A day in a Life of a Master's Student in US

"Things would change" . Yes I am starting my article with the phrase  "things would change". It would not be the same. Yes you would become very independent and if you were use to getting things done from someone else then you would be doing all those thing yourself.

So your day would probably start with your laptop and also would end with a laptop in your hand . You would realize your best buddy would be your laptop. I have talked a little bit about you and your friendship with the laptop here in my post How not to feel Homesick in USA.

On daily basis when the semester will be on you would have lot of tests, quizzes and projects. Unlike India where you usually have classes 5 days a week, you will have classes probably on Tuesday's and Thursday's or Monday and Wednesday's. Still even with 9 credit hours ( 3 courses ) you would feel like you have so much to do . You would either become a person who lives on edge and submit his assignments very close to the deadline or else you would try to atleast complete everything before the deadline. 

After attending your classes you would want to come back home . Of course after attending just two classes you are feeling tired. But it does not stop here. If you are staying with your roommate you would have turns for cooking and your happiness would be at a saturation point when its your room mate's turn to cook ( If he is a good cook - wait ..doesn't matter you just want food , you are HUNGRY) . Not to forget that if you have an on campus job then after attending classes you would be working as well. It would be great if you have a flexible schedule but if not then you would fell tied up. 

Finally its evening but wait in summers its not dark outside till 8:30 Pm . When you were looking outside at bright sunny day , at the back of your mind you are thinking that its 6 Pm and you still have half a day left and you can relax . But coming back to reality its almost 9 :00 Pm and this is the time when everybody in India would have been woken up by now. 

So you would call your parents , girlfriend/boyfriend and you would realize that clock shows 10:30 Pm . You have still assignments to do , there will be a few tests and quizzes scheduled and you have not started studying yet . You would probably call safe ride ( college shuttle service) go to library and study or you might just stay at home and say to yourself " Still there is time left , I can manage to watch a movie ." lol 

The whole week you will wait for the weekend and the weekend will flew away so quickly that you would wait for next weekend to do the things you scheduled to do in your previous weekend.

Well this was kind of a ordinary day in a life of a master's student. 

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You would also want to look at my article : Benefits of Graduating Early