Prepare. Focus. Succeed.
You know your subject matter like no one else.
That’s why you’re a grad student.
But in order to thrive as a postgrad, you need to master the other stuff: time management, productivity, and academic “soft skills.”
I’ll teach you how in the #GRADBOSS Learning Community.
Build your confidence and efficiency
as you pursue your degree.
SO MANY RESPONSIBILITIES…
SO LITTLE TIME TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT
Skip the stereotypical grad school burnout.
Learn the skills & tools to stay motivated, productive, and on-track toward completion—enjoying your personal life along the way.
There’s a narrative that says, “Grad school is overwhelming.”
And it can be … if you don’t plan to succeed.
Sounds simple, right?
You’ve reached your most intense academic season … yet it comes with minimal structure & accountability.
It feels like every task and deadline is shouting, “I’m important!”
But there are simple, proven ways to lasso your to-do list and make the most of your finite time and energy.
AVOID ALL-TOO-COMMON PITFALLS
I’ll teach you the ins & outs of graduate programs & life—
the things they don’t tell you about in your interview.
Dr. Toyin Alli, Founder of The Academic Society and Creator of the #GRADBOSS Learning Community
Step aside, self-doubt & imposter syndrome …
You’re gonna crush this.
How do I know? I’ve got my Ph.D. in Mathematics, and I have my dream job as a lecturer at an R1 university. Every day, I help students navigate academia.
As a student and a professor, I’ve seen exactly what it takes to win. And I’ve distilled all that info into one easy-to-access, affordable monthly membership.
T I M E T O G E T I T D O N E .
23%
OF POSTGRADS don’t complete THEIR PROGRAM.
But it’s not like schools hand out refunds.
(Even if you’re fully funded, you don’t get that time back.)
Gain confidence in your ability to stay on track, manage the workload,
graduate, and successfully navigate the job search … even if you don’t have
a support system within academia yet.
Introducing
The #GRADBOSS Learning Community
A virtual support network and resource library, built to help graduate students optimize their efficiency, transform their mindset, and build skills to flourish in the academic environment.
Build structure, accountability, and community into your grad school experience.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
✅ Three popular courses—Grad School Prep, The Focus Framework, and Time Management Essentials—full of bite-sized lessons to prepare you for success both before and throughout graduate school - Value $297
✅ A completely customizable Notion template pack to track your goals, organize your time, stay on top of deadlines, and more—all tailored to the diverse graduate student schedule, priorities, and experience - Value $27
✅ #GRADBOSS: A Grad School Survival Guide ebook to guide you through the transition from undergrad, imposter syndrome, time management, choosing an advisor, practical ways to make friends during grad school, and more - Value $10
✅ Other resources including a CV Workshop to help you impress search committees, a Job Application Crash Course to help you successfully apply for the right jobs for you, and daily coworking sessions for that all-too-elusive accountability - Value $127
✅ Special workshops & events each semester that bring in experts to walk you through topics critical to your success, such as personal finance during graduate school & an introduction to statistics - Value $197
✅ BONUS: fun extras that unlock as you participate in the membership and complete the courses, including Toyin’s TV Recommendations, the Home Workout Video playlist, and Grad School Journal Prompts - Value $27
Plus, once you’re in, you can add access to virtual monthly planning sessions with me. In these, we walk through my Project Management for Academics Framework to prioritize and scope our individual plans for the coming month.
Add access to the monthly planning sessions for a one-time payment of $47 (yep, that’s the one-time cost to join those meetings every month, for as long as you’re in the membership!).
Obsessed with my students
Katherine
PhD in Linguistics
"I have more clarity about how I want to spend my time and the kind of professional I’m growing to be, and I’ve been able to extend the support that I so badly needed to others and actually make an impact on their journey."
Shani
PhD in psychology
"When you’re in academia whether as a traditional or non traditional student it’s nice to have a cohort that you can lean on for support, accountability and connections.
I enjoy the workshops (planning sessions, how to get through grad school etc.) because you are working with others and sharing experiences. I’ve learned that planning with structure and prioritization helps get work done. I’m not the only one sometimes feeling overwhelmed.
