第717期:Grad School

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Todd: So, Nydja, you actually just got into graduate school. So you know all about the application process.

Nydja: Yes, that's correct. I just got into grad school. I study International Relations. The process for this school wasn't too tedious. It didn't require a GRE or any long essays or too many references. The other schools that I was considering required the tests. High test scores. An application to be submitted three, four months in advance, so the process can be pretty tedious[/ˈtiː.di.əs/,單調乏味的，無趣的].

Todd: Now, each time that you applied, did you have to pay an application fee?

Nydja: Yes, some colleges I was looking at upwards of a hundred and fifty dollars. This one was less expensive. It's a smaller school.

Todd: Wow! A hundred and fifty dollars!

Nydja: Yes.

Todd: So that limits how many schools you can apply to?

Nydja: Yeah, depending on your funds, so I actually like this program and despite having researched everything else, I chose to stick with this one. I only applied for one and they let me in.

Todd: Oh, so you just went solo?

Nydja: Yeah, I did. I did. I looked at this college, their plan for international travel and I fell in love so nowhere else had this program.

Todd: Yeah, what's the school?

Nydja: Webster University. The International Relations program.

Todd: And where is it?

Nydja: It's in Bangkok.

Todd: So, you said that for your program, you didn't have to take a test, like the GRE ?

Nydja: No, I did not have to take the GRE. No, I haven't taken it yet.

Todd: Why?

Nydja: Cause, I'm sure it has a math component that I don't want to have to worry about.

Todd: You're not a math person?

Nydja: No, I'm not.

Todd: So the GRE is what, just math and language?

Nydja: You know I'm not really sure. I know it's kind of like the SAT. They want to look at how ... what is your potential when you get to grad school, so I think it does have maybe a composition section, you know, critical thinking, math analysis questions with numbers.