course, some poor choices on my part. No more! I've started taking better care of myself this summer, and it's going to stick!

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  • lcpruitt
    lcpruitt Posts: 11
    I am just starting my 3rd year of medical school, which means I am starting my clinical rotations and paying a crazy amount to work 80 hours a week and only have one day off... not a recipe for a health lifestyle!
  • sdcohen85
    sdcohen85 Posts: 41 Member
    In August I am starting my Masters in School Counseling. I am a little nervous because when I stress out I tend to EAT! Have been out of school for a little bit now, so I am anxious. Any current students have ways they deal with it?!:laugh:
  • EAlexandraB
    EAlexandraB Posts: 98 Member
    I'm heading into my second year of law school. (I started law school RIGHT after finishing my MA in Anthropology. I just don't know when to quit, apparently...) :tongue:
  • EvilMomma
    EvilMomma Posts: 70 Member
    I have a M.A. in counseling and I have a full time private practice. In October I begin a PhD in Jungian and Archetypal Psychology through Pacifica Graduate Institute. This time I'm prepared for the insane hours of reading and writing; the lack of personal time; the loss of anything resembling a social life; and the struggle to care for myself...or as prepared as I can be.
  • lcpruitt
    lcpruitt Posts: 11
    I think planning your meals ahead is key for maintaining a healthy diet and it makes grocery shopping more efficient and cheaper too! On Friday or Saturday I try to write out my meals for the next week before I go to the grocery store. When you can make a batch of something on the weekend to eat throughout the week or freeze some for the future, so you have really fast healthy options available. Eating at home and bringing my lunch are key for me both in terms of budget and in controlling what I eat! Also trader joes pre-cooked lentils are one of my favorite go tos when I have absolutely no free time!
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