Maranda Joyce, graduate student ambassdor and PhD candidate at Rice University
Maranda Joyce

Home Country: USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | Program: Political Science

Lul Sharif, Ph.D. student and graduate student ambassador at Rice University
Lul Sharif

Home Country: USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | Program: Chemistry

Manuel Carmona Pichardo, Ph.D. student and graduate student ambassador at Rice University
Manuel Carmona Pichardo

Home Country: Mexico πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ | Program: Chemistry | Languages: Spanish, English

Lego Shakespeare ponders the grad school experience.
To Grad School or Not to Grad School: Weighing the Pros and Cons

To grad or not to grad, that is the question that, at some point during undergrad, many of us have faced.

The Graduate Student Ambassadors go bowling! Rice University grad student Chun-Ying Chao is pictured.
From strangers to friends: making connections in grad school

I still remember the night I received the graduate school admission offer. It was midnight in Taiwan, and I was too excited to sleep.