Getting Started
5-Minute Brainstorm/Free Writing Ideas:
1. Your phone rings; it’s your dream graduate program. They’re offering you a full ride on the spot if you can tell them—right now—what your research agenda looks like. (You can change your mind later).
- What specifically do you plan to study and research?
- What questions do you have about this subject?
- Why do you want to devote the next two, five, or eight years to this subject?
2. Brainstorm possible lists
- What is your “best” work? (e.g., your best grade, most innovative research, most thoughtful volunteer work)
- What are your personal strengths?
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