Go Black Boy Go

*Originally released in October 2018*

Jalen recaps his first week of graduate school, American Vandal, and gives tips on statements of purpose.

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*Originally released in September 2018*

Jalen recaps his graduate school orientation, discusses grad school materials (19:40), and Random Acts of Flyness. 

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In this episode, Jalen talks more about his feelings of homesickness, his road trip, and finding a therapist. 

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After a long road trip from Alabama to Oregon, Jalen recaps his first week in his new environment as well as his thoughts about beginning his first year of coursework.

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*Originally released July 9, 2018*

In this episode, Jalen gives a few tips on hearing back from programs.

Recap of tips:

Tip #1: Get back in touch with professors at the beginning of the semester.

Tip #2: Even though it might not feel like it, you’re interviewing them, not the other way around.

Tip #3: Prepare questions: about the program, about your research interests, about the weather etc.

Tip #4: You know when a program is not for you. It’s a feeling.

Tip #5: Find someone (a professor, a mentor, a peer) you can talk to about the whole experience.

Tip #6: Just because you don’t go to the school, doesn’t mean you have to stop talking to the professor. 

Tip #7: You don’t have to rush to make a decision.

Tip #8: Rejecting Programs is harder than you think.

Tip #9: Take advantage of visitation weekends.

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Follow Go Black Boy Go on Twitter / Instagram @goblackboygo, the host on Twitter @jalenthompso. Listen on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and Podbean and wherever else you get your podcasts. DON'T FORGET to leave a review on iTunes and share the episodes on your social medias!

*Originally released June 11, 2018*

Research. Prepare. Apply. These are the steps you should take in applying to graduate school. For the next few episodes I will be covering these three steps.

In this episode, I give a few tips about actually submitting applications and I talk about some new episodes that will be premiering next week!

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*Originally released June 2, 2018*

Research. Prepare. Apply. These are the steps you should take in applying to graduate school. For the next few episodes I will be covering these three steps.

In this episode, Jalen chats about tips on preparing for grad school applications. He shares a little bit about his experience and gives an update about his current grad school journey.

*Originally released May 27, 2018*

Research. Prepare. Apply. These are the steps you should take in applying to graduate school. For the next few episodes Jalen covers these three steps. In this segment, he discusses researching grad programs.

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Links:

"You Had Me at Black": Instragram: (@you-had-me-at-black)/ https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools / Research internships: www.csuohio.edu/mcnair-scholars/opportunities (Even though it says it's for McNair Scholars, I believe their are some openings for students who are not McNair Scholars.)/ You can also go to Google and type in "summer research internship programs" and see what you find.

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In the very first episode, Jalen discusses ways to figure out why you want to go to graduate school. 

Things to consider: What do you want to do with your degree after college? What kind of graduate degree do you want to get? What am I interested in researching? Am I going for myself?

Jalen and his fraternity brother and friend, Kahlil Kyles, discuss the generational curses in the black community and they think about how to break those curses as black queer people. Vulnerability is key.

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