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 school


• discuss research on grad students who seek mental health help


• review tips for managing mental health in grad school


• answer a reader question on applying to grad school with a low undergrad GPA

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Show notes:

First Nations Perspective on Health and Wellness. (n.d.). First Nations Health Authority. https://www.fnha.ca/wellness/wellness-for-first-nations/first-nations-perspective-on-health-and-wellness

Keyes, C. L. M. (2003). Complete mental health: An agenda for the 21st century. In C. L. M. Keyes & J. Haidt (Eds.), Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived (pp. 293–312). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/10594-013

Murguía Burton, Z.F., Cao, X.E. Navigating mental health challenges in graduate school. Nat Rev Mater 7, 421–423 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-022-00444-x

University of Calgary Faculty of Graduate Studies (n.d.). https://grad.ucalgary.ca/grad-life/graduate-mental-health-survey/mental-health

Wildey, M. N., Fox, M. E., Machnik, K. A., & Ronk, D. (2022) Exploring graduate student mental health and service utilization by gender, race, and year in school, Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2145898