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Across the river, biology graduate student Sebastián Vélez is weaving his bike through morning rush hour, his six-year-old daughter in tow. Their finances are better now than they??ve been in years. Mariana’s clothes come from stores, instead of the Salvation Army. She gets a piano lesson once a week. And last year, Sebastián even took her and her step-sister, whom he also helps support, to Niagara Falls for a weekend. Not long ago, Sebastián won the equivalent of the grad student lottery...
April can’t, of course. The program tries to make accommodations, but they??re not lying when they call such programs “integral.” Networking and community activities can make a difference in a competitive environment where every contact counts...
...April finally leaves the Medical School to pick up Miles. He’s the only child left, still with two stickers on his knees from the doctor’s office, though they??re mostly peeled...
...refreshed at 10 in the morning and stay until midnight. And providing for Mariana means jumping from one 12-month post-doc to the next—a common route to a faculty spot—is likewise worrisome. He may try his hand at administrative positions. At least they??re stable...
...questions for the most part are just about life on campus, like, “Do you have fun?” Or, “How competitive is it?” Or, “Is all you do study?” They know they??re already in so they??re willing to ask things like “Do you go out, do you drink...