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Joined 2012-01-05 Posts: 170 |
August 11, 2012 18:36
Masters of Social Work here as well. Graduate in December! taking 5 classes this fall....wish me luck :)
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Joined 2012-07-04 Posts: 27 |
August 11, 2012 18:37
QUOTE: Grad Student here at Eastern University! Done the 27th of this month! MBA in Management. Congrats!! 
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Joined 2012-03-11 Posts: 43 |
August 11, 2012 18:54
Currently (2nd year) Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, major/specialization in Nanoscale Devices and Systems. Hoping to actually backtrack to the Master's degree in the same field and then finish the Ph.D. in Neurosciences. My summer projects are, in short, a prosthetic treatment to restore sight in partially blind patients, upgrading an open neuroscience information framework back-end, and adding additional functionality to an automated neural image processor. Each project is done with a different lab.
For fun, I'm doing extra classes this summer in hot glassworking/pyrex, surfing fundamentals, and quantum computation. |
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Joined 2012-08-06 Posts: 59 |
August 11, 2012 21:41
Masters in Counseling - I was in my last week of last 2 classes when stroke happened (mid April). Had to put off finishing them and internship that was supposed to begin that May. My busy schedule and stress are what my friends think added to my having a stroke, although the doctors say it was a tear in my vertebral artery. I'm sure the stress wasn't helpful - nor were the constant meals on the go mostly fast food. Now had to move my internship back another semester due to my therapists thinking I should wait until Sept to go back to work and then part time at first - so now will graduate a year later.
Don't know how I will still do this when going to internship in ams, then to work afternoons until 9pm M-F - I guess as someone suggested planning out my weeks' meals and preparing them on the weekend. Not good at that type of thing, but may have to get good at it!! Stress is definitely a diet killer - as is picking up food on the go! 
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Joined 2012-08-08 Posts: 12 |
August 11, 2012 21:59
I actually lost weight in grad school > nearly buckled under the stress > dropped out > was/am sad my academic career is in tatters at my feet > have consequently been eating my feelings full time for a year > hello, this website
My program was in linguistics on the neuroscience and informatics side. |
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Joined 2012-01-07 Posts: 174 |
August 12, 2012 00:50
I am about to start my second year of a combined MS/PhD in Computer Science. My area of focus in software design, and I am currently doing research in human/robot interaction. I am quite a bit older than the other people in my program, and more-or-less married with an 11yo more-or-less step-daughter. For the most part grad school is going okay for me, but last year there were more than a few all-night coding sessions punctuated with doughnut benders (there's a 24-hour Krispy Kreme right next to campus.)
My goal for the Fall semester is to work on finding a balance between school/work and home that leaves me with sufficient resources of will-power to avoid eating my weight in goodies from the pastelería on my way to school and enough time to keep on doing couch-2-5k. 
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Joined 2012-01-26 Posts: 29 |
August 12, 2012 04:12
Masters in Nursing Education :)
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Joined 2012-06-03 Posts: 290 |
August 14, 2012 10:45
MS in Business - Hospitality Management. I have this grand dream of being a hotel owner someday soon. I'm already a business owner of a hospitality staffing company with 5 employees. Celebrating 8 years as an entrepreneur next month! :-)
Erica 
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Joined 2012-02-15 Posts: 18 |
August 14, 2012 10:49
Masters in Business (MBA) with a focus on Entrepreneurship. Woohoo!
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Joined 2012-07-30 Posts: 25 |
August 14, 2012 10:50
Working on a masters in Intercultural Relations.
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Joined 2012-01-04 Posts: 164 |
August 14, 2012 10:50
Just finished mine in Vocal Pedagogy. Exhausting, but well worth it.
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Joined 2011-02-20 Posts: 51 |
August 14, 2012 10:52
I recently finished my MBA and am now working on my Masters in Clinical Counseling. I had about half the credits done in Counseling when I switched to business and have now decided to finish it up.
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Joined 2012-06-10 Posts: 32 |
August 14, 2012 10:53
QUOTE: Masters in Social Work here! 10 months to go! Me too! 
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Joined 2011-09-09 Posts: 340 |
August 14, 2012 10:54
Working on my M.B.A. :)
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Joined 2009-01-01 Posts: 459 |
August 14, 2012 10:54
Well, I am in the process of applying to my graduate school (Fall 2013)! Ph.D. in Clinical Healthcare Psychology.
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Joined 2011-09-01 Posts: 155 |
August 14, 2012 10:55
Starting my masters in justice administration on monday! I'm somewhat nervous because the classes are only 6-8 weeks long. Yikes!
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Joined 2012-03-14 Posts: 32 |
August 14, 2012 10:58
Oh good! There are people just like me!
I'm a dual-degree graduate student: Law (JD) and Masters of Public Health (MPH) in Health Policy. You'd think I'd know better about being healthy! 
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Joined 2011-06-06 Posts: 645 |
August 14, 2012 11:00
Starting my Master's in Sociology this fall. Eep!
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Joined 2012-07-24 Posts: 15 |
August 14, 2012 11:03
Gained the freshman 50 a few years ago (and then some each year since, for good measure and all..BOOOO), finishing my bachelor's in May and I'm seriously considering getting the application process started for an Ecological and Environmental Anthropology master's program but I'm feeling inadequate and super intimidated by the process. Any mentors out there?? I'm in need of some motivation!
Edited by slc3568 On August 14, 2012 11:04
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Joined 2012-06-16 Posts: 12 |
August 25, 2012 11:23
I've been learning a little bit about what works and what doesn't for food when I'm busy. A new favorite quickie dinner is WalMart rotisserie chicken, actually - with a ton of veggies on the side (and I promise I keep an eye on my sodium). What DOESN'T work for me are 100 calorie anythings because they are small and never filling, and then I've essentially just wasted a chunk of my daily allowance! Got myself a bento lunchbox so it's easier to pack fresh things, and I log the calories in for the next day when I take a minute to pack. (Also nice because it saves money! No more individual things of applesauce and yogurt!) And for those times when I can't see any option but to get food to go, I've made a little booklet of better choices to make at the restaurants around campus so I don't just say, "Hey, I guess if I'm at Panera I'll eat 1000 calories of mac and cheese!". So far so good...
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Joined 2012-01-05 Posts: 85 |
August 25, 2012 16:09
PhD candidate in Neuroscience, in my last year. I'm doing a part-time graduate diploma in Management, which I am really enjoying. I am hoping to transition out of academia into the business world and to some day get an MBA.
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Joined 2012-07-06 Posts: 678 |
August 25, 2012 16:10
Whoohoo going for masters in science!!!!
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Joined 2011-02-22 Posts: 51 |
August 25, 2012 16:10
I just finished my Masters of counseling last year after seven crazy years of college! Sooo glad to be done, but school work and kids always won out over nutrition and exercise. This is why I'm here trying to lose 21 pounds...
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Joined 2012-08-18 Posts: 210 |
August 25, 2012 16:18
Starting my second year of a part time MBA and full time work. It's going to be rough trying to lose weight with all that going on, especially with all the recent downsizing at my job.
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Joined 2011-05-16 Posts: 188 |
August 25, 2012 17:22
Ugggh so stressful! I'm working on my thesis for an animation short film and it's just too much :(
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