How do parents get their children into grad school?

sakky
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:21:46 +0000

Uh, the OP asked how some parents are able to help their children get into grad school. I am proffering one example. Hence, it is entirely relevant to the discussion.

I wouldn’t necessarily use the word ‘problem’, as that connotes that something wrong is happening. I’m not sure it’s necessarily bad that faculty members can help their own children get into their own grad programs. If your parent is on the faculty, then you probably know the department quite well and hence you should be able to strike strong working relationships with many other faculty members. If nothing else, your parent can serve to make the introductions. One of the greatest challenges of any grad student is finding faculty to work with, but that’s probably not going to be an issue if your parent is in a position to help you.