Grad School Life: Surviving and Thriving Beyond Coursework and Research - Paperbackby Jacqueline M. Kory Westlund (Author) Grad school isn't easy. It's even less easy when you're also managing a second job, a family, or depression or when you are a first generation student, or if you come from an underrepresented group or a lower socioeconomic status background. Grad students are overworked, overstressed, and over it. Most grad school advice books focus on the professional side: finding funding, managing research and teaching, and