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what do you do when you apply to graduate school how do you begin
the first thing to do is in conjunction with people who teach you as an
undergraduate
identify works that you've read that have turned you on
where is that Professor, where is she, what University is she at?
second the and related to that, the area you might wanna working as an African
history
is it Labor Studies whatever, based on
the answers to that question see where people are, see what's going on
at University like Trent, but any university
for that matter you should certainly be applying to several
here's where I think you'll find a difference a trent that first
email probe is crucial what's the answer going to be
first impressions are key in my experience tell you something
about the program that you'll find if you get a strong response up front
think about that it might be worth committing to and I think it generally
is whereas if you don't if you're not responded to quickly
if you get a couple of lines in response that might be a red flag for you
Trent has been a fantastic place for an Emmy
quite different from the UofA which is where it came from so University of
Alberta is
a very large institution you know 35,000 doing
so it was really nice to come someplace smaller
the trent has, you can actually
talk to your professor if you actually know people in the department
that it feels the law different in a lot more
personal there's something
really special about being able to dedicate so much of your time
to reading and discussing with other people
the Graduate studies are just they're a step
up in beyond forth year level seminar
and just reading 500-600
700 pages up text in a week that you don't think you can get through it at
the beginning when you start
and then you realize you can and you realize how much information you can
absorb
at one time how well you can put things together
if you come to trent and if you do thesis
you're guaranteed two years of funding, that is not true for majority of
universities in Ontario Canada
let's face it it's a big advantage for trent that is to say
if you come to trent, a combination up
grants, fellowship, teaching assistantship which is wonderful experience
teaching and classroom and remission of tuition and fees
so you come to trent getting you're on a full ride for two years
if you do thesis if you enter the major research paper
or MRP stream you get that same for ride
for one year, the thesis is
a longer researching writing project
and more or less it mimics the exercise
and prepares the student for the exercise
of writing a book so its a longer piece of work
perhaps up to 120 pages
I'll with chapters the major research paper
shorter and that exercise mimics the writing
of a professional and scholarly article. Apply early
don't be afraid to contact a potential supervisor
mean it can be pretty scary when they're big names in their field but
I found people at Trent extremely approachable
and very happy to correspond with you very happy to answer questions.