by Amy Yu | Dec 14, 2017 | Student Voices
Just a few weeks ago, I was writing up this budgeting post to see if I could provide tips to other graduate students on how to stretch their stipend to cover their cost of living. The post was published right before the House of Representatives (House) and Senate...
by Amy Yu | Nov 14, 2017 | Student Voices
Want to create a monthly budget but don’t know where to start? Hopefully I can give you some ideas by recounting how I came up with my monthly budget. My graduate school stipend is the first time in my life I’ve had a consistent monthly income that I have to live off...
by Amy Yu | Jun 2, 2017 | Student Voices
This is Part 2 of a series for graduate students who will begin their studies at U-M this fall. See Part 1: Navigating the Ann Arbor Housing Market and Part 3: Furnishing Your Apartment or Room on a Grad Student Budget. So you’ve accepted your offer to join a graduate...
by Amy Yu | Jan 20, 2017 | Student Voices
Last Friday, I shared Part 1 of an audio blog post, in which four Ph.D. students in the sciences, including myself, discussed the motivations and goals behind our decision to continue on to higher education and pursue a Ph.D. Today I am excited to share the second...
by Amy Yu | Jan 13, 2017 | Student Voices
Student’s paths to graduate school are as diverse as their interests and backgrounds. In this audio blog post, you are invited to listen in when four Ph.D. students discuss their academic and professional journeys, and talk about how they developed a passion for...
by Amy Yu | May 9, 2016 | Student Voices
As April comes to a close as I finish writing this post, I’ll have had about two months of reflecting on my prelim experience. If I had the knowledge I have now about the process, I would’ve done some things a little differently. I feel like I waited until the last...
by Amy Yu | May 5, 2016 | Student Voices
As of March 7, 2016, I passed my preliminary exam and will officially be a Ph.D. candidate Fall 2016. I took notes throughout my experience for the purpose of writing this post, and I’ve included some visuals to break up the text to really convey how this experience...
by Amy Yu | Feb 2, 2016 | Student Voices
During my last two years of undergrad, whenever I mentioned I was applying to graduate school, the most consistent response I got was a comment or joke about how I’d essentially be living in lab, even from friends who didn’t know much about graduate school in biology....
by Amy Yu | Aug 17, 2015 | Student Voices
Kayaking with friends at the Rackham event last month and trying not to drop my phone while taking panoramic photos. Hello! I’m Amy and I’m a second year Ph.D. student in the Immunology program in the Program in Biomedical Sciences. Before Michigan, I’ve only ever...