It’s a safe space where we all thrive.
Lastly, it helps a lot for me as an online doctoral student. Gives me human interaction and the process does not feel doubly isolated."
Mary
Master’s in Sustainability
"Toyin’s planner helped me create a solid structure each week, where I could put in self-care and me-time to prevent and stop the cycle of burnout."
Hadiya
Master’s in Sustainability
"I love your videos and Notion planner!!! I start grad school this fall, and my advisor was so impressed when I was able to use your planner to compile some potential research topics and present them and a meeting schedule during our first advising meeting."
Sydney
Master’s in business administration
"I've passed 3 classes being a part of this group. The strategies you teach has helped organize me and incorporate strategy and wellness which has resulted in me seeing success."
Laura
Master’s in Sociology
"I’ve learned how to prioritize my to-do lists based on my larger goals for the semester and how to work in productivity chunks.
Before this program, I often worked at the last minute and was extremely overwhelmed by my workload.
Toyin’s guidance has made things so much more manageable and I’m definitely much more consistently productive with way less stress."
Everything you need to know to become a #gradboss
A gradboss is a grad student who has figured out how to balance grad school and real life. They are productive but they also have a social life. They build a supportive community around them and they help others.
grad school prep
1 | Uncover Grad School Secrets
2 | Mindset for Grad School Success
3 | Uplevel Grad School Productivity
You’ll learn …
The culture, lingo, and expectations of grad school
How to transform your mindset from an undergraduate mindset into a grad school one by learning the techniques to overcome imposter syndrome
How to uplevel your productivity with my signature Productivity Accelerator Method for grad students
the focus framework
1 | Project Management for Academics
2 | Focus Accountability (Daily Co-Working Sessions)
You’ll learn …
How to achieve all the goals in your life by creating a system that allows you to focus on what matters most
A magical framework where you’ll clarify the small steps you need to take to accomplish your monthly goals (we use this in our monthly planning sessions—you can access these for an additional one-time payment of $47)
How to prepare for each day, week, and month so it can be your most productive yet—without feeling burned out, overwhelmed, exhausted, or discouraged
grad school success
1 | Time Management Essentials Class
2 | Notion Templates
3 | #GRADBOSS: A Grad School Survival Guide ebook
4 | CV Workshop
5 | Job Application Crash Course
You’ll learn …
How to master time management so that you don’t get trapped in the burnout + procrastination cycle
How to recognize which tasks are most important and how long to spend working on each one
How to create routines and workflows that optimize your time—and ensure you’re working on a daily timetable that fits with your natural bursts of energy
Accountability measures you can set up to make sure you get done what you say you will (plus tools to help you learn how to stop procrastinating)
What employers and search committees are actually looking for when they review CVs & applications
TRUSTED BY STUDENTS AT
CREATED BY
Toyin Alli, PhD | Founder & CEO, The Academic Society
Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Georgia
When I was in graduate school, I quickly realized that smarts weren’t enough—I’d need to use every ounce of organizational skill and undergraduate research experience I had, plus mental notes from when my mom earned her PhD while I was growing up.
I built on that foundation so I could thrive in graduate school. And now, I’m sharing everything I’ve learned as a student and a professor with you.
expert workshop
Google Calendar for Grad Students
Expires: November 30, 2024
We all want to stay organized and productive in graduate school. But how do you set up your organization so you can make informed choices about where your time is going?
In this workshop, grad student C. Ren Morton will share an organizational method to help you initiate quality improvement projects on your work processes.
We will explore the following:
Create a color legend for your Google calendar. Creating a color legend helps you track your time on tasks and can map onto your email.
Discuss backend integrations that help your Google Drive, Zotero, and Notion software seamlessly talk to each other.
How to map your Google email onto your Outlook email to keep your personal and professional boundaries and prevent double-booking yourself.
With these three strategies, you will be able to set yourself up to increase time on your favorite activities and reduce time on your least favorites, maximizing enjoyment in your graduate school experience.
