Each year, approximately 200,000 members of the U.S. Armed Forces will leave active duty and re-enter civilian life. After nine years in the Marine Corps, Joe Quinn was one of them. He knew he wanted to get a graduate degree in economics or public policy, but he didn’t know where to begin.
A first-generation college student who earned his bachelor’s degree while enlisted, Quinn sifted through several hundred programs that help transitioning service members, and the University of Chicago stood out.
“I was an enlisted Marine stationed in Texas, hours away from anywhere most people have heard of, with aspirations of graduate school and no idea how to get there,” Quinn said. “But I was able to come to UChicago to get relevant experience, build up a CV and start down a very solid path toward my goals.”
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This story was first published by UChicago News.