The days of avoiding the real world are finally over!
Having finished mine, here’s one piece of advice for anyone taking or planning to take postgraduate studies: ask questions.
The line that separates school from work is the freedom to sound stupid.
Graduate school exists so you can ask what your boss doesn’t have time to explain. The things you don’t know yet, and the things you didn’t even know you didn’t.
It will be tough.
It will test your patience.
Drain your savings.
Challenge your weekends.
But unlike the stock market, this is an investment you actually control.
Postgrad life isn’t college life.
Don’t show up just to pass. Don’t aim for the diploma, aim for the learning.
The quest for a few extra letters after your name shouldn’t be easy.
So if you ever find yourself writing “essays about life,” sitting through filler lectures, or enduring college-style presentations, pause and demand your money’s worth.
Don’t pay tuition for theory. Pay for transformation.
Ask questions.
Ask the professors who’ve done the work, not just read.
Seek mentors who can connect the classroom to the boardroom.
Because in the end, graduate school isn’t proof that you’re smart.
It’s proof that you never stopped learning.