"Graduate school administrators and professors say that, because grad students typically already have their undergraduate degree, they are expected to meet a higher academic standard than someone in college.
In contrast to undergraduate students who are required to take courses in multiple academic disciplines, grad students can focus all of their time on studying a specific subject. As such, Tamara Underiner, an associate dean for academic affairs at the graduate college of Arizona State University, explains that graduate students are expected to not only absorb information and gain knowledge, but also to conduct their own research, make unique discoveries and produce compelling scholarship." …