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 | | A graduate student is an individual who has completed a bachelor's degree and is pursuing further higher education, with the goal of achieving a master's degree or doctorate In the United States, grad... |
 | | Grad students must usually declare their research goal or submit a research proposal upon entering grad school; in the case of masters degrees, there will be some flexibility (that is, one is not held to one's research proposal, although major changes, for example from premodern to modern history, are discouraged). |
 | | In the sciences, grads generally are funded by either a TA (teaching assistantship) or RA (research assistantship) which waives their tuition and provides barely enough pocket money to cover rent and food. |
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