Grad School Experience

This week’s episode is about the transition from an undergraduate degree to a graduate degree, particularly in conducting graduate research. As an undergraduate, you are working to meet certain requirements and receive high grades. However, when you transition to graduate school, the relationship you have with your professors, colleagues, and the research changes. You’re treated more like an equal and the focus becomes on concentrating on developing your research skills and ideas. As we begin the Fall term, many of you are starting Grad School for the first time, so we thought it would be a good idea to talk a bit about that transition. This week’s guests are Dane Mauer-Vakil and Aravind Rajendran, Masters students enrolled in the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Dane is focussed on mental health and addiction services, with particular attention paid to the community setting. Aravind is currently a Research Assistant at the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, and has an interest in the tobacco control policy, with a focus on e-cigarettes.