please list all of the ways that graduate school is different than undergraduate school

6) You're a creepy old man because you realize you're 27 (or whatever) and you can't just blatantly check out the 19-year-old undergrads like you could the last time you were on a college campus.

Why do you call university or college school?

Well, in graduate school, they might expect you to know that "different than" isn't correct. Sure, people use it, but they're wrong. The only correct preposition to use is "from".

Different from undergraduate school

As many others have said, the workload is higher. The main difference in that regard is that you are expected to do additional work that is not assigned. In some disciplines you will run into a lot of elitism and competitiveness among students. But you also have more opportunities to contribute to the field and become involved.

Engrish wrote:

Well, in graduate school, they might expect you to know that "different than" isn't correct. Sure, people use it, but they're wrong. The only correct preposition to use is "from".

Different from undergraduate school

In graduate school, 2/3 of my professors and 1/2 my classmates were foreign. As long as your meaning is clear, no one cares.

Other big differences -- far fewer example problems/rote learning type problems. Professors typically go over the theory and the math, and might give you a couple of tough problems to work on, but you'll have to teach yourself the rest.

You know what employers care about these days? What you can do with the knowledge you have. Make that obvious when you start applying for jobs. That's what you need to know.

lolzzek wrote:

6) You're a creepy old man because you realize you're 27 (or whatever) and you can't just blatantly check out the 19-year-old undergrads like you could the last time you were on a college campus.

That's ridiculous. It's no more or less creepy than it was when you were 19.

I have a BS, MS, and PhD in a science field. I felt like a lost puppy in some of my undergrad classes and just went to grad school because I couldn't find a decent job.

As an MS student, I still floundered for the first year because I had difficulty choosing a thesis area. But once I had a thesis topic I liked, grad school became fantastic. I really hit my stride in a PhD program and it defined my life. It was hard work and long hours but it didn't feel like work. The only bad part was that it had to end - and I needed to find a job. I wasn't savvy enough to get a professorship and was over-qualified or considered too much the academic for most other jobs. Eventually somebody did hire me and I have a good career now, but it was touch and go for a few years.

People party a lot harder, but they're -- for the most part -- smarter and more goal-oriented. Grades don't matter (unlike undergrad GPA). Everyone is trying to have a good time before having to live in the "real world." It's great. We have a Tuesday Night Drinking Club at our business school. A club specifically for drinking.

HBS Student wrote:

People party a lot harder, but they're -- for the most part -- smarter and more goal-oriented. Grades don't matter (unlike undergrad GPA). Everyone is trying to have a good time before having to live in the "real world." It's great. We have a Tuesday Night Drinking Club at our business school. A club specifically for drinking.

Business school is not higher education. It's more like a continuous, sloppy frat party for mentally-stunted adults.

Please don't equate buisness school with graduate school, dude. They aren't even remotely similar.

Ho Hum wrote:

Engrish wrote:

Well, in graduate school, they might expect you to know that "different than" isn't correct. Sure, people use it, but they're wrong. The only correct preposition to use is "from".

Different from undergraduate school

In graduate school, 2/3 of my professors and 1/2 my classmates were foreign. As long as your meaning is clear, no one cares.

Other big differences -- far fewer example problems/rote learning type problems. Professors typically go over the theory and the math, and might give you a couple of tough problems to work on, but you'll have to teach yourself the rest.

I do quite a lot of hiring. I care very much if someone doesn't have a good command of written English, so your statement that "no one cares" is not correct.

Engrish wrote:

Well, in graduate school, they might expect you to know that "different than" isn't correct. Sure, people use it, but they're wrong. The only correct preposition to use is "from".

Different from undergraduate school

If we're going to point out minor mistakes, I suppose I should inform you that in American English, periods are placed inside of the quotation marks.

Umm.. Chicago has 3 professors who have won Nobel Prizes. You don't think that constitutes higher education??? It's not just b-school, homie.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/12/3/grade-inflation-mode-a/#

news flash wrote:

HBS Student wrote:

People party a lot harder, but they're -- for the most part -- smarter and more goal-oriented. Grades don't matter (unlike undergrad GPA). Everyone is trying to have a good time before having to live in the "real world." It's great. We have a Tuesday Night Drinking Club at our business school. A club specifically for drinking.

Business school is not higher education. It's more like a continuous, sloppy frat party for mentally-stunted adults.

Please don't equate buisness school with graduate school, dude. They aren't even remotely similar.

classes have fewer students

you have to lecture in some classes

yourself and many classmates may not have wanted the graduate program you are in but accepted it since they were offered

fewer units

you have to get a B or it's a fail

you go from 7 step problems in undergrad to 10-100 step problems that cannot be solved w/o classmates help in group settings