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Graduate students gather at the Winter Meltdown event, which was held last week at Campus Club.
A five-part series exploring the lives of graduate students.
The Graduates

Learning to teach

By Jonathan Evans
Between teaching, doing research for her dissertation, attending meetings and grading exams, Jelena Bradic GS leads the dizzyingly over-packed lifestyle that many of her fellow graduate students can relate to. “Sometimes I’m up until 5 a.m. and don’t even realize it,” the third-year operations research and financial engineering (ORFE) graduate student said.

Gatherings for graduate students

By Lauren Christensen

You won’t find Hilary Bergsieker GS at the Street on a Saturday night.

“As a student who came to Princeton already married and with a close set of friends,” she said, “I felt less pressure or motivation to go out and be social all the time than I did as a college freshman.”

Earning a master’s mid-career

By Lauren Zumbach
When she took a seat on the first day of JRN 452: Journalism on the Screen: The Digital Journalist, Darragh Paradiso GS felt a little out of place. Paradiso, along with 20 other students earning a Master’s in Public Policy degree (M.P.P.) at the Wilson School, does not fit the typical graduate student profile. Most students pursuing their M.P.P. are mid-career professionals with at least seven years of work experience, who take a year of courses at the Wilson School before heading to public service jobs.

Juggling school and family

By Sean Wu

As a junior at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga., Jessica Rowland GS found out that she was pregnant.

“It was very nerve-wracking,” said the single mother, who is now a second-year graduate student in the molecular biology department. “I actually initially thought about dropping out of school.”

Living and learning together

By Lucas Briger

Like many married couples, Lyra Plumer GS and Aaron Hostetter GS share hobbies. They discuss books, watch movies, cook meals and even play music together.

But most couples don’t invite a few dozen college students to accompany them.

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