by Barbara Olivis
Thinking
about life after college can be strenuous. A lot of college students go through
feelings of fear upon reentering society and doing what many of us students
would call “adulting.”
Whether you are afraid that you won’t get into the graduate program that you
desperately want to go to, or whether or not you’ll be able to get a job in
your career, it is important to know that there are options out there for
everyone.
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| Dr. Jill Rappoport |
Over
this past weekend, I had a conversation with Dr. Jill Rappoport, the Director of
Graduate Studies at the University of Kentucky. She gave me advice of life beyond
college. “Do not go to graduate school unless you can get someone who is willing
to pay for you to go,” Rappoport says.
She went on to inform me that The University
of Kentucky has a MFA program that invests in all of their students’ education.
I was surprised to learn that there were programs that are willing to invest in
graduate students because I was under the impression that all of the
scholarship money in college was concentrated in undergraduate programs.
I
was intrigued to learn of all of the possible careers that I could explore
after I graduated. “A
lot of our students go on to become teachers, do editorial work, presses,
digital initiatives, public activism, and of course become writers,” Rappoport
says. I was surprised to hear the wide variants within the different careers
because I always think of something writing related when I imagine jobs within
the humanities.
I
also learned more about what graduate programs look for in their application
processes. Many colleges require you to take the GRE General Test, but in the
humanities it does not have a large impact in the decision to deny or admit you
into their programs. For those who do not know the GRE General Test is a $205
test that is given to test undergraduate students on their ability to do verbal
reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing. Rapport emphasized the fact that more weight
is placed upon personal statements and your transcript grades in the
humanities.
I
was very happy with the information that I received from the faculty of the University
of Kentucky. Thanks to
Dr. Jill Rappoport, I will be applying to the University of Kentucky’s MFA
Program, and I have a much clearer understanding of the graduate application
process.
To
learn more about UK’s MFA program, click here: UK Master's of Fine Arts
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