Like the old saying goes, when one door closes, another opens. Most of the metaphorical doors the class of 2026 has walked through so far have been seamless transitions: Elementary to middle school, ...

Ryah Cooley Cole is an award winning writer and a high school English teacher based on the Central Coast of California. She is most interested in bringing diverse stories to her readers and students.

Graduate and professional schools often require some sort of written statement — often called a "statement of purpose," "personal statement" or "letter of intent"— as a part of the application. Some ...

Ryah Cooley Cole is an award winning writer and a high school English teacher based on the Central Coast of California. She is most interested in bringing diverse stories to her readers and students.

For those considering graduate school, the application process can seem overwhelming. What should be included in a statement of purpose? What programs should be explored? Who should write letters of ...

For many graduates, earning a bachelor’s degree is just the beginning. As more students pursue master’s and doctoral degrees, the pressures of advanced education can quickly become overwhelming. To ...

For some, the decision to apply to a master’s program is easy – perhaps something that has always been in the cards — but for others, it may be more a more difficult decision. Once you have made the ...

A quick internet search for “how to contact faculty for grad school” will reveal lots of advice on this process (we particularly like this blog post from Brian Romans, a geology professor at Virginia ...