Should You Go To Grad School?

It’s expensive, time consuming, and risky... so is it right for you?

Posted on Jun 17, 2014 Should You Go To Grad School? It’s expensive, time consuming, and risky... so is it right for you? by Duncan Watts BuzzFeed Contributor comment The following piece is by Duncan Watts (author of Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age and Everything is Obvious *Once You Know the Answer: How Common Sense Fails Us ) and is excerpted from Should I Go to Grad School? , an essay collection featuring more than 40 essays by writers, artists, academics, actors, and other creative types about the decision to go to — or avoid — grad school. Chris Ritter/BuzzFeed Just over 20 ye

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