C. Ren Morton, third-year graduate student at Syracuse University studying Feminist Theory and striving toward a Social Science PhD with a focus on Welfare State Theory, Work-Family Studies, and Motherhood Ontologies.
STAY AS LONG AS YOU LIKE.
I made this affordable for a reason.
I heard again and again from students who wanted to take one of my courses but didn’t have the resources. So I decided to make everything accessible for $10/month. If you join and then decide you need that money for something else next month, you can cancel at any time.
“Is this for me, Toyin?”
The #GRADBOSS Learning Community would probably be a great fit for you if any of the following resonate (whether you’re already in grad school or you’re starting soon):
You’d like a cohort to lean on for support, accountability, and connections—ideally with some good ol’ online human interaction after long days and nights of solo research.
You’re hungry for information about your graduate program, and you’re frustrated by radio silence in the weeks and months leading up to your program start.
You suspect that structure & prioritization skills would make your life easier … but they haven’t always come easily, especially when you’re overwhelmed.
You want to know how grad school is different from undergrad so you can avoid common pitfalls … the last thing you need is a shaky start.
You’ve spent days feeling busy nonstop, but you aren’t actually checking things off your to-do list (and some of those to-dos have been there for months).
You frequently work at night and on weekends but go to bed feeling guilty you didn’t get any writing done.
You experience imposter syndrome, even though you hold a college degree and you got into a graduate program in your field.
You don’t have time to take care of yourself, even though you know life would be easier if you regularly took walks/worked out/decompressed/cooked for yourself/did whatever helps you feel relaxed.
This could be you…
See these amazing results created by students IN THE COMMUNITY…
10
minutes per day to make a difference in your mindset and skills
7.5
hours of “work” time saved per week on average
24/7
coworking sessions inside the community
1,994
Gradbosses … and counting!
Frequently Asked Questions
for all my researchers-at-heart
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The courses within the membership are broken into bite-sized pieces so you can consume each part in the amount of time you’d spend writing an email or reading a handful of abstracts. You’ll also find accountability via our weekly goal-setting and daily co-working, which helps our members with motivation and productivity. While you will need to invest a little bit of time up front, you’ll ultimately save time and reduce overwhelm when you put the strategies I teach into motion.
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Absolutely. As you transition from coursework into writing your dissertation or thesis, you’ll have a lot of unstructured time with only self-imposed deadlines. Brushing up on your time management skills and building a daily structure for yourself will be crucial. The lessons and accountability inside of the learning community will support you as you complete your final years in grad school…on time!
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Yes, this community serves master’s students, PhD students, and EdD students. It’s not necessarily designed with professional program students in mind. If you are in a professional program like medical school or law school, you are welcome to check out the community for a month to see if it’s a good fit for you and cancel your membership if it’s not.
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Skool. Skool is a community platform that promotes learning and engagement. It’s not a social media platform and has its own website and app so you won’t get distracted by friends, family, and influencers posting on social media.
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Students find the accountability that you get inside the group invaluable. You can share your weekly goals, celebrate your wins, and work together in the co-working space. Students find it’s easier to be motivated when you have a group of like-minded scholars cheering you on!
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While I don’t offer refunds due to the digital nature of this product, you are able to cancel at any time. There is a full lesson in the community that walks you through the process of canceling. I make it super easy to find!
Here’s a sneak peek into the community!
Don’t wait until after grad school to start living your life.
The #GRADBOSS Learning Community
Yeah, you could keep roughing it alone … but that could mean more years of staying stuck in old patterns, doubting your worth, and collapsing on the couch while you wonder if this kind of frustration will define the next few years for you.
Or, you could develop the skills, structure, and accountability you need to thrive as a graduate student—whether you’re approaching your first term or you’ve been at it for years.
Use the tools and community to design your time in a way that leaves you feeling satisfied and accomplished, knowing you’re caught up on your work & can enjoy relaxing and adventuring on the weekend.
Join today … because there’s no better time to feel confident about your plan for success.