How To Grad School: The Podcast
Each episode features a question from a grad student and brings evidence-based learning strategies to help you grad school more effectively and efficiently, with a little bit of fun on the side!
You can submit a question on our website: www.howtogradschool.com/podcast
Your hosts are Sarah Davis and Rebecca Edwards, who met while doing their graduate degrees in educational psychology at the University of Victoria.
This podcast is recorded on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen peoples, known today as Victoria, BC, Canada.
- Update frequency
- every 32 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 14
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
Gaining expertise as a grad student and time management during thesis writing | Episode 6 Season 2
Enjoy the last episode of season two, where Sarah and Becca talk about whether grad students are novices or experts or somewhere in between. They also:
- explain why knowing how experts and novices t…
Prioritizing your goals as a grad student | Episode 5 Season 2
After a bit of a delay, we're back with another episode of the podcast! This is our penultimate episode of the season.
In the fifth episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about goals in grad sc…
Using generative AI and metacognition in grad school | Episode 4 Season 2
In the fourth episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about metacognition and whether using generative AI saves time in grad school. They also:
explain several different types of metacognitive …
Successes, failures, and confidence in grad school | Episode 3 Season 2
In our third episode of season two, Sarah and Becca beliefs around failure and success in grad school. They also:
discuss attribution theory and how it can help us understand successes and failures
…
Planning and parenting in grad school | Episode 2 Season 2
In our second episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about planning in grad school. They also:
discuss how to separate planning from doing
discuss what we know about planning from self-regul…
Seeking academic help and building community as a grad student | Episode 1 Season 2
We're back for our second season!
In our first episode of season two, Sarah and Becca talk about building community in an online grad program and help-seeking in grad school. They also: -discuss t…
Season 2 Coming Soon!
Becca and I are working on planning our next season of the podcast. We anticipate we will be releasing 4-6 new episodes between October and December.
We’d love for you to submit your questions about …
Mental health and applying to grad school with a low GPA | Episode 6
In our sixth episode, and last of the first season, Sarah and Becca talk about mental health and GPA in applying to grad school! They also:
- discuss why mental health is often stigmatized in grad sc…
Research interests and networking in grad school | Episode 5
In our fifth episode, Sarah and Becca talk about networking and research interests in grad school! They also:
- discuss what networking is and why it's important for grad students
- discuss transferra…
Procrastination and time management in grad school | Episode 4
In our fourth episode, Sarah and Becca talk about time management and procrastination! They also:
- discuss whether time management and procrastination are the same thing or different
- discuss why we…
Understanding tasks and why you are in grad school | Episode 3
In our third episode, Sarah and Becca talk about the importance of task understanding! They also:
- review why self-regulating your learning is so crucial for grad students
- talk about understanding …
Managing your money and your learning as a grad student | Episode 2
In our second episode, Sarah and Becca talk about self-regulating your learning in grad school. They also:
- talk about what self-regulated learning is
- why self-regulated learning is important for g…
Stress, sleep, and pressing pause on grad school | Episode 1
In our first full-length episode, Sarah and Becca talk about the benefits of pressing pause in grad school. They also:
- talk about issues around stress in grad school
- discuss research on stress and…
Why a podcast for grad students? | Introduction
Learn about the new How To Grad School podcast in this short introduction episode. We introduce ourselves and provide a teaser of the question we'll answer in our first episode!
Each podcast will fo…