Write an article based on this "Compare the offers you receive. Speak with students who are in the program you want to attend. Apply for funding. Prepare to begin graduate school. Try again the following year."
article: Universities typically send out acceptances in the spring. Avoid accepting a position until you have heard from all of the schools you applied to. Once you have, compare the offers that you have received. You may consider: How much funding or financial assistance you have received What the requirements of each program are How many years it may take you to complete each program Which program has higher employment rates after graduation The cost of each program and the cost of living where the program is located It is good to hear a student perspective on the program. They can inform you of the atmosphere of the department, any problems with the program, and how to make the most of your experience. Email the Director of Graduate Studies at the program, and ask them if they will put you in touch with a current graduate student. Some universities will automatically consider you for internal funding sources, but others will make you apply separately. In addition to merit scholarships and fellowships, you can apply for external funding through a variety of sources. Some scholarships you might consider applying for include: U.S. Department of Education Jacob K. Javits Fellowships The Fulbright Graduate Degree Grants Goldwater Scholarship Ford Foundation Scholarship In the months leading up to graduate school, you will have to consider many new changes. Plan ahead of time what you will need to do before you begin your new program. This may include: Notifying the university that you want to attend Moving to a new city Contacting faculty that you want to work with Submitting paperwork to your university Becoming up to date on all of your required immunizations Attending orientation If you were not accepted to graduate school or if you did not receive the assistance you need, you may consider waiting a year and trying again. In that year, you can improve your exam scores, gain work experience, and work on your personal statements. It may be better to reapply the following year rather than accepting a position at a program that will not help you reach your goals.

Write an article based on this "Start looking for domestic tickets at least 6 weeks in advance. Purchase your tickets at least 2 weeks before flying. Check out alternate dates to find more affordable tickets. Save money by taking your flight early in the morning or late at night. Schedule your departure for the middle of the week or a Saturday."
article: If you're planning a domestic flight, it's a good idea to start searching for tickets about a month and a half in advance. Continue checking weekly to find out if tickets get any cheaper up until the point that you make your purchase. If you're flying internationally, start your ticket search about 2024 weeks in advance. It won't do you much good to look for tickets more than 6 weeks (for domestic) or 24 weeks (for international) in advance since ticket prices could fluctuate widely before you actually make your purchase. Looking for international flights 24 weeks in advance may seem like a long time, but airlines raise their international flight prices many weeks before they raise the costs of domestic flights. The ideal window of time to get your tickets is 2-4 weeks before you're planning to fly. Most airlines will raise their ticket prices once fewer than 14 days remain prior to the flight. This is especially important if you're flying during busy travel timese.g., over spring break or before Thanksgivingsince flight prices can sometimes double or triple as the flight date approaches. If you're flying internationally, plan to start looking much farther in advance, since international flights cost more. Plan to buy tickets at least 3 months before you fly. If you wait until, say, 1 week before flying, you'll be stuck purchasing very expensive tickets, even if you're flying on a budget airline. If you forgot to purchase your tickets 2-3 weeks before the day of your flight, the next-best option is to wait to purchase tickets until less than 24 hours before your flight. Airlines will often dramatically lower ticket prices in order to fill up all of the seats on the plane. However, if you wait until the last minute, you could find out that the flight has sold out, or that the only remaining tickets are very expensive. If your travel schedule is relatively flexible and you can shift the days that your flights depart and arrive, you may be able to find cheaper flights. Compare ticket prices across a 3-4 day window using an aggregator site or airline site. If you can manage to rearrange your travel plans, select the days that offer the most discounted flights! For example, say you were planning to fly out on May 1 and return on May 20 for $400 USD. If you investigate alternate dates, you may find that it costs only $325 USD to depart on May 3 and return on May 21. Most travelers prefer to fly at convenient times that don't require them to stay up late or get up early. Because of the increased demand for flights at popular times, airlines will charge more for flight tickets at, for example, 10:00 a.m. On the other hand, red-eye flights that take off between 9:00 pm and 9:00 am will be steeply marked down in order to offset the inconvenience of traveling at these times. Most aggregator and airline websites let you choose the specific times that you'd like your flight to depart. Airlines generally release sales for specific routes on Monday night because they want travel agencies to catch wind of sales early in the week. Competitors match the deals on Tuesday morning, which causes airlines to lower the flight costs. So, your best shot at obtaining cheap deals is to search for flights that depart on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Saturdays. Friday and Sunday tend to be the most expensive domestic travel days, so avoid purchasing tickets for these days. If you're flying internationally, flying on a weekday is almost always cheaper than flying on the weekend. Of course, this strategy isn't 100% effective. It's a good idea to do a cursory search for specific routes of interest on several days of the week (including weekends). That way you have an idea of how much the tickets cost and you can identify a sale when it appears.

Write an article based on this "Be forgiving. Practice PERT. Stop rating yourself. Turn negatives to positives. Use positive self-talk."
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Forgiving yourself doesn't mean that you excuse or pardon misbehavior on your part. It simply means that you take an honest look at your past, admit your transgressions, and keep moving forward without beating yourself up. To err is human, so forgive yourself and move forward. The first step in forgiveness is to recognize the wrong. Have you hurt someone else? Have you hurt yourself? Did you fail yourself? Correct the problem. Maybe it's something as simple as apologizing to the one you hurt (including yourself). Or maybe it involves changing your actions to show someone you've hurt how you recognize your part in their pain. When you start to beat yourself up, use Positive Emotion Refocusing Technique. For 45 seconds, close your eyes, breathe deeply, and imagine a peaceful place or someone you love. Tap into the positive emotions that surround you, and in your peaceful state, ask yourself what you can do to make yourself feel better. Use PERT techniques at the very moment that when negative thoughts begin. It will assist in changing your perception of your thoughts and will either stop or reduce negativity and stress. Unfortunately we live in a society where we constantly compare ourselves to others. We judge ourselves on how smart, pretty, thin, or successful we are in comparison to others. The first step is to notice how often it occurs and how you feel when that occurs. It often causes a great deal of pain for many. Remember, that comparisons put the focus on the wrong person--you can only control your actions, not anyone else's. You are too special to be compared to anyone else--your individual gifts and abilities are what make you unique and you. Thoughts are incredibly powerful. It only takes 30 seconds of thinking of a negative thought for it to become part of our subconscious. But you can train your brain to learn to control what you allow into your life. The easiest way to deal with negative thoughts is to simply ignore them. Meditation can often help you to train your mind to release negativity instead of holding onto it. Surround yourself with positivity in order to feel happier. Hang out with people who are optimistic and hopeful, and pick up hobbies that you enjoy. Dwelling on negativity only fuels unhappiness. Therefore it's important to train your brain to not only recognize the negative, but to also change it to a positive. For example, instead of saying, "I can't do this," say something like, "I can do this and I will do this." Instead of saying, "It's not my day," try saying instead, "I am in control of this day." Use writing to change your thoughts by creating a gratitude journal or writing a gratitude letter.