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Now listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.
W:  Hi, Professor Benson.
M:  Hello, Katherine. How are you?
W:  Fine. I’m looking forward to graduation at the end of the year.
M:  That’s great! So, what will you do after that?
W:  I haven’t decided yet. It’s either look for a job or go to graduate school. My parents want me to apply to graduate school. I want to go to graduate school someday, but right now I’m tired of studying. I’d like to take a break from school, get a job and earn some money, but my parents and my friends think I should go to grad school now rather than later. I just don’t know !
M:  Hmmm. It’s always a tough choice. If you want to go to graduate school, you’ll need to apply early. That means you should start now. You should research graduate programs and find out about their admissions requirements, like whether you have to take an entrance examination.
W:  Yeah, I know. You have to turn in your application early, like months in advance.
M:  Sometimes it really is better to do something else for a while. It’s not a bad idea to take a year off and work. If you decide to look for a job, you need to write a , you know, a summary of all your qualifications and work experience. The Career Center here gives workshops on  writing, and I would recommend doing that.