Overheard at central campus location, while waiting for the traffic light to turn:
girl #1: man, I got stuck with all the grad students in that class
girl #2: why’s that bad? are all the grad students really smart?
girl #3: well, actually, my advisor said that grad students really aren’t that smart
girl #2: yeah! i really do think undergrads are smarter. there are some really dumb grad students
hmm …
I think grad school dumbified me. I was smarter and more motivated before I got here.
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[...] One final note on the “research” thing. When I was getting my MBA I remember someone summing up the difference between an undergraduate student vs. a graduate student. The undergrad reads the book and marvels in the wisdom and knowledge (in other words, they accept what is written), where the graduate student challenges most of what is written! Make sure that, as you learn about things, you drill deeper and ask “why,” which should help you think about some alternative solutions that may not be so apparent to those that are deep into the problem. [...]