In tonight’s seminar on graduate school, I learned a lot about what you need in your application to graduate school as well as how you should look for graduate school programs that are best fit for your needs. Currently, I am undecided as to whether or not to attend graduate school because I don’t quite know what career path I want to take yet (and therefore, if that career path would require me to get a higher educational degree than just my undergraduate degree). I know that I do not want to go directly into graduate school after graduating Cornell and it was nice to hear that many people are taking a gap year traveling, doing independent research, spending some time in the workforce, and more before going back to finish their education. However, I agree that it is important to start thinking about these possibility of going to graduate school early as there are certain experiences (ex. joining a research lab) that would help show your interest in a particular field. The wide variety of graduate programs that exist and differ from school to school does feel a bit scary to me and this seminar definitely encouraged me to start looking into different programs and getting a feel for the opportunities that are out there.