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Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

OP-ED: Getting admitted to my dream university, then not going

Editors September 2, 2021
After considering the financial risk of this decision, I realized that it was best to attend this school once I was more socially, emotionally and financially reasonable.
student plays the piano in the college of fine arts

A note on the music performance major

Molly Farrar April 13, 2021
The rigorous courses and focused training at BU’s School of Music changed the way I saw music.
Person walks by the BU seal in MArsh plaza

Ph.D. applications increase as departments face budget cuts

Olga Benacerraf March 4, 2021
Despite an uptick in Ph.D. applications for the Fall semester, some Boston University departments will be accepting fewer students due to budget cuts.
In a Wednesday webinar hosted by the Questrom Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, attendees discussed feelings of imposter syndrome in the business world. COURTESY OF QUESTROM CENTER FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION

Questrom hosts conversation on imposter syndrome among students

Madeline Humphrey October 20, 2020
Overcoming self-doubt can be difficult for college students, but Questrom's Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion sought to navigate this issue.
Alexia Nizhny

Sincerely, Ally: Graduate school provides great opportunities before entering job force

Alexia Nizhny September 28, 2020
Graduate school wasn’t always on my radar for post-grad plans. But after looking through the pros and cons, getting a master’s degree seems like a very promising endeavor as opposed to the questionable, and very stressful, job hunt that would usually await a senior in college.
A Boston University sign in South Campus. BU Ph.D. students must return to campus in the Fall or they will risk losing their University-given stipends, according to a private memo. PHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

Ph.D. students must return to campus or risk losing stipends

Chloe Liu June 23, 2020
BU Ph.D. students are facing tough choices regarding Fall semester, as not returning to campus could mean forfeiting the University-given stipend meant to compensate for their restricted ability to take on paid employment during graduate school.
A report released Thursday by the Council of Graduate Schools found that nationwide doctoral enrollment has increased. GRAPHIC BY KATELYN PILLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU graduate enrollment consistent with nationwide numbers

Ethan Cappello September 21, 2015

A report released Thursday by the Council of Graduate Schools shows an increase in overall nationwide graduate program enrollment, but a decrease in the enrollment of arts and humanities programs specifically. Enrollment...

PHOTO BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

TAMOLA: The End

Katie Tamola December 3, 2014

Grad school is so strange. I’ve laughed, I’ve cried, I’ve had 13 cups of coffee in a 24-hour timeframe all in the past year and a half. I don’t know how any of you undergraduate students juggle...

SHEA: On my knees

Daily Free Press Admin December 3, 2013

Supplication is an awkward thing. As looming deadlines keep me up all night and abruptly wake me up in the morning with panicked dreams, I’m painfully aware that in the next two weeks, I need to finalize...

MARASCO: Mega-Shark vs. Giant Vampire

Daily Free Press Admin September 18, 2013

“There are three types of people in this town: sharks, vampires and victims,” the guest speaker told our small congregation. This statement attracted sweat to the top of my brow. These words convinced...

International graduate student rate declines at BU, despite study

Daily Free Press Admin September 17, 2013

A new report by the Council of Graduate Schools found that international-student enrollment in American graduate school programs has increased in the last year, but officials said international student...

MARASCO: Sauceless

Daily Free Press Admin September 11, 2013

I took a long, hard look in the mirror after eating a $1 burrito from 7-Eleven for dinner for the fourth night in a row. Are we sure this is the road we want to go down? Is this what we’ve become? Is...

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