DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN EDUCATION STUDIES PHD STUDENT | Graduate School Life at UC-San Diego

Hi everyone, my name is Ivan Valdovinos and I am a first year PhD student in the Education Studies department at the University of California San Diego. Last week, I started the Spring quarter of my first year! I am excited to show you all what a Monday looks like for me as a PhD student. Subscribe to my channel if you want to learn about the graduate school application process and if you want to see more PhD day in the life vlogs. WHO AM I? I am a Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni '16 and a current PhD student in the Department of Education Studies at the University of California San Diego. I produce videos about the graduate school application and my journey through a PhD program. Subscribe to follow my journey through the PhD experience and to gain insight on how to best prepare for the graduate school application process. I created this channel because I did not have access to many resources when I was applying for graduate programs. Now that I have been through two graduate school application processes, I want to share my knowledge and the helpful information I have gained through those experiences. Additionally, for the past four years, I have been working as a Retention Specialist and Director for a federally-funded program at a higher education institution. I spent these four years helping over 400 students to apply to four-year institutions, attain scholarships, and navigate the higher education system. I created this channel in order to share my knowledge of college access as it pertains to graduate school.