After attending the Thursday Seminar: Grad School 101, I have received a lot of information about graduate school that I really thought I already knew. I did not know that there was a whole process for determining where I would want to go after undergraduates. The first steps are to determine if this path itself is one you want to take, whether your career goals match what your education goals are. Next is figuring out where in the world you would want to be situated. For example if you get into a grad school in New Mexico, you would have to consider living there during the time being and how you are going to get there. Another big thing is making a list of all of your goals. In the seminar they emphasized making a long list of your many aspirations then to condense it into a more realistic, smaller list. However one of the most crucial parts to this process is the application process. This includes choosing what to apply to, deciding if the program you are applying to is the right one, debating whether you would have a good chance of getting into the school, etc. One of the things that I did not really consider in this process is the writing of personal statements. You really need these when applying for internships, research, or getting into programs within institutions. In the seminar I have learned what not to write on these important documents and what to emphasize. After, doing all this I would not have even known if I didn’t attend this seminar that applications are due April 15th and that we do not have the whole year to wait to apply. Overall, this seminar has been very helpful as I definitely plan to go on to graduate school to pursue my careers of obtaining a master’s degree.