US graduate schools are the pinnacle of our education system, and more first generation college student or underrepresented minorities are joining them. But not without challenges. Dr. Justin Grimes is the founder of Apply To Graduate School and author of a book by the same name. In this episode, Dr. Justin Grimes shares his own personal journey to graduate school, the special considerations that first generation college students and underrepresented minorities have to make when applying to graduate schools, and how we can all do better to make graduate schools more welcoming to these groups. 

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